The transportation system of any nation is an indicator of its progress. With the increaftg nurter of
vehicles on the roads, the traffic problems have also increased. ln certain cities, these trafEcThe transportation system of any nation is an indicator of its progress. With the increaftg nurter of
vehicles on the roads, the traffic problems have also increased. ln certain cities, these trafEc<ebed
problems, like congestion, are addressed by implementing taxes and other traffic ruhs suicdy. ! d*nk sldr
taxes have more benefits than disadvantages.
The first major advantage of imposing traffic rules and taxes is that more and morc peoph are dEorr-d3Ed
form using their private vehicles. lt has been noticed in cities where the road taxes are htsh, md ddE
people prefer using the public transport, thus leading to less congestion on the roeds- For ennde, h
London, when the congestion tax was implemented, it reduced the traffic in the cent? l parts of dE city bI
around 15%. People start looking at other options of transport, like car pooling, walhry slnrt dotrc atd
using the public transport more often. The added advantage is the reduced pollutirn, trhii h6 abo
become the need of the hour.
Moreover, the government can use the money collected from such taxes and use it fior improvig the
public transport infrastructure. Government can invest in building new transport systeflE fte ttle relrc
and the subways, building more freeways, widening the existing roads, etc. For irstance, h lleu DeH,
many people now prefer to travel by Metros rather than their private vehicles because of tte confrrE ard
the quality. The government has constantly maintained and improved the quality d thb sVgn (rer the
years and more and more routes have been added. This has been a major factor in redrrirg the use d
private vehicles.
Some people argue that there are already very high charges for buying a pri\rate whkle, finig frun
getting it registered, paying road taxes and then further maintenance, when needed- IlEy fieel ftet qrdr
rules are inequitable and are not the answer to the congestion issues. Yet, we pay fior aI the ds
resources, like water, electricity, etc. according to their use. So, I believe that even fior traffic dse CE ld
be use-based charges, as it is also a service.
To sum up, the pros of implementing more road and traffic related taxes are definitely npre than the ons
These benefit both the individuals and the nation.
The transportation system of any nation is an indicator of its progress. With the increaftg nurter of
vehicles on the
roads
, the
traffic
problems have
also
increased. ln certain
cities
, these trafEcThe transportation system of any nation is an indicator of its progress. With the increaftg nurter of
vehicles on the
roads
, the
traffic
problems have
also
increased. ln certain
cities
, these trafEc<ebed
problems, like
congestion
,
are addressed
by implementing
taxes
and other
traffic
ruhs suicdy. ! d*nk sldr
taxes have more benefits than disadvantages.
The
first
major advantage of imposing
traffic
rules
and
taxes
is that more and morc peoph are dEorr-d3Ed
form using their private vehicles. lt has
been noticed
in
cities
where the
road
taxes
are htsh, md ddE
people
prefer using the public
transport
,
thus
leading to less
congestion
on the roeds- For ennde, h
London, when the
congestion
tax
was implemented
, it
reduced
the
traffic
in the cent? l parts of dE city bI
around 15%.
People
start
looking at other options of
transport
, like car pooling, walhry slnrt dotrc atd
using the public
transport
more
often
. The
added
advantage is the
reduced
pollutirn, trhii h6 abo
become the need of the hour.
Moreover
, the
government
can
use
the money collected from such
taxes
and
use
it fior improvig the
public
transport
infrastructure.
Government
can invest in building new
transport
systeflE fte ttle relrc
and the subways, building more freeways, widening the existing
roads
, etc. For irstance, h lleu DeH,
many
people
now
prefer to travel by Metros
rather
than their private vehicles
because
of tte confrrE ard
the quality. The
government
has
constantly
maintained and
improved
the quality d thb sVgn (rer the
years and more and more routes have been
added
. This has been a major factor in redrrirg the
use
d
private vehicles.
Some
people
argue that there are already
very
high charges for buying a pri\rate whkle, finig frun
getting it registered, paying
road
taxes
and then
further
maintenance, when needed- IlEy fieel ftet qrdr
rules
are inequitable and are not the answer to the
congestion
issues.
Yet
, we pay fior aI the ds
resources, like water, electricity, etc. according to their
use
.
So
, I believe that even fior
traffic
dse CE ld
be
use
-based charges, as it is
also
a service.
To sum up, the pros of implementing more
road
and
traffic
related
taxes
are definitely npre than the ons
These benefit both the individuals and the nation.