Traffic jam is increasing, what are the causes and solution?

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Traffic congestion is on the rise
as a result
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of bad
roads
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, poor
routes network
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and a lack of alternative means of transportation which can be reduced by constructing good
roads
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and optional transport
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like rail and ships.
Firstly
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, the non-motorable state of our
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is one of the major causes of drive jams. The driving paths are full of potholes and not tarred
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causing motorists to drive very slowly which leads to slow movement of the vehicles behind.
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, poor
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of
roads
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is another cause. In, that the routes are not intercepting,
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, everyone going to a particular destination will have to get there through one route which leads to congestion.
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, there is an inadequate and non-functional alternative to transportation.
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includes rail, boat or ship.
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, in my country, Nigeria and
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Lagos State, the major medium of migration is by road,
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roadway jams are a daily occurrence. The solutions to the causes of transit jams include
first,
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the roadways should be fixed so they are motorable with the result being a free flow of migration.
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, there should be alternative roadway networks so that all vehicles do not have to ply on a specific route to get to the same destination.
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, the government should invest in developing
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other means of movement especially rail as trains have the ability to accommodate a large number of passengers,
as a result
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, will lead to a massive fall in the number of cars and people transported through
roads
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.
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, traffic congestion is a societal problem that will only keep increasing if the
roads
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are not motorable, other ways of transportation are not developed and route networks are not constructed.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Traffic congestion
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