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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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In
this
 modern epoch,
people
 prefer to use their personal
vehicles
instead
 of public
transport
. Ownership of cars has become rampant in the past decade to an extent that many big cities nowadays are facing traffic stoppage issues.
Besides
 the road blockage problem in large towns, I believe that increasing the number of
vehicles
 is a major cause of multiple global challenges that will be discussed in
this
 essay. It
also
 shed light on strategies that can be adopted to avoid these hazards. On one hand, using personal motor
vehicles
 is convenient for
people
 as they don’t have to be dependent on anyone and wait for busses or trains.
Moreover
, public transportation can’t drop an individual at his desired location.
For instance
, if a person in Lahore wants to visit his friend’s home in Gulberg, he has to take the bus to the nearest stop is 2KM away.
On the other hand
, the increasing number of
vehicles
 has led to some global issues
such
 as traffic jams, air pollution and road accidents. In Karachi,
for example
, thousands of
people
 are affected by Smog every year which occurs when carbon emissions from
vehicles
 are mixed with fog during winter. In my view, Government can take action to encourage
people
 to use public
transport
 rather than their personal
vehicles
. One way is to increase the fuel taxes and prices of automobiles to discourage
people
 from using them. Authorities can use the amount collected from these taxes to provide free public
transport
.
To conclude
, using a personal vehicle can reduce transportation time and money for
people
,
on the contrary
, it can lead to higher
transport
 stoppage, toxic gases in the climate and accidents.
Therefore
, in my opinion, the government must take strict action to reduce the number of cars in big cities.
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