In some cities and towns all over the world the high volume of traffic is a problem. What are the causes of this and what actions can be taken to solve this problem?

Globally, traffic congestion

is become

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a serious issue in metro cities and towns. The main reasons for the problems are the inefficient

roads

and the

increase

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number of private

cars

on

roads

. Fortunately, these could be tackled effectively by increasing taxes and constructing new

roads

or parallel structures.

Firstly

, many

roads

in the big cities have not been constructed to accommodate soaring traffic. Due to

this

, during

rush-hours

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, the narrow

roads

often tend to be congested, and vehicles hardly find

way

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to go smoothly. In Mumbai,

roads

using currently were built by the British rulers more than two centuries ago and these are insufficient to meet the growing demand,

for instance

.

Similarly

, since many people prefer to travel

on

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their own

cars

instead

of depending on

the

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public transportation,

this

also

worsen

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the scenario even

further

. Despite the above-mentioned difficulties, these are to be curbed by adopting sets of new strategies. The obvious one could be imposing extra taxes on private

cars

, eventually, not only reduce privately owned

cars

but the taxed people may start using public transports as well.

Similarly

, in order to combat heavy traffic, the government need to allocate fund to construct under and over passages, along with tube services, to reduce the volume.

This

has been a proven method adopted by many

western-countries

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: Australia, the USA, Canada and so on. I,

therefore

, firmly believe that these two steps will minimise the hurdle effectively. In conclusion, congestion on

roads

is severe in many busy cities and towns. Levying carbon taxes and constructing flyovers or underground transportations would reduce

increased

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the increased

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volume of vehicles resulting from private car ownership and narrow

roads

.