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?

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In recent years, many cities
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traffic
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because of the amount of
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accumulation. I think I can suggest
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several ideas to the authorities to solve
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this problems
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.
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the government should prepare the public transportation route.
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, Indonesia has a decent public transport system,
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are probably the better option for short distances and trains over long distances.
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these public transportation are limited and most developed only in Jawa and Bali.
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sufficient amount of public transportation all over Indonesia,
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instantly decreases the number of car owners.
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another law that may work is to
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higher taxes for
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authority. The higher price of the cars
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with the higher tax that people should pay.
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may be controversial to the people because they have to pay a lot of taxes to have their own automobile. The
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idea that I can propose is
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the possibility
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working from anywhere. If the citizens
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opportunity
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by working
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from home, they do not
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to buy vehicles to go to work, and
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reduces
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the traffic
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every morning on working days.
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conclusion, if governments want to solve
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issue, they have to reduce the number of automobile owners by policies that make them
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another way to transport themselves and at the same time, they have to invest in
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good public transport
a means of good public transport
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and
route
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routes
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to support all over Indonesia.
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