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Should governments spend more money on improving roads, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why?

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Some
people
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 think the betterment of
roads
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 is crucial and the governments should invest in
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, whilst others are of the opinion that authorities must primarily focus on developing the best roadway and railway transportation system. I believe that improvements done to public transportation should be of higher priority.
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 elucidates both the aforementioned views and my opinion. On the one hand, I and others posit that upgrading both the quality and the frequency of road and rail transport encourages a plethora of
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 to take public transfers, which in turn, enormously alleviates CO2 emissions. As individuals prefer to use buses or subways for their daily commute
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 of cars,
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,
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 will save our planet from the global warming issue.
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, in Western countries like the UK, the government drastically improved the underground tube trains frequency which lures many to use that, by considering it to be a better alternative for personal vehicles.
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, some individuals argue that constructing better
roads
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 should be given the first place by authorities, as
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 would greatly enhance the widened route for road travel on a day-to-day basis. Eventually,
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 reduces the traffic during peak hours and saves a lot of journey time for
people
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 during their travel.
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, a survey was conducted in a local community about “what
people
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 think could be the reasons for traffic jams”. The majority of them voted for the poor quality of
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 and the betterment needed. In conclusion, authorities focusing on developing public transportation majorly contributes to less pollution and global warming
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, others suggest the governments improve the
roads
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 to cut down the daily traffic. In my opinion, upgrading roadways and railways are vital and at the same time, saving mother nature.

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