In some cities and towns all over the world, the high volume of traffic is a problem.What are the causes of this and wha actions can be taken to solve this problem?

Nowadays many cities and towns around the world become more populated which produces problems, one of which is a high volume of

traffic

. There are several ways to solve

this

obstacle, but it can not be solved instantly, they need a huge amount of front expenditure cost,

also

involvement and understanding from every layer of society to make it sustainable.

First,

the obvious cause of

traffic

jams is the high amounts of vehicles on the road, especially, private-owned

transportation

.

This

takes us to another problem about why the

city

populations favour private vehicles rather than public

transportation

, which mainly because of the bad

transportation

system in the

city

, makes it not accessible to all parts of the

city

.

Furthermore

, there is

also

a case in which

transportation

becomes a state economical profit and makes the people buy more private vehicles, they promote it with a small-affordable downpayment and low-risk credit.

For example

, in Indonesia, public

transportation

is so bad and always on the lower rank of state's priority.

Although

we already have an MRT in the previous capital

city

, Jakarta, the government still want to make the private

transportation

company thrives with an incentive for the people to buy it, even though it is unnecessary and can make the

traffic

jam worse in the long run.

Second,

to solve

this

problem the government have to understand why public

transportation

is important, even though, the profit to the national market is not that high compared to a private vehicle. They ought to make accessible and vast-reach

transportation

, by using the already existing

transportation

to be a feeder and reaching into the smaller roads, opening new routes, and increasing the quantities of public

transportation

.

For example

, in Surabaya, even though some universities are near bus stops, the students still have to walk over a km without a proper walking path and shading, which makes it dangerous for the people. In conclusion, there are many problems as the reason for the high volume of

traffic

jams and it is mainly the government's job to solve the problem by making a proper public

transportation

system in the cities or towns.