The use of personal cars has increased more than ever before but this use of cars causes many problems. What are those problems? To reduce these problems, should we discourage people to use cars? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

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Thanks to the industrial revolution, the introduction of the chain production
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by Ford and modern technolocial advances, nowadays it is fairly easy to produce a
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, considering how it takes roughly 5 to 6 months to commission
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.
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, since the
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economic boom in the '50s, the use of personal vehicles has increased considerably, to the point where cars are not just a mean to move more efficiently, but a source of national pride
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prestige:
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example is the Italian Fiat 500, which, as the deceased Fiat's owner Agnelli said, "put Italy on wheels".
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, it is proven how the vast distribution of single-use vehicles has major downturns, both social and climate-wise. Nowadays, the most populated areas are cities and megalopolis, which
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are densely populated. Considering how, on averege, a person who resides in a metropolitan area owns a personal
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,
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of the most pressing problems municipal institutions need to face are traffic jams and parkings shortage: as a matter of fact, both of these concernes cause acustic pollution
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air pollution, which decrease sensibly the residents' quality of life. In the worst case scenario, cities may become unsuitable for a healthy lifestyle in the near future, encouraging people to move to rural and residential areas nearby, causing considerable economical problems to vendors and business located within the city,
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as decreasing in property value.
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easily applicable solution would be to invest in an efficient and well thought public
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system
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, which would have to be even more convenient than
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transportation
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, in order to encourage the averege person to prefer the convenience of public
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. In order to achieve
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milestone, it is necessary that the
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shall be accurately managed and inconveniences reduced to a minimun,
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priced more economically convenient than personal
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. Another feasable solution may be creating a city-driven
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-sharing
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, thanks to which up to 4 people may use the same
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for their daily activities.
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, studies have shown how in some instances
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systems have actually increased the
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demand,
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worsening the problem
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of solving it.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Traffic congestion
  • Emissions
  • Urban sprawl
  • Public transportation
  • Carbon footprint
  • Non-renewable resources
  • Eco-friendly
  • Sustainable
  • Telecommuting
  • Electric vehicles
  • Infrastructure
  • Cycling lanes
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