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These days, more and more people prefer to use shared transport such as buses, trams or carsharing applications on their smartphones rather than driving their own cars. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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The prevalence of online transport has been used by many
people
 in recent years.
This
 phenomenon could lead
people
 to use public transport or
carsharing
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car sharing
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. In my opinion,
this
 behaviour could give more advantages rather than the advantages.
This
 essay will elucidate what are the benefits of
people
predispose
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this
 way and the drawbacks. To commence the benefit of online transportation,
Firstly
, many
people
acquainted
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booking
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with booking
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 their cars online because of its
convinience
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convenience
.
This
 is because they could reserve shared-vehicle anywhere and
everytime
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 on their phone.
Thus
, they will not need to worry if they want to travel from one place to another.
Secondly
,
people
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 tendency to use public transportation could reduce the number of vehicles on
road
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the road
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.
As a consequence
, it could minimize traffic
jam
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jams
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in
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during
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 peak hours, especially in
bustling
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the bustling
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city
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cities
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.
Thirdly
,
declining
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the declining
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 number of transportation on the road could ameliorate the air condition.
On the other hand
, the
disadvantages
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disadvantage
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 of using carsharing
are
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is
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 the amount of fare that imposed
to
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on
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 the consumer is higher than
private
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on private
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car
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cars
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.
Furthermore
, they have to be patient after booking their car on the application because the driver has to detour to many
location
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locations
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. In conclusion, groundbreaking transport
application
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applications
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, reducing traffic
bottleneck
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bottlenecks
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, and improving air quality are the reasons why many
people
 enjoy
carsharing
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the carsharing
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 concept compared to
own
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owning
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car
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a car
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ones
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apply
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. I believe
,
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 the advantages of
this
 development will outweigh its disadvantages.
After
this
 thorough analysis,
people
 should use
sharing
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shared
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vehicle
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vehicles
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 more than those
who
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whom
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 private ones to improve the
cities
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city
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retorication
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restoration
 in the future.
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The introduction and conclusion are present and you have attempted to address the question, though the response could benefit from further development and more specific examples. It's important to elaborate on points to fully satisfy the task requirements and provide a balanced argument.

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    • Sentence 2 - Example
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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