In some cities and towns all over the world the high volume of traffic is a problem. What are the causes of this and what actions can be taken to solve this problem?

Heavy

traffic

is one of the most serious issues in busy cities

such

as New York, London and Tokyo. People often waste their

time

and gasoline just to escape from a

traffic

jam on holidays. What is worse, the

traffic

problem prevents an efficient transport of support to the damaged areas after disasters

such

as an earthquake. In my opinion,

this

can be attributed to several causes and there are several possible measures to implement.

First

of all, our unconscious behaviours often bring about a

traffic

jam. People tend to drive at a peak

time

without consideration, which ends up creating long queues for a similar destination. To solve

this

, the only logical action is to slightly change the

time

schedule and avoid rush hours. There is no benefit to being in a long tailback. (gridlock/ bottleneck./a town-centre bottleneck/ tailback/ snarl-up) on the way and with a small shift in plans they can. spend less

time

in

traffic

and more precious

time

where they want to be. In fact, some thoughtful people leave their homes in the early hours and spend about half a day at Tokyo Disney Land.

Furthermore

, the delay in

road

maintenance

also

creates congestion in countries with various natural disasters

such

as Japan, or China. Frequent earthquakes make cracks on the

road

surfaces and require repairs for a while, from which .

traffic

jams inevitably arise To overcome

this

situation, constant

road

checks by authorities can be one solution. They inspect important roads at night and find the possible flaws at an early stage, which diminishes the timespan of repairing. To conclude,

traffic

problems are mainly caused by unthoughtful actions and

road

repairs, and the solutions would be optimal private planning or constant

road

inspection.