In this day and age, traffic congestion, which is caused by an enormous amount of vehicles, has become inevitable and more serious in each passing day. There are a variety of possible reasons for this, but steps can definitely be taken to tackle the problem.
There are many reasons for the massive number of vehicles, the most obvious of which is the overpopulation. Nowadays, rural people tend to migrate to more developed cities to get more job opportunities and a higher standard of living that both of which lead to overpopulation. To illustrate, there has been a huge difference between the population density in rural and urban areas - the areas of dense and sparse population respectively. As a result, the commuting demand in most of the metropolises has increased day by day. Another contributory factor is that people prefer to use the private vehicle over public transportation because of the poor quality of private vehicles. Personal vehicle distinguished from public transport by its convenience and flexibility. Using public transportation is extremely time-consuming. Whereas, if people commute by personal vehicle on a regular basis, an enormous amount of exhaust fumes and emission will be release and traffic jam will have no improvement.
Initiatives can be taken to improve the situation. Firstly, commuters tend to travel to work simultaneously. Therefore, in order to ease congestion, we should change our working habits and government ought to encourage people to stay inside during rush hours. Secondly, the government needs to focus on developing the public transport system. Especially in developing countries, buses are definitely inadequte to respond to the demand of their citizens. The government might consider with regard to other public transport like bicycles. Developing the bicycle system all around the city will bring a lot of benefits to the people and the city itself. It is also safer for the environment and has positive effects on the riders’ health.
In conclusion, worldwide cities and towns are facing pressing traffic issue these days due to the overpopulation and the huge amount of private vehicle. However, we can significantly curb traffic by changing our working habits and diversify public transportation.
In this day and age,
traffic
congestion, which
is caused
by an enormous amount of
vehicles
, has become inevitable and more serious in each passing day. There are a variety of possible reasons for this,
but
steps can definitely
be taken
to tackle the problem.
There are
many
reasons for the massive number of
vehicles
, the most obvious of which is the overpopulation. Nowadays, rural
people
tend to migrate to more developed
cities
to
get
more job opportunities and a higher standard of living that both of which lead to overpopulation. To illustrate, there has been a huge difference between the population density in rural and urban areas
-
the areas of dense and sparse population
respectively
.
As a result
, the commuting demand in most of the metropolises has increased day by day. Another contributory factor is that
people
prefer to
use
the private
vehicle
over
public
transportation
because
of the poor quality of private
vehicles
. Personal
vehicle
distinguished from
public
transport by its convenience and flexibility. Using
public
transportation is
extremely
time-consuming. Whereas, if
people
commute by personal
vehicle
on a regular basis, an enormous amount of exhaust fumes and emission will be release and
traffic
jam will have no improvement.
Initiatives can
be taken
to
improve
the situation.
Firstly
, commuters tend to travel to work
simultaneously
.
Therefore
, in order to
ease
congestion, we should
change
our working habits and
government
ought to encourage
people
to stay inside during rush hours.
Secondly
, the
government
needs to focus on developing the
public
transport system.
Especially
in
developing countries
, buses are definitely
inadequte
to respond to the demand of their citizens. The
government
might consider with regard to other
public
transport like bicycles. Developing the bicycle system all around the city will bring
a lot of
benefits to the
people
and the city itself. It is
also
safer for the environment and has
positive
effects on the riders’ health.
In conclusion
, worldwide
cities
and towns are facing pressing
traffic
issue these days due to the overpopulation and the huge amount of private
vehicle
.
However
, we can
significantly
curb
traffic
by changing our working habits and diversify
public
transportation.