In order to solve traffic problems, governments should tax private car owners heavily and use their money to improve public transportation. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution?

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Government should impose additional
taxes
on the owners of private cars to fund the public infrastructure.
Although
this
measure offers several benefits, the drawbacks should
also
be kept
in
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consideration.
This
essay will discuss both merits and demerits of taxing private
vehicles
. On the one hand, Government can achieve several benefits by introducing heavy
taxes
.
First
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this
would decrease traffic delays by limiting
volume
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the volume
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of new
vehicles
on the roads as people will be encouraged to use public transportation.
Secondly
,
this
action will help in
clean
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a clean
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environment as
less
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vehicles
means
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less emission of CO2 which is
major
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a major
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cause of
air
pollution.
For example
, the
air
quality of Lahore city is deteriorated
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up to
upto
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up to
an alarming situation because of
uncontrollable
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increase
of
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traffic.
Example
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has a negative tone; whereas the explanation is positive.
For example
, Singapore’s
air
quality index is mostly high because the administration there have enforced
taxes
.
On the other hand
, imposing
taxes
will have some worst effects by implementing
this
measure people will be travelling mostly by public transport which takes a lot of their time as compared to owned
vehicle
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vehicles
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.[contradictive point with the previous paragraph]
Moreover
, as
motor
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industry is a multi-million huge investment globally, falling in sales will end in unemployment in
this
sector. The economy will
also
witness shock as
this
sector is an important pillar of any economy. In conclusion, the benefits of imposing massive taxation
of
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private
vehicles
outnumbered the drawbacks of
this
solution.[opinion] The major concerns like interrupted traffic flow and
air
pollution might minimize by these
taxes
however
, the time travel might increase along with
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a decline
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in
the
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employment which might affect the economy
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Traffic congestion
  • Emissions
  • Revenue generation
  • Public dissatisfaction
  • Political issues
  • Financial burden
  • Environmental benefits
  • Efficiency and accessibility
  • Taxation
  • Heavily taxing
  • Private car owners
  • Fund improvements
  • Discourage the use
  • Healthier environment
  • Public transport quality
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