▶ Your Answer :
In today`s society,
it is widely believed that people should pay fares whenever they want to use
the public transportation. However, I disagree with this view. I firmly
believed the use of public transportation should be free. This is because
first, it can cause tremendous positive effect on traffic environment, second
it can increase the revenue of government, which as a result also improve
welfare state.
First
of all, the use of public transportation for free can cause tremendous positive
effect on traffic environment. To be specific, since the price of gasoline is
drastically increasing due to its limited capacity, people in a modern society
are under a huge amount of financial burden. So, they are more likely to use
public transportation instead of their own cars. In addition, more and more
people will use transportation system such as buses, subways if the use of
public transportation is free. Consequently, it will incredibly reduce the
number of vehicle on the road, which as a result allows people not to get
stressed due to traffic jam any more. To illustrate, when I was younger, a local
government of my hometown decided to enforce the free use of public
transportation system as a means of improving the welfare state. Not long
after, it greatly caused fresh and comfortable traffic environment in my town.
Through this experience, it clearly proved to me that the use of public
transportation for free can have a beneficial effect for today`s people.
Second,
the use of public transportation for free is beneficial for not only people,
but also a government. To be specific, as people can use various public
transportations free of charge, the number of people who want to take a trip on
weekend will increase. Consequently, many tourist attractions in this country will
make more money as an admission fee which as a result also increases the
revenue of government. It also means that people are able to reap the benefit of
more advanced welfare state due to an increased government`s revenue. According
to a study done by New York Times in 2013, it revealed that the main reason
that holds people back from taking a trip was a burden of expense of a trip,
and they also answered that transportation costs usually account for large
percentage of the expense. Through this study, it is obvious that it`s better
beneficial for people and government to make the use of public transportation
for free.
All
things considered, it is my belief that my argument regarding this topic has
been effectively and precisely delivered with the reasons mentioned above.
Never should we forget.
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