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?

Shared rides have been becoming popular nowadays, especially among those who often take public transport. But

this

trend has been growing even

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the

people

having their own vehicles.

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a conclusive opinion. On the one hand, using a shared ride possesses various benefits.

First

of all, the

number

of private vehicles on the road is reduced, in turn mitigating traffic congestion. When more

people

prefer using carsharing options, two or

three

people

use the same car for travelling to their jobs,

thus

reducing the

number

of cars on the road. For an instance, if

three

people

travel

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a common vehicle, the

number

of cars that would have been 3 on the road now becomes only one. So, traffic congestion can decrease by

three

folds because of ridesharing. Another advantage is that the cost of

travel

decreases. The expense of one car is shared by the

number

of

people

using it, so the cost of fuel and

travel

for each person is reduced significantly.

For example

, 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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.

On the other hand

, using shared transport might have a disadvantage

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it would take

longer

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time

for

people

to reach their destination. There will be more stoppages along the way so the journey

time

increases.

For example

, if I had

three

people

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my car travelling to work, I would have to

first

drop

other

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two

people

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money from them and

then

return to another route.

This

increases the duration of my

travel

and it would take

longer

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time

for me to reach my desired point. In conclusion, I think that despite taking a

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time

to

travel

, the benefits of carsharing options like its low cost and reduction in traffic jams, cannot be overlooked