Most people now use cars as their main form of transport. An increase in this trend during the last century has contributed to major traffic congestion in cities, and to a decline in the quality of our environment. This essay will look at how this is occurring and what can be done to address this problem.
For many people, cars are seen as an economical and easy method of transport, and this has led to many families now owning more than one car. However, the growing number of cars on our streets has created traffic jams that occur in most major cities on a daily basis. Drivers have no choice but to wait in traffic and as a result, the use of cars, especially in highly populated areas, is neither convenient nor economical. An increase in the use of cars has also had a negative impact on our natural environment. Pollution from toxic car fumes has led to a rapid decline in the quality of air we breathe and has also been a major contributing factor in creating the hole in our ozone layer.
One practical way of solving these problems is to encourage people to use public transport. One way to do this is to improve transport systems by making services cheaper and more frequent. Another way is to introduce or extend underground transport systems so traffic congestion can be avoided. In addition, councils could increase parking fees or charge people to drive into city areas. This is being done in some cities in England where drivers must display a special ticket to show that they have paid to enter a city area.
To sum up, the growing use of cars is creating an enormous amount of traffic and is damaging to our environment. In order to reduce these problems, citizens could be encouraged to use alternative methods of transport. 
Most  
people
  now
  use
  cars
 as their main form of  
transport
. An increase in this trend during the last century has contributed to major  
traffic
 congestion in  
cities
, and to a decline in the quality of our environment. This essay will look at how this is occurring and what can  
be done
 to address this problem.
For  
many
  people
,  
cars
 are  
seen
 as an economical and easy method of  
transport
, and this has led to  
many
 families  
now
 owning more than one  
car
.  
However
, the growing number of  
cars
 on our streets has created  
traffic
 jams that occur in most major  
cities
 on a daily basis. Drivers have no choice  
but
 to wait in  
traffic
 and  
as a result
, the  
use
 of  
cars
,  
especially
 in  
highly
 populated areas, is neither convenient nor economical. An increase in the  
use
 of  
cars
 has  
also
 had a  
negative
 impact on our natural environment. Pollution from toxic  
car
 fumes has led to a rapid decline in the quality of air we breathe and has  
also
 been a major contributing factor in creating the hole in our ozone layer.
One practical way of solving these problems is to encourage  
people
 to  
use
 public  
transport
. One way to do this is to  
improve
  transport
 systems by making services cheaper and more frequent. Another way is to introduce or extend underground  
transport
 systems  
so
  traffic
 congestion can  
be avoided
.  
In addition
, councils could increase parking fees or charge  
people
 to drive into city areas. This is  
being done
 in  
some
  cities
 in England where drivers  
must
 display a special ticket to  
show
 that they have paid to enter a city area.
To sum up, the growing  
use
 of  
cars
 is creating an enormous amount of  
traffic
 and is damaging to our environment. In order to  
reduce
 these problems, citizens could  
be encouraged
 to  
use
 alternative methods of  
transport
.