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The rising levels of congestion and air pollution found in most of the world cities can be attributed directly to the rapidly increasing number of private cars in use. In order to reverse this decline in quality of life in cities, attempts must be made to encourage people to use their cars less and public transport more. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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These days,
air
pollution
 is a shared social problem and one of the causes is carbon dioxide emission from private cars. In order to break through
this
 situation, advocating for
the
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less use of individual vehicles is significant.
However
, overall, using bus lines and metro
also
 have some disadvantages;
therefore
, I slightly disagree with the statement.
This
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why I do not strongly agree with the statement.
Firstly
,
public
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the public
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 transfer is less accessible than privately owned automobiles. While the motor cars can be ridden by all of the people provided they have
license
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, subways or railways require to live near the stations. In fact, a multitude of people who live in rural areas cannot live without their own carriages. As stations of bus or train are unequally distributed between different regions, supporting public transport will be difficult.
Secondly
, the ability to carry passengers is limited. Even if the
endeavor
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 succeeds in convincing people to use public conveyance, since its capacity is deficient, the attempt would not accomplish. The measures by the governments might be demanded;
however
,
this
 would not be the most ideal plan given that the result of
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 of more public transportation is ambiguous.
Lastly
, the presence of a substitute means to reduce
air
pollution
. Because overuse of vehicles is not a solitary cause of
air
pollution
, there must be some other way to solve the problem.
For example
, planting trees or using sustainable energy sources could
also
 be the methods to prevent
air
pollution
. In conclusion, the flaws of public transport
such
 as inaccessibility or limited potential to convey passengers, and the existence of alternative processes to avert
air
pollution
 are the reasons for dissent to the statement.
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