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?

The number of

people

owning

cars

has reportedly increased in the

last

30 years. It makes cities in the entire world have to deal with serious issues of traffic congestion. I believe that

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these days, it truly occurs as more

people

can afford

cars

to get convenience in

traveling

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or commuting, but roadways seem uneasy to expand. Government should think of

this

problem seriously whether to give

alternative

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in

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transportation

or limit

the

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car

ownership by raising the

tax

. It is true that more and more

people

in recent days have

cars

. In my village in the

developping

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developing

country,

Indonesia

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,

people

who already earn more money,

they

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really want to buy

cars

.

This

is because they think

car

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is representative of wealth and

also

they could go anywhere and anytime comfortably, as in my village, there is little and very limited public

transportation

. In consequence, since

people

can get

any

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various

job

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and

also

get

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money, my village’s streets are getting crowded

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cars

and delay

people

’s productivity. Looking at

this

phenomenon in my small village that brings problems, governments as the rulers have to take action. The number of

car

owners has to be controlled in

such

ways

like

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raising the

tax

and releasing more improved public

transportation

. By raising the

tax

,

people

would think twice about buying

cars

, and the government could invest more in developing public

transportation

. With improvements

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public

transportation

in terms of service, facilities, and affordability,

for example

,

people

who want to save

their

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money would definitely switch from using their own

vehicle

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vehicles

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.

Finally

,

car

numbers in traffic will decrease, and

people

will never get stuck

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the road anymore. In conclusion,

although

people

’s prosperity gets higher than before and they can afford to buy

cars

, it brings a new problem to them themselves: traffic jams. The government could do anything to solve

this

issue, but I personally suppose that they should upraise the

car

tax

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using

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this

tax

to maintain more public

transportation

.