The best way for government to solve the problem of traffic congestion is to provide free public transport in 24 hours per day, and 7 days a week. Do you agree or disagree ? (approximately 250 words)

It is sometimes argued on whether the policy of cost-free

mass

transit

could be the best measure to avoid the issue of

traffic

jams or not. While I agree that

this

could be a good scheme with many associated benefits, I believe that other methods can be solutions for

such

a problem as well. On the one hand, there are many perks to having public transport at no cost.

Firstly

, free public

transit

could draw attention from citizens and people may opt for using them rather than driving private vehicles to save money.

As a result

,

this

could ameliorate the occurrence of

traffic

congestion in many cases

traffic

problems are caused by the presence of a large volume of private vehicles on the roads.

Secondly

,

mass

transit

such

as buses or the subway usually has a large capacity to accommodate a large influx of passengers commuting at the same time of day.

This

might greatly help the government to reduce thousands of people moving on-peak hours.

On the other hand

,

in addition

to the above advantages of using public transport, I believe that other measures

also

could be solutions for mitigating

traffic

issues. From a societal perspective, governments should publish stricter

traffic

regulations.

For example

, parking restrictions can be implemented to minimize the impact of parking movements on

transit

vehicles and to provide space needed for other types of vehicles due to that one main cause of delays to

transit

vehicles is waiting while private vehicles manoeuvre in and out of parking spaces. From a personal perspective, it is not just governments that are responsible for easing

traffic

circulation as individuals play a crucial role as well that each one should raise

mass

awareness on obeying

traffic

rules to ease

traffic

congestion.

For instance

, if each individual strictly complies with the

traffic

laws,

such

as no rushing to overtake, no going in the wrong lane, and obeying

traffic

signals, the problem of

traffic

jams will be greatly alleviated. In conclusion,

although

free

mass

transit

could help to minimize

traffic

congestion, governments and citizens should work out together for more measures to improve the

traffic

situation.