One problem faced by almost every large city is traffic congestion. What do you think the causes are? What solutions can you suggest?

Nowadays, employment opportunities have resulted in an increasing number of people moving to larger

cities

rather than rural areas, and

this

causes heavy traffic problems in urban areas. In

this

essay, I am going to discuss two reasons behind

this

problem

and examine possible ways to address it in the following paragraphs.

To begin

with, there are two causes behind

this

problem

.

Firstly

, overpopulation of large metropolitan and depopulation in the countryside is the major causes of

this

. Since there are few jobs in the countryside, people move out to large

cities

and look for jobs that pay better salaries.

As a result

, the city population has increased, and traffic congestion happens.

Secondly

, another reason for

this

commuting time is around the same time for many and is longer due to larger distances in an urban layout.

For instance

, the traffic in downtown Toronto peaks between 8am to 9.30am as most offices commence around that time, leading to an increased number of vehicles on the streets and

hence

the congestion. An immediate solution to the

problem

can be initiated by governments. They can provide incentives if companies open satellite offices in rural areas. While

this

measure can arrest the issue of over-concentration of people, it

also

reduced the influx of working families migrating from the countryside. When Samsung applied

this

model for kickbacks from the South Korean government, more than 50% of the employees opted to move to less populated

cities

in the

first

month of its program. To conclude, overcrowing in huge

cities

and commuting at a stipulated hour are the grounds for road rush and blocks and governments should be creative in tackling

this

problem

. If

this

isn’t addressed immediately by authorities, pollution and global warming will be inevitable.