Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now ‘one big traffic jam.’ How true do you think this statement is? What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In the past thirty

years

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there

is

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a sharp

raise

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rise

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of

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in

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private

transport

, particularly

of

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for

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cars.

Therefore

, the biggest part of cities around the world becomes

to

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“one huge

traffic

jam”.

This

statement is absolutely true. I am going to write my point of view in the essay. On the one hand, private

transport

is very useful in real life. People are able to escape wasting time for waiting buses and

taxies

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taxis

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.

Instead

of spending money on public

transport

, citizens can buy their own cars and feel more comfortable and safe in

traffic

.

Furthermore

, sometimes having own

vehicles

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vehicle

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is cheaper, than using public

transport

. Now taxes are extremely expensive and passengers must spend a lot of time and money only

for

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on

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waiting drivers,

while

they are busy or in

traffic

jams.

For instance

, in Semey, Kazakhstan, people can wait for taxes over than one hour, even

the

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if the

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ride itself

spends

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takes

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three minutes. In the end, they need to pay more than seventy pounds, because the taxi driver wasted his time in a

traffic

jam.

On the other hand

, there is huge trouble with

transport

in the whole world. Governments try to solve

this

problem by adding brand new buses

and

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building underground lines and so on.

However

,

traffic

jams still disturb

city’s

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the city’s

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life and

making

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make

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daily routine more terrible. In conclusion, the main goal of governments’ work must be solving

traffic

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the traffic

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problem. They can make public

transport

cheaper and even free for citizens. In my opinion, it is the possible answer

how

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to how

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people are able to escape

traffic

jams and make their lives better.