Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that there are constant traffic jams in many cities around the world. How true do you think this statement is? What measures can governments take to discourage people from owning cars? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

It is often argued that constant

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jams in many urban areas around the globe are primarily caused by increased

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ownership

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. I believe that

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statement can not be true because the main reason for the heavy

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is a high concentration of the economic activities area in one main city rather than increased

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. In my opinion, imposing charges on vehicles can be an effective solution for governments to reduce the

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of

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. It can not be true that increased

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bring

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congestion

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constantly in many metropolitan areas of the world.

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is because there are some primary cities that have terrible

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without the fact that the

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of

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has increased.

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an economic researcher, 70% of megacities around the world have been exposed to heavy

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congestion

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a high concentration of the economic markets in their cities over the 30-years period.

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, it can be said that

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is not primarily caused by increased

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. In the meantime, implementing a new tax burden on

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by governments can make people discouraged to own private cars.

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is attributed to a preference for saving money not allocating more money to tax. To illustrate

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, in one of the Japanese cities where the politician has applied increased charges to private vehicles for one of the measures of environmental protection, the

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of new

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decreased by one-third of the total

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of new

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three years ago.

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, if not for

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development of the local policy, the

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of new

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of cars would have grown. In summary,

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congestion

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has been worse because of a high concentration of the economic stage rather than the increased

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ownership

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.

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, importing charges on individual vehicles as tax can be beneficial to reducing the

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of

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.