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

traffic

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

car

ownership

. I believe that

this

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

traffic

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

car

ownership

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

number

of

car

ownerships

. It can not be true that increased

car

ownerships

bring

traffic

congestion

constantly in many metropolitan areas of the world.

This

is because there are some primary cities that have terrible

traffic

without the fact that the

number

of

car

owners

has increased.

For example

,

according to

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

traffic

congestion

due to

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

Therefore

, it can be said that

car

congestion

is not primarily caused by increased

car

ownership

. In the meantime, implementing a new tax burden on

car

owners

by governments can make people discouraged to own private cars.

This

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

this

, 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

number

of new

car

owners

decreased by one-third of the total

number

of new

owners

three years ago.

Thus

, if not for

such

development of the local policy, the

number

of new

ownerships

of cars would have grown. In summary,

car

congestion

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

car

ownership

.

Additionally

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

number

of

car

ownerships

.