Thanks to advancements in technology, leading to reduction in the cost of vehicles, many people in our societies now own cars. This phenomenon that started three decades ago, has seen our roads flooded with cars, and the consequence is an ever increasing traffic jam. To solve this problem, our government can take a number of approaches to dissuade the use of personal motors.
One way to discourage the use of personal automobiles is to encourage the use of public transportation. Government can achieve this by reducing the cost of the tickets and by creation of more bus stops. Our public transport systems today, are very expensive to commute with. It is far cheaper for one to go to work with his own car than take the available public buses. Also, commuters will be happy to see that the public buses will stop them very close to their destinations. The bus stops we have currently are not properly planned. For example, the nearest bus stop to my office is about one kilometer away. It implies that if I have to use public transport to go to work, I will have to trek a long distance from the bus stop to my office. However, if more parks are built and these gaps are closed up to within one hundred meters, many people will be encouraged to join the mass transit buses.
Another way to discourage the use of personal cars is by imposing some taxes on vehicles that are on the roads. In Lagos State for example, what the state did was to build toll gates and to pass through it, each vehicle is required to pay a certain amount. They also introduced car-use levies that each motor is expected to pay on monthly basis, as long as they want to run on the roads for that month. These fees made the use of individual cars very expensive and people avoided them. As a result, our roads became free from long stationary queues of vehicles.
In conclusion, it will be nice to see the problems traffic jams on our roads solved. Our leaders can achieve this by making public transportation appealing to the masses and by imposing some levies on the use of personal cars.
Thanks to advancements in technology, leading to reduction in the cost of vehicles,
many
people
in our societies
now
own
cars
. This phenomenon that
started
three decades ago, has
seen
our
roads
flooded with
cars
, and the consequence is an
ever increasing
traffic jam. To solve this problem, our
government
can take a number of approaches to dissuade the
use
of
personal
motors.
One way to discourage the
use
of
personal
automobiles is to encourage the
use
of
public
transportation.
Government
can achieve this by reducing the cost of the tickets and by creation of more bus
stops
. Our
public
transport systems
today
, are
very
expensive to commute with. It is far cheaper for one to go to work with his
own
car
than take the available
public
buses.
Also
, commuters will be happy to
see
that the
public
buses will
stop
them
very
close to their destinations. The bus
stops
we have
currently
are
not
properly
planned.
For example
, the nearest bus
stop
to my office is about one kilometer away. It implies that if I
have to
use
public
transport to go to work, I will
have to
trek a long distance from the bus
stop
to my office.
However
, if more parks
are built
and these gaps
are closed
up to within one hundred meters,
many
people
will
be encouraged
to
join
the mass transit buses.
Another way to discourage the
use
of
personal
cars
is by imposing
some
taxes on vehicles that are on the
roads
. In Lagos State
for example
, what the state did
was
to build
toll gates
and to pass through it, each vehicle
is required
to pay a certain amount. They
also
introduced car-
use
levies that each motor is
expected
to pay on monthly basis, as long as they want to run on the
roads
for that month. These fees made the
use
of individual
cars
very
expensive and
people
avoided them.
As a result
, our
roads
became free from long stationary queues of vehicles.
In conclusion
, it will be nice to
see
the problems traffic jams on our
roads
solved. Our leaders can achieve this by making
public
transportation appealing to the masses and by imposing
some
levies on the
use
of
personal
cars
.