Q. Traffic jams and long commutes have become the paradigm in big cities. Some people suggest that introducing alternative forms of transportation can help to reduce both of these problems while others affirm that investing in highway infrastructure would generate the same impact.

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Certain people believe that
traffic
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jams
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and long distances become the example of big
cities
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. Meanwhile, some people recommend that introducing different forms of transportation will be helpful to reduce these issues.
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others believe that improvement in the highway pattern would be helpful too. On the one hand,
traffic
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jams
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and
long distance
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travel are very common in larger
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, because roads are not enough wider
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the
traffic
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,
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big
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have
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not enough flyovers and underpass to divide
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of transportation. Finding different ways like making roads wider, flyovers and underpasses will reduce the load of
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.
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,
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blockage and lengthy travel in dominant
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could be decreased by modifying the highway's pattern around the
city
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, by doing
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the
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load will
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in the entire populated areas.
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around
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lahore
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city
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reduces the entire
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city
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traffic
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jams
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and long
distance
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distances
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.
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should make a massive investment
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the inner and outer routes of the big
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, so the entire populated areas would be safe from noise and air pollution
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in
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jams
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concluded that
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jams
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and long commutes could
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by finding always routes. Meanwhile, improving highway infrastructure around the
city
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could
also
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be useful for these issues. In my opinion,
traffic
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should be less as possible in the entire
city
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, and
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could happen by
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routes around the
city
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.
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