There has been a surge in the purchase of personal vehicles in the past three decades. This phenomenon is caused by a reduction in the price of cars, and the consequence is that we are now faced with traffic jams on the roads of our major cities everyday. To solve this problem, government should dissuade people from using their cars and a number of measures can be used to achieve this purpose.
One way to discourage people from the use personal motors is to increase the number of buses in the public transportation network. The number of vehicles in use today are not enough, which is why so many passengers are stranded on their way to work. Forcing people to stop using their cars without addressing this problem will mean more chaos. However, government can assure the public that they won' t be stranded if they decide to use public transport by providing extra buses to cater for all commuters.
Even with more buses, most people will shun public transports due to it high cost. Currently, it is cheaper to go to work with personal cars and most people question why they need to join the public buses with the current price of tickets. However, if the ticket prices are reduced considerably, those who use their cars will see reasons to park them and join public transport.
Another way to demoralize people from the use of their cars is by making it very expensive to run personal cars. In Lagos state for example, this was achieved through the introduction of toll gates and fees. Every automobile on the road was meant to pay a certain amount before they are allowed through the gates. Most individuals found it very expensive and stopped using their cars.
In conclusion, for every, filled bus, we have taken away twenty to thirty personal cars away from our roads. There is no doubt that as more and more people are encouraged to use the public transport, our roads will become freer from long queues of stationary vehicles.
There has been a surge in the
purchase
of
personal
vehicles in the past three decades. This phenomenon
is caused
by a reduction in the price of
cars
, and the consequence is that we are
now
faced with traffic jams on the
roads
of our major cities
everyday
. To solve this problem,
government
should dissuade
people
from using their
cars
and a number of measures can be
used
to achieve this purpose.
One way to discourage
people
from the
use
personal
motors is to increase the number of buses in the
public
transportation network. The number of vehicles in
use
today
are not
enough
, which is why
so
many
passengers
are stranded
on their way to work. Forcing
people
to
stop
using their
cars
without addressing this problem will mean more chaos.
However
,
government
can assure the
public
that they
won&
#039; t
be stranded
if they decide to
use
public
transport by providing extra buses to cater for all commuters.
Even with more buses, most
people
will shun
public
transports due to it high cost.
Currently
, it is cheaper to go to work with
personal
cars
and most
people
question why they need to
join
the
public
buses with the
current
price of tickets.
However
, if the ticket prices are
reduced
considerably
, those who
use
their
cars
will
see
reasons to park them and
join
public
transport.
Another way to demoralize
people
from the
use
of their
cars
is by making it
very
expensive to run
personal
cars
. In Lagos state
for example
, this
was achieved
through the introduction of
toll gates
and fees. Every automobile on the
road
was meant
to pay a certain amount
before
they are
allowed
through the gates. Most individuals found it
very
expensive and
stopped
using their cars.
In conclusion
, for every, filled bus, we have taken away twenty to thirty
personal
cars
away from our
roads
. There is no doubt that as more and more
people
are encouraged
to
use
the
public
transport, our
roads
will become freer from long queues of stationary vehicles.