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.

Modern society is facing the grave problem of increasing

pollution

and traffic. A few

people

argue that increasing fuel prices is the best solution to tackle the situation. In my opinion,

this

is not the right solution. In the upcoming paragraphs, I will discuss the reasons for the same along with other measures that can be effective in handling the situation. Increasing the petrol price may discourage a certain segment of society from using private vehicles but it can cause other problems,

such

as inflation

,

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since most of the goods are transported via road.

Moreover

, it's important to figure out how much

pollution

is being added by vehicles as a percentage of the total. If automobiles,

for instance

, just add little to the overall

pollution

then

the strategy will be ineffective in

this

case. The policy can

also

turn public sentiment negative. To tackle the situation, I believe, less punishable measures can be taken.

For example

, the use of public transport can be incentivized. If the government makes public transport cheaper and more convenient,

people

will invariably start using that. Another way could be to motivate

people

to start car-pooling, which will help to reduce the number of vehicles on road. Awareness campaigns, showing the impact of traffic and

pollution

, can

also

be helpful to educate

people

about the issue. To conclude, increasing fuel prices is not the best solution to solve the problem of soaring traffic and

pollution

. As discussed above, the problem can be handled by using more innovative and

people

-friendly strategies.