Increasing the price of petrol is this best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent to you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

Nowadays,

people

prefer to have

cars

in their daily lives.

This

trend creates heavy traffic and pollution matter in our community. Considering to increase the price of

petrol

, which might partly solve the current problem.

However

, it might not be an ideal solution. Let us illustrate my perspectives in the below paragraphs.

First

of all, I do agree that increasing the price of

petrol

which might shift some workforce to consider using public

transportation

. Most

people

are sensitive to

petrol

pricing when they are reliant on a limousine for travelling to work.

In contrast

, some workforce might need to have their own limousine when the

coverage

and timetable of public

transportation

cannot fit them.

Thus

,

people

might need to dispose of their current

cars

of smaller sizes in order to save the

petrol

costs increase.

Hence

, disposal of old

cars

will be another issue. Because of

this

, governments need to consider improving the

coverage

for their public

transportation

. In Hong Kong,

people

are willing to use public

transport

in their daily lives. Most of the areas can be covered and reached by trams, trains and buses, which gives

such

a convenient experience to

people

, who are willing to use public

transportation

in order to minimise the cost of spending.

On the other hand

,

people

living in western countries might prefer to have

cars

as the public

transportation

coverage

are not well-covered.

Therefore

, the government might provide a certain incentive or build up environment-friendly bicycle lanes for their residents, which can encourage them to shift to using local public

transport

that can bring some benefits to them.

For example

, Germany will provide a monthly pass package in summer, which can provide an incentive to their residents who can explore their countries by public

transport

.

Hence

,

people

are willing to take public

transport

. In conclusion, increasing

petrol

might not be considered the best tool to fight traffic and pollution issues. Governments need to build up better public

transport

coverage

, which enhances the motivation of residents, who will create a win-win situation in order to solve the traffic problems.