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
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