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 the past thirty years, there has been an exponential growth in the

number

of

car

possessions. With the convenience offered by driving your own

car

,

this

also

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the society into ‘one big

traffic

jam’.

This

problem becomes more apparent to the countries that have a large

number

of population and

government

interventions are needed to solve it.

This

issue will be elaborated in the following paragraphs. With a drastic increase in

car

ownership, it comes with a cost that put every

traffic

users have to endure together.

This

might be caused by the growing

number

of affordable cars selections and it adds to the customer’s purchasing power.

For example

, in Indonesia, a

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family

car

,

such

as Diahatsu Xenia, has been everyone’s

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because it can load up to 7 passengers and costs under 200,000,000 rupiah. In the past 10 years, more than a million Xenia cars

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been sold in Indonesia. By having

this

issue, the

government

has to be strategic in creating regulations to lessen the

number

of

traffic

on the

road

. Placing a minimum

number

of people in the

car

could result

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less

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cars would be on the

road

and encourage people to carpool.

For instance

, in Jakarta, the local

government

put a base

number

of 4 seats need to be filled so the

car

can pass through the metropolitan area.

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improvement in public transport

also

may cause people to opt to use it than using their own transport.

In addition

to basing the passenger

number

, the

government

in Jakarta, in the past five decades, has been working to improve their public transportations to be more comfortable, safe, and reliable.

As a result

, in 2019, they successfully build MRT (Metropolitan Railway Transport) which proven to reduce the

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of people on the

road

. In conclusion, with the rising of affordable cars,

traffic

problems are unavoidable, and it happens to other cities in the world, not only Jakarta. Strict

road

regulations have to be imposed to negate the amount

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traffic

on the

road

.

Moreover

, the

government

also

has to improve

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public transport system for the people to see the benefit of using one

instead

of their own transportation.