Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now one big traffic jam. how true do you think this statement is? what measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars

Some
people
say that
car
ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now „one big traffic jam”. It is true that
cars
become the most popular means of
transport
. A
lot
of
people
are the only owner of the
car
. It means that one family has even
a
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three or four
cars
.
This
amount of vehicles creates a
lot
of new problems with which the government is struggling.
First
of all, more and more inhabitants are purchasing a
car
. The reason for that
it
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is the most comfortable option
to
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moving
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fast. Sometimes, the bus stop is far away
for
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our home. Compared to a
car
, we are wasting a time going to a bus stop. Our
car
is always closer.
Moreover
, we have to adapt to the timetables of public
transport
.
This
makes scheduling difficult. All in all, a
lot
of
people
are buying a vehicle because of the fact that it saves time.
Secondly
, the government have a
lot
of options to make
cars
not so popular. In many cities, tickets for public
transport
are very expensive.
This
is the reason why
people
choose own
cars
.
Local
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authority
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should reduce the prices.
In addition
, the timetables are
unfavorable
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. Sometimes, the buses are running very rarely and often are late. It is necessary to increase the number of
the
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bus lines. To sum up, over the past thirty years
cars
become more and more popular. Nowadays, we have a
lot
of problems with
the
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vehicles. In my opinion,
this
is a task for
government
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to
struggling
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with. They have a
lot
of options to decrease
number
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of vehicles and create
a
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public
transport
more popular.
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