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

traffic

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

last

3 years .

This

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

traffic

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

vehicles

and improve the quality of public

transport

. in the following essay ,

this

writer wishes to elaborate

further

on

this

topic.

To begin

with ,during the

last

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

vehicles

like

auto

.

however

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

auto

by their citizens and ultimately

this

has been led to

this

severe

traffic

jam.

For instance

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

auto

on the road during

this

decade compared to the

last

decade .

Hence

,

this

problem seems to be spiralled out during the

last

few decades.

On the other hand

, governments have to do a lot to mitigate

this

problem to prevent

further

precipitation . They have to increase their taxes for private

auto

compare to public

transport

facilities

and

this

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

transport

facilities

.At the same time , authorities have to improve the

facilities

available in the public

transport

systems and

this

would

further

encourage communities to use

this

mode of

transport

.

For example

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

facilities

and

this

has been using many government and private employees during the

last

few years and the

traffic

congestion in the major cities has been reduced with

this

. In conclusion ,

traffic

jam has been increasing during the

last

few decades due to purchasing of new

vehicles

by people. To control

this

,

this

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

vehicles

and increased the

facilities

and number of public

transport

systems .