The development of science and technology has come to pervade every aspect of our lives, especially the influence from the internet, which is changing people’s lives at a quite unprecedented speed, and as a result, some people consider government should spend money to improve the internet access. After considering various factors, I, on the contrary, reckon that improving public transportation deserves more financial support from the government.
Firstly, improvement of public transportation could help to solve the serious environmental problems nowadays. Undoubtedly, the disastrous consequences of environmental pollution has been quite obvious, such as the gloomy haze obscuring the top of the skyscrapers, acid rain poisoning farmlands and eroding buildings, sea-level rise resulting from global temperature rise, and so on, which urgently calls for effective measures to resolve all these life-threatening challenges. Public transportation capable of vast passenger volume could be one efficient way to take the place of various private vehicles whose exhaust emission is the main pollutant. For example, I am living in one city in North China that suffered bitterly from air pollution. In order to recover the blue sky, last year our government carried out one policy to lower the price of the bus together with improved services. Not surprisingly, more passengers chose to take public transportation. With less exhaust emission from private vehicles, the air quality was improved since then.
Second, compared with internet access, public transportation could benefit more people. Admittedly, with the appearance of various social media, the internet, because of its efficiency and convenience, does serve as one important role in communication, but not everyone can be proficient or even familiar with the internet. We should not ignore the sobering fact that there are still a large number of illiterate people, especially in the remote poverty-stricken areas. Being unable to read or type prevents them from getting online no matter how convenient internet access is. By contrast, public transportation could help those areas to connect with outside developed urban areas to develop their economy. The railway connecting eastern China and Tibet could be one persuasive example. Before this railway was built, the lagging economic situation in Tibet constrained the improvement of people’s living standards. Many families even could not afford their children to get an education, while after the Chinese government built the railway to connect Tibet to the outside developed areas, Tibet’s economy has been developing dramatically as the railway introduces more industries and encourages tourism, and as a result, large numbers of local people could benefit from what the public transportation promises.
Conclusively, since public transportation could ensure both an improved environment and economy, the government is highly advised to spend money on improving public transportation.
The development of science and technology has
come
to pervade every aspect of our
lives
,
especially
the influence from the internet, which is changing
people’s
lives
at a quite unprecedented speed, and
as a result
,
some
people
consider
government
should spend money to
improve
the internet access. After considering various factors, I,
on the contrary
, reckon that improving
public
transportation
deserves more financial support from the
government
.
Firstly
, improvement of
public
transportation
could
help
to solve the serious environmental problems nowadays.
Undoubtedly
, the disastrous consequences of environmental pollution has been quite obvious, such as the gloomy haze obscuring the top of the skyscrapers, acid rain poisoning farmlands and eroding buildings, sea-level rise resulting from global temperature rise, and
so
on, which
urgently
calls for effective measures to resolve all these life-threatening challenges.
Public
transportation
capable of vast passenger volume could be one efficient way to take the place of various private vehicles whose exhaust emission is the main pollutant.
For example
, I am living in one city in North China that suffered
bitterly
from air pollution. In order to recover the blue sky, last year our
government
carried out one policy to lower the price of the bus together with
improved
services. Not
surprisingly
, more passengers chose to take
public
transportation
. With less exhaust emission from private vehicles, the air quality was
improved
since then.
Second, compared with internet access,
public
transportation
could benefit more
people
.
Admittedly
, with the appearance of various social media, the internet,
because
of its efficiency and convenience, does serve as one
important
role in communication,
but
not everyone can be proficient or even familiar with the internet. We should not
ignore
the sobering fact that there are
still
a large number of
illiterate
people
,
especially
in the remote poverty-stricken
areas
. Being unable to read or type
prevents
them from getting online no matter how convenient internet access is. By contrast,
public
transportation
could
help
those
areas
to connect with outside developed urban
areas
to develop their economy. The
railway
connecting eastern China and Tibet could be one persuasive example.
Before
this
railway
was built
, the lagging economic situation in Tibet constrained the improvement of
people’s
living standards.
Many
families even could not afford their children to
get
an education, while after the Chinese
government
built the
railway
to connect Tibet to the outside developed
areas
, Tibet’s economy has been developing
dramatically
as the
railway
introduces more industries and encourages tourism, and
as a result
, large numbers of local
people
could benefit from what the
public
transportation
promises.
Conclusively
, since
public
transportation
could ensure both an
improved
environment and economy, the
government
is
highly
advised to spend money on improving
public
transportation
.