Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

In an attempt to rectify the exacerbating

traffic

congestion and

air

pollution

problem, the oil

price

hike is deemed as the most effective solution for

this

. I fully disagree with

this

view as there are other remedial measures, far more viable and pragmatic, to reverse mentioned issues. Making gasoline

price

expensive would highly unlikely

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esolve the burgeoning crises on

traffic

and

air

defilement for the following reasons.

Firstly

, most car owners and potential buyers have higher disposable income and

therefore

, could tolerate

price

uptick in many circumstances. In fact, the Philippine government had implemented the same policy in the year 2002 in the hope of redeeming its name from its bad reputation as the 4th country in Southeast Asia with the worst

traffic

jam and urban

air

pollution

. With the majority of automobile owners coming from high to maximum salary range earners, said

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ffort to contain these problems were of complete futility.

Furthermore

, increasing petroleum charges would affect the prices of goods and services. Oil

price

is directly proportional to commodity prices.

This

means that, when petroleum cost increases, costs of products and services increases as well.

This

trend would surely affect consumers in general and would delimit their purchasing capacity. There are measures,

however

, that can help resolve the above-mentioned issues in a more pragmatic and sensible way.

Firstly

, legislation dedicated solely on effective

traffic

management must be enacted. Like in the case of Japan where every family is limited to have only 1 car. To assure public compliance, Japan invested largely on public transport facility,

hence

, now enjoys smooth

traffic

flow and low urban

air

pollution

index

as a result

of reduced private car usage for daily commutes.

Additionally

, bike culture has to be encouraged by way of dedicating pavements for bikers to use daily for commuting to and from work.

This

way, the oil

price

increase will not be necessitated and

air

quality will be improved. In conclusion, making petroleum's

price

exorbitant, would only affect the general public profoundly and would, by no means, curtail the growing problems of

traffic

and

air

pollution

.

Instead

, legislation for effective road

traffic

management like improving existing transport facility and encourage bike-culture would practically give resolution to the aforementioned issues.