Transportation is a means of moving humans from one place to another. In order to improve the means of transporting people and goods, some people believe that it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains, while others believe that the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. I would like to discuss the two views mentioned above as well as gives my opinion on both positions.
Firstly, every government should spend large sums of money on building new railway lines for speedy trains because the modern ideology favours fast delivery. The advent and improvement in technology has affected the time needed to complete tasks and this has also affected human thinking so much that they expect everything to be done in a speedy manner. For example, in communication, online mails are delivered within seconds, as opposed to the earlier days of sending letters by post, which might take months to deliver. Thus, it is expedient to spend huge amount of money to build railway lines for very fast trains between cities. One of the results of this is improvement in trade and investment.
However, government revenues should be spent on improving current public transport where a lot of capital has been used in developing them. Even though fast trains are important, it is not a wise decision to allocate funds to another project with the aim of abandoning the current project. For instance, the Lagos State Government in Nigeria has spent over $30 billion of taxpayers' money on constructing alternative route to ease traffic congestion, which is a major setback to its economy, therefore, it would be a bad decision to abandon the existing project for an entirely new one. The result is that, the Citizens would need to wait for a very long period for the new project to be concluded, thus it is advisable to improve the existing means of public transportation.
So, in my view, I would advise the government officials to consider improving the existing means of transportation rather investing public funds in an entirely new one, even though the new project's advantages could be overwhelming. In other words, the government can spend large sums of money on the two projects, where there are enough funds to finance both projects.
Transportation is a
means
of moving humans from one place to another. In order to
improve
the
means
of transporting
people
and
goods
,
some
people
believe that it is necessary to
spend
large sums of
money
on constructing
new
railway lines for
very
fast
trains
, while others believe that the
money
should
be spent
on improving
existing
public
transport. I would like to discuss the two views mentioned above
as well
as gives my opinion on both positions.
Firstly
, every
government
should
spend
large sums of
money
on building
new
railway lines for speedy
trains
because
the modern ideology
favours
fast
delivery. The advent and improvement in technology has
affected
the time needed to complete tasks and this has
also
affected
human thinking
so
much that they
expect
everything to
be done
in a speedy manner
.
For example
, in communication, online mails
are delivered
within seconds, as opposed to the earlier days of sending letters by post, which might take months to deliver.
Thus
, it is expedient to
spend
huge amount of
money
to build railway lines for
very
fast
trains
between cities. One of the results of this is improvement in trade and investment.
However
,
government
revenues should
be spent
on improving
current
public
transport where
a lot of
capital has been
used
in developing them.
Even though
fast
trains
are
important
, it is not a wise decision to allocate funds to another
project
with the aim of abandoning the
current
project
.
For instance
, the Lagos State
Government
in Nigeria has spent over $30 billion of taxpayers'
money
on constructing alternative route to
ease
traffic congestion, which is a major setback to its economy,
therefore
, it would be a
bad
decision to abandon the
existing
project
for an
entirely
new
one. The result is that, the Citizens would need to wait for a
very
long period for the
new
project
to
be concluded
,
thus
it is advisable to
improve
the
existing
means
of
public
transportation.
So
, in my view, I would advise the
government
officials to consider improving the
existing
means
of transportation
rather
investing
public
funds in an
entirely
new
one,
even though
the
new
project's advantages could be overwhelming.
In other words
, the
government
can
spend
large sums of
money
on the two
projects
, where there are
enough
funds to finance both
projects
.