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What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting public transport?

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Transportation
 is
one
 of the main items of our daily life since we all go to work, school, cinema and we meet our friends in a day. Unfortunately, we faced
one
 of the most dramatic events of history which are COVID-19 pandemic and suddenly
transportation
 became a problem for us. So, if we consider all the aspects, there are advantages and disadvantages of public
transportation
.
Firstly
, there are several important advantages of public
transportation
. Diminishing traffic jam is
one
 of them. So,
one
 can think about 10 people who use their own cars on the road. There will be 10 cars on the road and the traffic jam will be increased. If those 10 people use public
transportation
such
 as bus and metro, the number of individual cars will be decreased. In the case of the help of the metro, there will be zero cars on the road.
Secondly
, there are some disadvantages of public
transportation
 and enhancing COVID-19 pandemic is
one
 of the disadvantages. If we consider 10 people that are mentioned above paragraph, they will be very close to each other in a bus and interaction between them will be increased. As the interaction increased, the probability of transferring coronavirus
one
 to another will be increased. In conclusion, there are both advantages and disadvantages of public
transportation
. These aspects should be taken into consideration when
one
 needs to decide about the use of public
transportation
. If a traffic jam is a big problem, using public
transportation
 can diminish it. If COVID-19 has been spread through a city, using public
transportation
 can be the reason of vital problems.
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  • overcrowding
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