Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are crippled by gridlocked traffic. What are the possible solutions for these cities?

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In developed countries, major
cities
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like New York,
London
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and London
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, people have a lot of options for buying a
car
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. With
increase
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the increase
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in purchasing power,
car
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ownership has increased
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leaps and bounds over the past three decades.
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has led to
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an increase
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increase
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in traffic congestion and air pollution in big
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.
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possible solutions to these problems are improvement in public transport and
government
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policies on
car
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ownership and office schedules. Public transport has always been reactive to the problems in
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the city
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, rather than being a well-planned system. It has been estimated that
population
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in all major
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will double in
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next
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the next
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25 years,
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all big
cities
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of the world, should plan the city transport network for
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next
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the next
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30 years.
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, a country like Singapore has built their public
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transport
so effectively that it can cater to double the population in coming years.
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policies will
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be required to be enforced to reduce
number
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the number
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of cars on the road.
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can be done with
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solution.
Government
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can limit
car
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ownership per family to 2
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, office timings can be made flexible, or employees are encouraged to come to
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between 7 am - 10 am. Of course, the compulsory daily working hours
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to be followed, but
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will ensure that
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travel to offices will be staggered,
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reducing
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the amount
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of cars on the road. To sum it up, apart from the solutions mentioned in
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essay,
cities
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with traffic problems need to come up with additional unique ideas to solve the vehicle
congestions
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congestion
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. It is
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imperative that
,
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apply
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government
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bodies need to plan up to 2050 in regard to city
trasnport
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transport
and network
system
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systems
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