▶ Your Answer : These days, more and more people prefer to take a private car rather than a public transportation due to convenience and freedom of movement. Therefore some people argue that the way to reduce traffic and pollution should be increased tax on petrol. There are two part of advantages if people would try to use buses or a subway instead of a car. One part is for government. As I already said that by using a public transport would help reduce traffic jam, specially rush hour and also lead to prevent many accidents. In addition, Gas from cars is the main problem of air pollution. The number of cars decreased on the road could contribute to protect environment. The other part is for individual. people usually using a public transportation can save their money spending at gas station. Also people could arrive a destination on time by taking bus on a bus-only line as well as subway. However, people who drive everyday with their car for working such as taxi driver and truck driver have to pay more money than they can afford because of increasing of tax on patrol. And some people live away from cities where don’t have public transport system easily. So, they need own car when they come home late. Also rich people may still take their private car and this policy might be would have burden to the public. Those people would try to reduce other expenditures and finally it could affect depression of economy. In conclusion, this solution is worth considering to improve the current situation, but there are advantages and disadvantages of introducing such a policy. |