Effective transportation system is essential for the masses. It is believed by some, that large funds should be used in building new railway lines for fast moving trains to enable transit between cities. However, others believe that this money should be allocated in developing public transport which I concur. Both sides of the argument will be discussed, with a reasoned conclusion drawn.
On the one side, a major reason why some people are opined that more funds should be spent on constructing new rails for fast trains is because, it will help to decongest traffic burden on major roads. Most cities are often over populated, as a result of the job opportunities available there; with many people up and moving about their daily activities, they will have to either use their private cars or public buses; hence, the traffic burden increasingly becomes overwhelming. Therefore, with the construction of new railways for fast trains, it will ease traffic gridlock.
On the other side, others argue that instead of building new railways, the funds should be diverted in improving public transport, I agree; this is so because, not everyone is comfortable using the fast moving trains. It is recorded in Germany, that 50 percent of people who use fast moving train, come down with motion sickness. Additionally, public means is important for people in rural areas to convey goods to places where trains cannot penetrate. What's more is that, the maintenance of trains is more expensive compared to the regular road transport system, as seen in Germany; the country spends about 40million dollars to keep the railways active, whereas, a quarter of that amount is used to manage the public transportation.
For these reasons, developing commercial transportation, should be a main focus of development.
In Summary, although people believe that more finance should be spent on the building rails for fast trains to ease jams, I believe that public movement Should not be the main focus of development as it is cheaper to maintain and able to penetrate local areas where trains cannot reach.
Effective transportation system is essential for the masses. It
is believed
by
some
, that large funds should be
used
in building
new
railway
lines for
fast
moving
trains
to enable transit between cities.
However
, others believe that this money should
be allocated
in developing
public
transport which I concur. Both sides of the argument will
be discussed
, with a reasoned conclusion drawn.
On the one side, a major reason why
some
people
are opined
that more funds should
be spent
on constructing
new
rails for
fast
trains
is
because
, it will
help
to decongest traffic burden on major roads. Most cities are
often
over populated,
as a result
of the job opportunities available there; with
many
people
up and
moving
about their daily activities, they will
have to
either
use
their private cars or
public
buses;
hence
, the traffic burden
increasingly
becomes overwhelming.
Therefore
, with the construction of
new
railways
for
fast
trains
, it will
ease
traffic gridlock.
On the other side, others argue that
instead
of building
new
railways
, the funds should
be diverted
in improving
public
transport, I
agree
; this is
so
because
, not everyone is comfortable using the
fast
moving
trains
. It
is recorded
in Germany, that 50 percent of
people
who
use
fast
moving
train
,
come
down with motion sickness.
Additionally
,
public
means is
important
for
people
in rural areas to convey
goods
to places where
trains
cannot penetrate. What's more is that, the maintenance of
trains
is more expensive compared to the regular road transport system, as
seen
in Germany; the country spends about 40million dollars to
keep
the
railways
active, whereas, a quarter of that amount is
used
to manage the
public
transportation.
For these reasons, developing commercial transportation, should be a main focus of development.
In Summary, although
people
believe that more finance should
be spent
on the building rails for
fast
trains
to
ease
jams, I believe that
public
movement Should not be the main focus of development as it is cheaper to maintain and able to penetrate local areas where
trains
cannot reach.