Breakthroughs in transportation allow humans to have many favours and various choices of transport means, which, however, leads to a big issue of traffic jam, especially in modern cities. There are several causes of this alarming trend, but measures could certainly be taken to tackle the problem.
One of the most prominent causes giving rise to this problem is the fact that people prefer to use their own vehicles, claiming that public transport is inconvenient, dispuntual and crowded. Local authorities should encourage people to use buses or tubes more often by improving the qualities of public transport systems. Buses and tubes should be larger with more seats, arrive on time and run in a wide range of directions.
Traffic jam in cities is also caused by the large number of vehicles going into the city centres. This problem can be prevented by some measures like imposing higher tax on the vehicles, increasing parking fee or setting car-banned roads. London is a successful example of levying tax on vehicles entering the cities. The number of people who want to pass the city has declined considerably, easing the increasing traffic congestion as a result. In big cities in Vietnam, the two latter solutions are applied efficiently. Car owners have to drive a far longer distance to the expected destinations, as well as pay a higher fee for parking them, and sometimes it is even hard for drivers to find an empty parking lot. Therefore, they are gradually discouraged from using private cars to travel in the cities.
In conclusion, cities in the world can relieve traffic congestion by improving the qualities of public transport, taxing on vehicles entering the cities or increasing parking fee and setting car-banned zones in road systems.
Breakthroughs in transportation
allow
humans to have
many
favours
and various choices of
transport
means, which,
however
, leads to a
big
issue of traffic jam,
especially
in modern
cities
. There are several causes of this alarming trend,
but
measures could
certainly
be taken
to tackle the problem.
One of the most prominent causes giving rise to this problem is the fact that
people
prefer to
use
their
own
vehicles
, claiming that public
transport
is inconvenient,
dispuntual
and crowded. Local authorities should encourage
people
to
use
buses or tubes more
often
by improving the qualities of public
transport
systems. Buses and tubes should be larger with more seats, arrive on time and run in a wide range of directions.
Traffic jam in
cities
is
also
caused by the large number of
vehicles
going into the city
centres
. This problem can be
prevented
by
some
measures like imposing higher tax on the
vehicles
, increasing
parking
fee or setting car-banned roads. London is a successful example of levying tax on
vehicles
entering the
cities
. The number of
people
who want to pass the city has declined
considerably
, easing the increasing traffic congestion
as a result
. In
big
cities
in Vietnam, the two latter solutions
are applied
efficiently
. Car owners
have to
drive a far longer distance to the
expected
destinations,
as well
as pay a higher fee for
parking
them, and
sometimes
it is even
hard
for drivers to find an empty
parking
lot.
Therefore
, they are
gradually
discouraged from using private cars to travel in the cities.
In conclusion
,
cities
in the world can relieve traffic congestion by improving the qualities of public
transport
, taxing on
vehicles
entering the
cities
or increasing
parking
fee and setting car-banned zones in road systems.