ESSAY 20

Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

There is a problem in most developing countries in terms of traffic and pollution particularly in the heart of its metropolitan cities. It is argued that the best way to solve this problem is by having the petrol fare to be increased to discourage people from using cars as the primary method of transportation. However, other options can be taken to solve this issue.

The first alternative that can be offered as a solution is to provide good and reliable public transportation for the citizen. If there are many public transportation available, and if they are punctual, then people can reduce their use of private cars because it is more advantageous to use public transportation.

The second method that can be tried is taxing the main road that usually becomes the source of a traffic jam. The idea is to limit the number of private cars entering this part of the city. Hence, when there is less traffic, there will be less pollution.

There is an opinion that other types of fuels are less damaging toward the environment. Electric cars and hybrid cars have been developed for quite some time now and manufacturers such as Tesla and Toyota along with other big names in the automotive industry are racing to develop these environmentally friendly cars.

To sum up, I believe when petrol price is increased, it will trigger a domino effect and all other prices of goods will soar, too. Therefore, I simply disagree to view it as the best solution for traffic and pollution issues as there are other measures worth trying in the form of public transportation, road tax, and alternative fuels.

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