20. Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

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Nowadays, the growth in
traffic
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and pollution are the main problem the world is facing. Some people think that
rise
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the rise
a rise
in
petrol
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will solve
this
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problem. To
certain extent
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a certain extent
, I agree that it will solve the issues while there are
also
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many other measures to tackle it.
To begin
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with,
rise
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the rise
in
petrol
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prices may not be the best way to reduce congestion problems. If the
petrol
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prices increase, there will be less people who can afford it, which means only
few people
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a few people
will drive.
As a result
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, there will be less congestion on roads and less pollution.
For example
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, in Mumbai, many people can’t afford the fuel prices and they drive less.
Moreover
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, the rise in the fuel prices will result in
increase
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an increase
in prices of food, clothing, etc., which will affect
common man
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the common man
because most of the industries depend on the
petrol
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prices.
On the other hand
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, there could be other solutions to improving
traffic
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jam
such
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as increasing public transportation to encourage more people to
use
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it and making it better.
Also
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, increasing the frequency of public transport during peak hours with cheap tickets can help individuals to
use
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it more frequently as well as adding it from various locations at peoples’ convenience can benefit everyone.
For example
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, more the number of bus stops in the community encourages adults and children to
use
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bus
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the bus
buses
instead
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of driving. Another solution is to add some charge in populated areas when using cars to discourage people
in
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from
using their cars and
also
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have no
traffic
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zones in city
centers
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
centres
. To conclude, solving
traffic
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and
pollutions
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pollution
problems by increasing
price
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the price
of
petrol
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is not an effective
way but
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way, but
rather improve public transportation in all areas so that people
use
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it more than driving.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Discourage
  • Incentivize
  • Alternative energy
  • Public transportation
  • Lower-income
  • Carpool
  • Ride-sharing
  • Congestion
  • Urban planning
  • Pedestrian-friendly
  • Tax incentives
  • Electric and hybrid vehicles
  • Emissions standards
  • Cleaner vehicles
  • Congestion charges
  • Bicycle lanes
  • Sustainable
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