Some people think the best way to solve the traffic congestions in cities is to provide free public transports for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Advanced technology makes it possible for people to own their cars, leading to more

traffic

jams in metropolitan cities. Some people believe that the best

way

to solve the congested

traffic

in cities is to provide free public

transportation

24

hours

a

day

and 7 days a week; I disagree with it. Providing free public

transport

day

and night would eliminate the

traffic

bottleneck problems to some extent.

Firstly

, providing free public

transportation

at all

hours

would reduce people’s dependence on their cars, since they can take buses and subways whenever they need.

This

means that citizens would lower the frequency of using their private cars.

Also

, the volume of

traffic

on the roads will be reduced significantly, since city dwellers are more likely to use public

transportation

instead

of using their vehicles.

Therefore

, the number of vehicles would have a dramatic decrease.

However

, only offering free public

transport

round the clock is not the best

way

to solve these issues and there are several ways to address them efficiently. One reason is that

traffic

jams only occur at certain times rather than 24

hours

a

day

and even seven days a week, which means that it is unnecessary for the government to provide free

transportation

all the time. So, free public transit can be provided during rush hour to reduce

traffic

bottlenecks on the roads. Additional, if governments offer free public transit to the public, it would likely increase the finical burden of the cities’ avenues leading to an increased burden on taxpayers.

For instance

, more funding would be spent on the maintenance of the public

transport

system. Another reason is that it would result in some environmental problems since more carbon emissions would be emitted from buses which service twenty-four seven.

As a result

, it would worsen global warming. In conclusion,

although

providing free public

transport

for 24

hours

a

day

and 7 days a week is an efficient

way

to solve

traffic

congestion, several reassures can be taken to tackle

this

problem in a more efficient

way

.