Some people believe the government should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce traffic congestion. Others think that building more and wider roads is the better way to reduce traffic congestion. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

The methods of (1) mitigating

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have become a heated topic of controversy. Some people argue that the construction of larger

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is the answer to the problem.

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, I contend that

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a solution is (2) ineffective in the long term,

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the option to construct railways and subways is a far better (3) measure. There is a common fallacy that (4) governmental spending on building larger

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could (5) sustainably address the problem of

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congestion

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. An increase in road size could reduce the (6)

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intensity in the short term, but larger

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mean that citizens are encouraged to purchase more (7) individual vehicles.

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leads to the fact that the

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, (8) albeit larger, would soon be filled with intense

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again.

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,

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jams returned to Shanghai's main streets not long after they were expanded in the early 1990s. In brief, if

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solution were (9) implemented,

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jams would still (10) persist in the long run. Rail and subway systems,

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, could ensure that (11)

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is (12) properly addressed. Unlike cars and buses, trains are capable of transporting hundreds of people simultaneously and

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would (13) meet the transport demands of a vast number of passengers.

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, trains do not have to go through (14) intersections or

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lights, and (15) dedicated lines ensure their travel is hardly (16) interrupted.

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, trains are always on time regardless of the level of

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.

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standard of (17) punctuality would encourage many people to choose railways and subways as their primary (18) means of transport, and the number of individual vehicles would decrease

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.

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,

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could be (19) tackled successfully. In conclusion, building more and larger

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is

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(20) unsustainable measure,

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train and subway lines would be a much more effective solution

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the problem of

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congestion

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