Nowadays governments are investing more in public transport such as buses and trains rather than in building new roads. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

In

this

age, decision-makers are spending more money to develop public

transportation

means rather than constructing new routes. I am of the belief that developing public commuting means

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a positive impact on the environment compared to private vehicles. On one hand, building new paths plays a pivotal role in mitigating the traffic congestion issue.

In other words

, many individuals suffer from

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in

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infrastructure

such

as

roads

that

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makes them

wasting

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their time on

roads

.

For instance

, in Iraq, there are around two

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motor vehicles

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the country annually,

while

the available highways have not been changed

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ten years .

This

example shows that the number of private commuting means is not directly proportional to the number of available routes,

accordingly

,

this

leads to

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of a huge number of cars

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,particularly, few

roads

which, in turn, causes traffic

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.

As a result

, building new highways can have an indispensable impact on treating the traffic problem.

On the other hand

, activating public

transportation

systems plays an important role in decreasing air pollution levels. To illustrate, the prime culprit of polluted air is exhaust fumes , which

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been surging in the past few years because most people depend on private

transportation

means

instead

of using the public commuting network.

Subsequently

, several

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illnesses have emerged

such

as lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.

This

can exemplified by an article conducted by a group of Iraq researchers that showed the death rate due

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cancer is gradually increasing mainly because of vehicle fumes. What can be said here is that investing more money to enhance and develop the public

transportation

system can significantly improve the environment ,

as well as

, decrease the pollution levels. In conclusion,

after

this

essay has reiterated the above-mentioned ideas, I assume that allocating money for improving

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public transit

instead

of building new

roads

can save many lives, and will mitigate the problem of air pollution.