Some cities have vehicle-free days when private cars, trucks and motorcycles are banned from the city center. People are encouraged to use public transportation such as buses, taxis and metro on vehicle-free days. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Vehicular

pollution

and traffic jams have become a pestering problem for almost all urban areas in the world. Some cities have implemented the principle of

vehicle-free

days when everyone rides on public rather than personal

transport

. I think

this

strategy has greater disadvantages than advantages since it fails to change people’s

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

and causes over-crowding

of

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on

public

transport

. Clearly,

vehicle-free

days help in containing the

pollution

in urban areas. Since vehicles are the primary source of local

pollution

Accept comma addition

pollution, such

such

as, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide that increase the temperature of a city and cause numerous diseases, they must be avoided on certain days.

This

helps reduce the particulate

pollution

that causes asthma and lung diseases.

Also

, the local warming of the city is reduced.

For instance

, the government of New Delhi recently experimented with the concept of

vehicle-free

days and

this

was extremely beneficial in curtailing the

pollution

of the fourth most polluted city in the world by 20 percent. Despite these advantages, I believe that

this

idea has a large number of disadvantages.

Firstly

, avoiding private vehicles

on

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for

just a few days increased pressure on the public

transport

tremendously. One study found that on

vehicle

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the vehicle

a vehicle

-free days the number of people using a metro or a bus increase by 35 percent.

This

often leads to over-crowded public vehicles and reduces the comfort of travel.

Secondly

, reserving only a few days as

vehicle-free

does not create a long-term habit of using buses and trains. Though

this

may reduce the

pollution

and temperature on a specific day, it is not a permanent solution to these problems. The governments should invest heavily in public

transport

and make it comfortable so that the people develop a habit of

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

by buses. In conclusion, I think that the idea of

vehicle-free

days is not a permanent solution to any traffic related problem. If the governments want to prevent traffic jams and reduce

pollution

, they should aim at changing the people’s

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

by investing heavily in the public

transport

infrastructure.