Some people believe that government should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce congestion,others think that building more and wider roads is the best way to reduce traffic congestion. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

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Nowadays, roads are more common than
train
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or
subway
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lines
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in most of the countries. Almost every household will own and use a car to travel around the
city
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than taking the
subway
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. But, some people prefer taking the
subway
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as driving
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costs and causes fatigue. In
this
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discussion, we will take a look at whether
government
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the government
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should spend money on building
train
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and
subway
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lines
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to reduce
congestion
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or building more and wider roads to reduce
traffic
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congestion
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.
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the topic,
government
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the government
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spending more money on building
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train
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trains
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and
subway
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lines
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will definitely solve the
congestion
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problem on both
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subway
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the subway
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and
road
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.
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,
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many existing drivers
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to take
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train
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trains
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or
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the subway
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subway
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subways
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as a means of
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to work
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due to
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the fact that trains and subways are more punctual and frequent will help with reducing vehicles on the
road
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.
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government
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the government
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building more and wider roads will
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be a good way to reduce
traffic
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congestion
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by diverting congested
point
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to
another
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another
road
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and
increase
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the capacity of cars on the
road
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.
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, cars from
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city
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A and
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B
are
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trying to take the same highway or exit to enter
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C will definitely cause heavy
traffic
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congestion
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,
therefore
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,
by
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apply
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building more and wider
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road
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roads
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in either
City
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A or
City
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B will help with
traffic
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congestion
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towards
City
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C. In my opinion, building more
train
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and
subway
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lines
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will be a better option to solve both
subway
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congestion
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and
traffic
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congestion
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. To give an idea, having people taking the
subway
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to their destination and
then
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taking public
transports
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to reach places that trains could not reach will reduce vehicles on the
road
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and at the same time the air and sound pollution will
also
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reduce drastically.
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