These days, more and more people prefer to use share transport such as buses, trams or carsharing applications on their smartphones rather than driving their own cars. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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Shared rides have been becoming popular nowadays, especially among those who often take public transport. But
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having their own vehicles.
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a conclusive opinion. On the one hand, using a shared ride possesses various benefits.
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of all, the
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of private vehicles on the road is reduced, in turn mitigating traffic congestion. When more
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prefer using carsharing options, two or
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people
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use the same car for travelling to their jobs,
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reducing the
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of cars on the road. For an instance, if
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a common vehicle, the
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of cars that would have been 3 on the road now becomes only one. So, traffic congestion can decrease by
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folds because of ridesharing. Another advantage is that the cost of
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decreases. The expense of one car is shared by the
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of
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using it, so the cost of fuel and
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for each person is reduced significantly.
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, travelling six times a week from home to work 5 miles away would cost a person $60 on his own but it is now reduced to $25 because of
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, using shared transport might have a disadvantage
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it would take
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for
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to reach their destination. There will be more stoppages along the way so the journey
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increases.
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, if I had
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people
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my car travelling to work, I would have to
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drop
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money from them and
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return to another route.
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increases the duration of my
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and it would take
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for me to reach my desired point. In conclusion, I think that despite taking a
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, the benefits of carsharing options like its low cost and reduction in traffic jams, cannot be overlooked
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