The unlimited use of cars may cause many problems. What are those problems? In order to reduce the problems, should we discourage people to use cars?

Someone has rightly said that – “The

car

has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete”. No wonder, there is an increasing

number

of

cars

on the road which are creating problems

such

as traffic jams, air pollution and longer commuting periods. In future,

this

trend is likely to worsen. The solution, it would seem, is for government to encourage the

use

of public

transport

in urban areas,

thus

decreasing dependence on the

car

. One way to stimulate public

transport

use

is to make private

car

use

more expensive and inconvenient. The introduction of tolls along urban motorways has been successfully employed in many cities. Other

such

measures are high-priced permits for parking in urban areas and the restriction of parking to a limited

number

of

cars

. Faced with high costs or no place to park,

commuters

would perhaps be more willing to abandon their

cars

in favour of buses or trains. The governments could

also

encourage public

transport

use

. The construction of free

car

parks at suburban train stations has proven successful in quite a

number

of countries.

This

allows

commuters

to drive part of the way, but take public

transport

into the central, most congested, urban areas. Indeed, making public

transport

more comfortable and convenient should work to attract more

commuters

and decrease traffic congestion. Public

transport

that is

convenient and comfortable retains its passengers, much like any business that satisfies its customers. The more

commuters

committed to taking public

transport

, the less congestion on city streets. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that the increasing

number

of

cars

is creating problems like pollution, accidents and traffic congestion but steps could be taken to minimize the problems.