Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now ‘one big traffic jam’. How true do you think this statement is? What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?

In

past three decades

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the past three decades

more and more people bought cars. Some believe that high

traffic

in many major cities throughout the world nowadays is caused by

increased number

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an increased number

the increased number

of vehicles owned. In

this

assay

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

essay

I will show my support on

this

statement and offer solutions to the governments regarding

this

issue,

such

as increasing taxes and limiting

advertisement

of vehicles. For decades we’ve experienced a significant rise in

car

manufacturing and marketing, which resulted in increased frequency of

car

ownership.

For example

, many

car

brands nowadays are

became

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becoming

multi-million dollar companies and we can see that almost half of advertisements on TV are about cars.

This

magnitude of exposure through

advertisement

has led to

marginal increase

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a marginal increase

marginal increases

in

car

sales,

consequently

nowadays there are more cars than many

cities

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cities'

city's

city

infrastructures can handle.

Thus

, in some cities it is faster to walk than drive to reach some destinations.

Therefore

, it is obvious that increased

car

ownership causes the

traffic

jam that many cities have. Governments need to act before

this

problem escalates

further

. One of the most effective solution is increasing the taxes on cars.

Although

there is going

be

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to be

resistance from both

car

companies and customers for

such

decision, in the

end we

Accept comma addition

end, we

will have less cars on the road in the future

thus

less

traffic

. Apart from

tax increase

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the tax increase

tax increases

, governments should

also

regulate

car

advertisement

more tightly and limit the exposure of brands so that people are less likely to decide to purchase cars.

Few decades

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A few decades

ago same kinds of limitations

was applied

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were applied

to cigarettes and it reduced the number of smokers as well as incidents of lung cancer and other smoking related diseases. Overall, through financial pressure and regulated

advertisement

, governments can achieve reduced

traffic

in their cities. In conclusion, it is imperative to limit number of cars in city to eliminate

traffic

jam and with the help of their regulatory power, governments can achieve that goal.