Write about the following topic. The only way to reduce the amount of traffic in cities today is by reducing the need for people to travel from home for work, education or shopping. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is often perceived that the only solution for

traffic

is through eliminating the need for

people

to travel for their jobs, schools or universities, and leisure activities. In my view, as opposed to restriction on mobilities, facilitating proper public

transportation

will create more detrimental effects to

such

problems.

To begin

with, one of the supporting arguments to limit

people

from travelling is that most

people

use their personal vehicles ,especially during peak hours, resulting in a higher volume of cars and motorcycles at a certain time.

That is

why reducing their need to go to other places might result in reducing the amount of

traffic

, as they will most likely stay at their home as opposed to being in the street.

For example

, companies allow their employee to work from home during the global pandemic, resulting in a slight decline in

traffic

.

However

, I would argue that

such

an approach is not sustainable as

people

still need to reach their destination on a daily basis.

For instance

, critical professionals

such

as doctors and engineers are required to visit hospitals and construction sites, which means that it is not possible to impose work from home for these specific jobs.

Therefore

, in my view, the solution to

traffic

involves adequate policy to continuously upgrade the system of public

transportation

.

This

is important since it will encourage

people

to use the train or MRT compared to private cars. To illustrate, in Jakarta, after the launching of MRT, residents in Jakarta prefer to use them because it is more convenient, efficient, and cheaper when compares to other types of

transportation

.

Furthermore

,

although

it might take a longer time to completely address the

traffic

in a big city, proper public

transportation

will significantly help the join efforts to reduce the before mentioned issues. In conclusion,

while

restrictions to limit

people

’s mobility can reduce

traffic

at some levels, I remain convinced that they failed to touch the root problems.

Consequently

, the government ought to impose some regulations to ensure that society can take public

transportation

comfortably.