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
.
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