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?

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increase
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car
ownership
over the past thirty years has become the biggest cause of traffic
jam
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, and it is happening in many cities in the world. In my point of view,
this
statement is very true. I base my opinion on three reasons.
Firstly
,
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car
ownership
causes the
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of public transportation greatly decrease year
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year.
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in my city – called
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Bandar Lampung –
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the circulation of buses and ‘
angkots
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Angkor
’ was very large, so they could be counted on the fingers right now.
Secondly
, the
increase
in
car
ownership
makes
the
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people
more lazy
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to walk so
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there is a buildup of unnecessary cars on the road, and
this
causes traffic jams.
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, the effect of
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increasing
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in
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the
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number of
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is air and sound pollution which causes a feeling of fatigue in driving. Meanwhile, the government as a
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can take several steps to reduce the use of cars
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the community. The
first
is a scheme to
increase
taxes for
car
owners so that private vehicles can only
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by the rich
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.
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scheme was used by
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and Singapore
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called
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‘The Best Management Vehicles Country in The World’.
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scheme is to improve the services from public transportation and provide cheap prices to
increase
public interest in
tunring
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turning
to public vehicles which can reduce the presence of cars on the road.
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agree that
car
ownership
is
really
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biggest
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cause of traffic
jam
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and it can
be reduce
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by using
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public transportation. .
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