Some people think that in order to deal with the problem of congestion in cities, privately owned vehicles should be banned in city centers, while others consider this to be an unrealistic solution. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

In recent decades, private vehicle ownership has boomed as car prices have started to go down,

therefore

allowing more individuals to purchase them. Some

people

believe that personal

cars

are the main reason

city

centres

are congested,

hence

they should be prohibited,

while

others argue that

this

idea is impossible. My opinion is that

city

centres

are too crowded and measures should be put in place to restrict access to personal vehicles.

To begin

with, many

people

think that an excellent solution for solving the overcrowding of

town's

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centres

would be to stop private automobiles from entering

this

area.

That is

because the air and noise pollution rates are really high, especially

due to

an enormous number of workplaces and business buildings.

In other words

, many employees live in the

city

’s outskirts and commute every day to the centre using their

cars

.

Moreover

, some

city

centres

were built centuries ago and have small and narrow lanes, so traffic jams are more common here than in any other area.

For instance

, cities like Rome, London,

or

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Paris have already introduced measures

for banning

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private

cars

in order to stop traffic congestion.

On the other hand

, many individuals have the opinion that banning car owners

to bring

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their

cars

into the

city

centre is an impossible solution

due to

a lot of difficulties citizens may face. One of the reasons is the fact that a lot of employees live in suburbs and a lot of them do not have public bus routes to use to go to work.

Also

, real estate is really expensive in

city

centres

so some

people

cannot afford to buy or rent an apartment downtown.

For instance

, London rents are so expensive that

people

prefer to commute from nearby cities, like Winchester or Southampton,

instead

of renting a place there.

However

, these difficulties could be resolved if governments and councils introduced new bus services or lowered the high-speed

railways'

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railways

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fees.

To conclude

,

although

many issues make banning privately owned vehicles a difficult measure, I believe that the authorities should create programs that would benefit both the commuters and the urban area’s infrastructure.