1.- It has been suggested that cars and public transport should be banned from city centres and only bicycles be allowed instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

A certain group of

population

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agrees on

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removing

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public

transportation

and

cars

from the

city

centers

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with the idea of allowing only bikes.

This

essay completely disagrees with

this

statement since most of the

people

who live in the

city

center depend on

cars

and public

transportation

to move to different places being their main or unique way of transport and not all of the citizens possess the knowledge of how to ride a bike or are able to learn. One of the main reasons why

this

essay totally disagrees with disappearing public

transportation

and vehicles

such

as

cars

is because these are the primary and sometimes

only

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the only

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mode of

transportation

of most of the

population

in different

city

centers

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centres

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.

Everyday

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people

from

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different ages (school kids, working adults, seniors, among others) need to travel to short or

long distance

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places.

This

happens thanks to

the

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public

transportation

or own vehicles that allow citizens to get to their destiny safely and on time.

For example

, I currently live in the suburb of Neutral Bay and need to travel

everyday

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to Bondi where the childcare centre where I work resides.

Therefore

, in the mornings I take a bus which brings me to my working place in only 30 minutes. Another reason why I disagree with the previous idea is that

although

many

people

would love to ride a bike,

unfortunately

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they do not have the skills to do it. Plenty of

this

population

did not get proper instruction on how to ride a bike during their childhood or adolescence making it even more difficult to learn the skills at an advanced age or being in possession of enough time to do it.

For example

, most senior (not most

of

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) citizens, who merely depend on public transport or vehicles to move to different places, would find it pretty difficult and even unsafe

in becoming

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to become

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competent enough to transport themselves

in

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on

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bicycles. In conclusion,

although

banning

cars

and public

transportation

from

city

centres

have

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been advised, I totally disagree with

this

idea since it is the primary way of

transportation

for most (not

of

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most) of the

population

and not all

people

possess the skills or have the opportunity to become proficient enough to only ride bikes.