Some say that due to heavy traffic, governments need to build more roads in metropolitan cities, while others argue this is not the right solution. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays,

traffic

congestion is a concerning topic in many countries across the world. In order to mitigate it, some people reckon that the authorities should invest in constructing more

roads

in the urban area, whereas others including me believe that there are more promising remedies to

traffic

jams. In

this

essay, my disagreed opinion that building more

roads

is not an effective solution will be elaborated on, and some efficient solutions will be examined. On the one hand, an increase in the number of

roads

is considered a short-term solution because the number of

cars

being purchased per year is still skyrocketing.

As a result

, the

traffic

congestion will absolutely occur again and again.

For example

, developing countries

such

as Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia have been building new streets every year.

However

, according to an NBC report, Bangkok, Jarkatar and Kuala Lumpur are still ranked among top 10 the

traffic

jam country in the world. In the contrast, there are 2 ingenious solutions, which are able to alleviate the worried problem. the

first

remedy is improving public transportation. In

this

way, it will help the government spend less amount of budget and less frequency to implement compared to building more streets. To illustrate,

instead

of frequent investment and using tremendous money in constructing more

roads

every year, the authority can spend large finance only one time for constructing the infrastructure for public transportation

such

as bus lanes, subway, and train stations in the metropolitan areas.

Furthermore

, the governments should disincentivize citizens to buy

cars

. As a higher number of

cars

contributes to crowded on the road, a reduction in vehicles is an effective remedy, which not only solves the

traffic

problem but

also

ameliorates the environmental crisis. In conclusion, more road construction is not an effective solution that can mitigate the problems in the long term. In my perspective, I strongly disagree with the former statement.

However

, according to the aforementioned paragraph, public transportation improvement and buying

cars

discouragement are the better solutions, which can solve

this

problem in a more sustainable way.