Traffic congestion is one of the major problems in most of the metropolitan cities. Many people say that the solution to resolve this issue is to motivate citizens to relocate to the suburbs. I certainly disagree with the given statement, because moving to the countryside will not be the feasible solution rather improving transportation services inside the city and encourage people to use that will help to a certain extent.
To begin with, because of the industrial developments and opportunities available, individuals tend to move to the urban area and density of the population in such area is more. This caused increased traffic congestion in cities. To resolve this issue, encouraging people to live in the suburbs will not be an effective solution, rather this will increase travel time for them and issue will remain the same. As an illustration, Brampton and Missisauga are the suburbs area around Toronto city, many people prefer to live here since the house prices and rents are comparatively less than the downtown's prices, but it takes around one and half hour to reach to work. Hence, clearly this solution will not help to solve the traffic and transportation issue.
On the other hand, improving transportation facilities can tackle the traffic issue to a great extent. People should be encouraged to use public transit, government can declare some discounts on bus or train tickets and monthly passes, so everyone will start using public transit. Another solution to this problem can be encouraging car pooling. Some smart phone applications are already in the market to improve car pool, but they have not gotten enough popular in the society. Third solution could be changing work hours, for example, if one company starts their work at 8 am, then another company in the same area can ask their employees to start work at 9 am. This variation will help to manage the crowd on the road at the peak hours.
To conclude, forcing people to move in suburbs and in the countryside will not help to address the problem of traffic congestion. I believe, encouraging them to use car pool and public transit may help along with variation in work hours to manage the crowd.
Traffic
congestion is one of the major problems in most of the metropolitan
cities
.
Many
people
say that the
solution
to resolve this
issue
is to motivate citizens to relocate to the
suburbs
. I
certainly
disagree with the
given
statement,
because
moving to the countryside will not be the feasible
solution
rather
improving transportation services inside the city and encourage
people
to
use
that will
help
to a certain extent.
To
begin
with,
because
of the industrial developments and opportunities available, individuals tend to
move
to the urban
area
and density of the population in such
area
is more. This caused increased
traffic
congestion in
cities
. To resolve this
issue
, encouraging
people
to
live
in the
suburbs
will not be an effective
solution
,
rather
this will increase travel time for them and
issue
will remain the same. As an illustration, Brampton and
Missisauga
are the
suburbs
area
around Toronto city,
many
people
prefer to
live
here since the
house
prices and rents are
comparatively
less than the downtown's prices,
but
it takes around one and half hour to reach to
work
.
Hence
,
clearly
this
solution
will not
help
to solve the
traffic
and transportation issue.
On the other hand
, improving transportation facilities can tackle the
traffic
issue
to a great extent.
People
should
be encouraged
to
use
public transit,
government
can declare
some
discounts on bus or train tickets and monthly passes,
so
everyone will
start
using public transit. Another
solution
to this problem can be encouraging car pooling.
Some
smart phone applications are already in the market to
improve
car pool,
but
they have not gotten
enough
popular in the society. Third
solution
could be changing
work
hours,
for example
, if one
company
starts
their
work
at 8 am, then another
company
in the same
area
can ask their employees to
start
work
at 9 am. This variation will
help
to manage the crowd on the road at the peak hours.
To conclude
, forcing
people
to
move
in
suburbs
and in the countryside will not
help
to address the problem of
traffic
congestion. I believe, encouraging them to
use
car pool and public transit may
help
along with variation in
work
hours to manage the crowd.