Many cities suffer from traffic jams. What problems does it cause? What are the solutions for it?

Nowadays, more and more metropolises in different countries always face

traffic

jams.

As a result

,

this

can lead to

health

issues and a lack of

performance

, but

this

conundrum be tackled by developing more

roads

and encouraging society to use public

transportation

. One of the main problems that can be noted is that people may experience some

health

issues. To be exact, the community that lives in a cosmopolitan city might suffer from some respiratory illnesses, namely lung cancer, shortness of breath, tightness of chest, and to name a few.

This

is because , during

traffic

jams, most cars produce exhaust gas from the consumption of fossil fuels

such

as petrol and diesel.

For example

, in Korea, people have to use masks in the morning to prevent breathing difficulties

due to

the emissions from cars which can impact their

health

negatively. Another issue is that some employees may have bad

performance

at work. Slow-moving

traffic

in fact forces commuters to leave the house early, and owing to the jam on the

road

in the evening, they often return home late.

Thus

, they do not have enough sleep, which affects their

performance

at work.

Therefore

, an effective solution to overcome

this

dilemma is to construct more

roads

,

in particular

highways.

In other words

, the

government

should build four-line highways to accommodate the high number of cars on the

road

, which can help reduce

traffic

on the

road

significantly. The more highways are built, the less

traffic

there will be. Another way is to encourage commuters to utilize public

transportation

. Using

this

transportation

can undoubtedly help the city have fewer

roads

on the

road

.

Hence

, the

government

needs to take into consideration developing and building more public

transportation

systems including LRT, MRT, and subways similar to some countries,

for instance

, Malaysia.

Nevertheless

, these solutions are financially demanding, which means the

government

has to put together a financial plan in order to implement these changes.

To sum up

,

traffic

congestion can clearly cause people to suffer from

health

issues and poor

performance

at work. If the

government

invested more money in building more

roads

and developing public

transportation

,

this

predicament could be reduced.