Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities n 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?

In

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modern era, there is an enhancement in car ownership that resulted

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congestion in some cities. I agree with

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statement since it happened as well in my city, South Jakarta.

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essay will elaborate on the

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's approaches to reducing the use of private

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by citizens.

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, the

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can increase the amount of comfortable public

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. To illustrate, a decade ago,

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who lived in Jakarta, which is a capital city in Indonesia, were likely to use their own

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of public

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. It happened because private

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were more comfortable than mass

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as buses, trains, etc. But, when the

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establishes The Mass Rapid Train (MRT), which is really fast and comfortable,

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tend to choose

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transportation

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, rather than theirs. It is a good movement by the

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that makes

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discouraged from using their own vehicles. Other benefits of

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approach are reducing the traffic and air pollution.

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, the

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can regulate the ownership of

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, especially in

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. As an illustration, in Indonesia, there is a regulation called progressive

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for the car's ownership. Those citizens, who have many

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, have to pay more

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for their second

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, third cards, respectively.

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circumstance makes

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reconsider to have many

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and they choose to use mass

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given by the

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.

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approach does really discourage

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from having their own vehicles. In conclusion, there are many approaches that can be used to discourage

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from using their

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establishing comfortable public

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and regulating

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. Based on evidence in Indonesia, these two examples impact society to not using their private vehicles.