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In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sum of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe that the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both point of view and give your own opinion.

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In some territories, it is thought that it's vital to spend loads of money to build new railway systems for high-speed
trains
 between cities.
However
, others believe that
this
 money should be invested in acing the current public transportation. I personally agree with the first idea because it has long-term advantages
such
 as
air
 pollution reduction and helping the traffic issue.
To begin
 with, a significant number of buses and taxis are aged and replacing them requires a huge amount of money
while
 they are the main cause of
the
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air
 pollution.
In addition
 to
this
, they are not as fast and convenient as
trains
.
According to
 recent research on the driver's strike day,
air
 pollution has been reduced by 25%
while
 the drivers were on strike for a week in 2019.
Also
, people who had to commute by train during that week claimed that they were more comfortable using them and got to work faster.
On the other hand
,
trains
 can carry a larger number of people which leads to fewer cars on the streets. To illustrate, a train is almost four times larger than a bus and about eight times longer than a cab,
therefore
,
instead
 of using eight cars and four buses we can have only two
trains
 which can tackle the traffic issue to a large extent.
To conclude
, individuals have opposite opinions about improving the existing transport system or
to invest
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 in the new inter-city railroads. I opine the latter idea would be beneficial
due to
 the fact that it can solve the problem of polluted
air
 and will reduce the traffic issue -Remember a clear distinction between two middle paragraphs
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