Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now 'one big traffic jam’’ How true do you think this statement is? What are measures can the government take to discourage people from using their cars?

Most cities around the world have major

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congestion, mainly due to privately owned cars ,which were purchased over the

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3 years .

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has been confirmed by multiple studies and led to problems like increased road

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accidents and high environmental pollution . to limit the purchasing of new cars, governing authorities have to increase the taxes for private

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and improve the quality of public

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on

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topic.

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with ,during the

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thirty years with the development of economy in most countries, their citizens quality of life and their purchasing power has been increased dramatically and, they have purchased many private

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like

auto

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.

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, authorities were not able to build the infrastructures like roads with the pase of purchasing new

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by their citizens and ultimately

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has been led to

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severe

traffic

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jam.

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, a report published by World Bank in 2018 has shown , there is about a 150% increase in the number of

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on the road during

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decade compared to the

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decade .

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,

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problem seems to be spiralled out during the

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few decades.

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, governments have to do a lot to mitigate

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problem to prevent

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precipitation . They have to increase their taxes for private

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compare to public

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facilities

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and

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may discourage people to purchase new cars and eventually , they will try to use public

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facilities

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.At the same time , authorities have to improve the

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available in the public

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systems and

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would

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encourage communities to use

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mode of

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.

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, the Sri Lankan government has introduced a new intercity bus service with good

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and

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has been using many government and private employees during the

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few years and the

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congestion in the major cities has been reduced with

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. In conclusion ,

traffic

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jam has been increasing during the

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few decades due to purchasing of new

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by people. To control

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,

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writer believes that , the authority has to boost the taxes for private

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and increased the

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and number of public

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systems .