Traffic congestion is perhaps a curse in many cities and it kills valuable time on the one hand and degrades people's overall productivity and economic progress on the other hand. Since the main reason for traffic gridlocks on the roads is the overwhelming number of people who commute daily, limiting it to to a reasonable extent is conceivably the best solution to curb the bad traffic.
Admittedly, the government and city administration cannot ask citizens to stay indoors and arrange 'work from home' facility for every professional as making it a regulation would create confusion and discontent. Moreover, people need to get outside not only for their professional, shopping and educational needs but also to socialise and for entertainments. Thus restricting people's need to commute daily seems like an unrealistic idea to many.
However, there are ways to implement it without creating any confusion and dissatisfaction among citizens and curbing the traffic problems at the same time. Since we need to reduce the number of commuters and vehicles from the road, which is the only viable solution to traffic problems, we can sort out the professionals who can work from home and then distribute the facilities like shopping centres, parks and banks to all residential areas so that people can get them within walking distance. For instance, IT professionals, lawyers, bookkeepers, customer service representatives, instructors and similar other professionals do not need to travel to their office daily as they can execute most of their responsibilities from home with the help of technology.
Moreover, improving some facilities and digitalising many services can deter people from unnecessary daily commuting. For instance, many parents travel to their children's school daily to drop them and pick them up and if schools offer safe and convenient transportation facilities, parents would rely on such facility rather than travelling daily. Similarly, banking, utility bill payment and help desk should be digitalised so that we can complete our tasks from home rather than visiting those offices.
To conclude, traffic congestion in many cities is so big a problem that the authority is struggling to keep in control. A large number of commuters and the vehicles they use are the primary reason for that and it is expected that the government would facilitate people so that they need to commute less frequently.
Traffic
congestion is perhaps a curse in
many
cities and it kills valuable time on the one hand and degrades
people
's
overall
productivity and economic progress
on the other hand
. Since the main reason for
traffic
gridlocks on the roads is the overwhelming number of
people
who commute
daily
, limiting it
to to
a reasonable extent is
conceivably
the best solution to curb the
bad
traffic.
Admittedly
, the
government
and city administration cannot ask citizens to stay indoors and arrange 'work from home' facility for every
professional
as making it a regulation would create confusion and discontent.
Moreover
,
people
need
to
get
outside not
only
for their
professional
, shopping and educational
needs
but
also
to
socialise
and for entertainments.
Thus
restricting
people
's
need
to commute
daily
seems like an unrealistic
idea
to
many
.
However
, there are ways to implement it without creating any confusion and dissatisfaction among citizens and curbing the
traffic
problems at the same time. Since we
need
to
reduce
the number of commuters and vehicles from the road, which is the
only
viable solution to
traffic
problems, we can sort out the
professionals
who can work from home and then distribute the facilities like shopping
centres
, parks and banks to all residential areas
so
that
people
can
get
them within walking distance.
For instance
, IT
professionals
, lawyers, bookkeepers, customer service representatives, instructors and similar other
professionals
do not
need
to travel to their office
daily
as they can execute most of their responsibilities from home with the
help
of technology.
Moreover
, improving
some
facilities and
digitalising
many
services can deter
people
from unnecessary
daily
commuting.
For instance
,
many
parents travel to their children's school
daily
to drop them and pick them up and if schools offer safe and convenient transportation facilities, parents would rely on such facility
rather
than travelling
daily
.
Similarly
, banking, utility bill payment and
help
desk should be
digitalised
so
that we can complete our tasks from home
rather
than visiting those offices.
To conclude
,
traffic
congestion in
many
cities is
so
big
a problem that the authority is struggling to
keep
in control.
A large number of
commuters and the vehicles they
use
are the primary reason for that and it is
expected
that the
government
would facilitate
people
so
that they
need
to commute less
frequently
.