An increasing number of people from developing nations are making their first car purchases. The principle issue this causes is traffic congestion and the most viable solution is better public transport.
The primary dilemma developing countries face when their citizens start to buy cars is traffic jams. This is because people’s wealth has grown faster than the infrastructure and this means that roads that were built for bikes or a limited number of cars are suddenly clogged with a line of vehicles during peak times. The result of this is people getting stuck in transit for a prolonged period of time during rush hour. For example, most roads in Ho Chi Minh City were built to carry bikes only, but now there are up to 5, 000 new cars added to the streets a month and it now takes up to half an hour to travel one kilometre within the city centre.
A solution to the problem of overcrowding on the roads is to build a sustainable public transport system. This could solve the headache by taking most people off the roads and onto either an underground train, or a train that runs above the road. As traffic problems increase, most people will become frustrated and decide to either sell their car or only use it when absolutely necessary. This is why Ho Chi Minh City is currently building their first metro line and sky train, similar to Bangkok’s, and these are projected to reduce journey times by up to 50% when they are completed.
In conclusion, the main issue with the rise in the number of motor vehicles in developing countries is the clogging of the roads, but this can be addressed through modern public-transport infrastructure.
An increasing number of
people
from developing nations are making their
first
car
purchases
. The principle issue this causes is traffic congestion and the most viable solution is better public transport.
The primary dilemma
developing countries
face when their citizens
start
to
buy
cars
is traffic jams. This is
because
people’s
wealth has grown faster than the infrastructure and this means that
roads
that
were built
for bikes or a limited number of
cars
are
suddenly
clogged with a line of vehicles during peak times. The result of this is
people
getting stuck in transit for a prolonged period of time during rush hour.
For example
, most
roads
in Ho Chi Minh City
were built
to carry bikes
only
,
but
now
there are up to 5, 000 new
cars
added
to the streets a month and it
now
takes up to half an hour to travel one
kilometre
within the city
centre
.
A solution to the problem of overcrowding on the
roads
is to build a sustainable public transport system. This could solve the headache by taking most
people
off the
roads
and onto either an underground train, or a train that runs above the
road
. As traffic problems increase, most
people
will become frustrated and decide to either sell their
car
or
only
use
it when
absolutely
necessary. This is why Ho Chi Minh City is
currently
building their
first
metro line and sky train, similar to Bangkok’s, and these
are projected
to
reduce
journey times by up to 50% when they
are completed
.
In conclusion
, the main issue with the rise in the number of motor vehicles in
developing countries
is the clogging of the
roads
,
but
this can
be addressed
through modern public-transport infrastructure.
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