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What are the pros and cons of using public transport?

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Nowadays, people prefer to choose public means of
transports
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transport
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 like buses, tramways or undergrounds rather than
taxies
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taxis
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 or private cars.
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 there are a number of
taxies
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taxis
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are
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available on roads, many still choose shipments to get to their destinations. But what are the benefits of
this
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 choice and what are the
darwbacks
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drawbacks
? In
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essay
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 I will look at both sides and try to draw some conclusions. Let's begin by looking at the advantages of using
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 sort of shipment. One of the biggest positives is that
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 they are much more cheaper than private ones. Take students as an example. They need
transport
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 twice a day or more and as the prices for
taxies
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 are too high, they cannot afford ones for their daily use.
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, public
transport
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are
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 the
safiest
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safest
 way of getting from A to B. What I mean by
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 is that
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 there little occasions in which accidents with crashes involve buses or tramways. Even the number of air
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 might be higher than those of undergrounds. Turning to the other side of the argument, public transportation is often considered to be slow and crowded. For many
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this
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 kinds of vehicles
ere
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 very uncomfortable as it is
difficulties
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 to get
their
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 destination on time.
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, there are usually a lot of people
in
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on
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 public
transport
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. That's why, most folks prefer a taxi or their
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 cars. All things considered, using public transit has both pros and cons.
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this
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 type of shipping is
time-taking
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 and not
convenient
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as convenient
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 as small cars, they are very
demanded
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 by people who spend much of their money on roads. In my opinion, public
transport
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 is the best source of vehicles and the benefits of the same eventually outweigh any negatives.

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    • Sentence 2 - Example
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • sustainability
  • emissions
  • inequality
  • congestion
  • economic feasibility
  • subsidies
  • infrastructure
  • overcrowding
  • commute
  • incentivize
  • service quality
  • reinvest
  • equitable access
  • fiscal responsibility
  • peak hours
  • public subsidy
  • taxpayer burden
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