It is often said that diffusion of cars is a symbol of development in modern society because it has brought the ear of fast and convenient moving for people instead of a coach. However, contrary to this opinion, I strongly believe that there have been taken place lots of problem by the diffusion. Especially, congestion is the biggest problem nowadays. Therefore, introduction of tolls to congestion to personal cars on specific roads is needed because it is able to block unnecessary uses of cars, improve environment, and efficient management of government expenditures.
First of all, imposing tolls of congestion keep drivers from using their cars unnecessarily. If someone is very emergency circumstance, he or she cannot help to use his or her own car though they have to pay for tolls. From my experiences, when I am not busy and want to go shopping, I used to find other transportation instead of driving my car because I do not have a reason why I pay extra fees by using the road. Rather, I tend to pursue cheaper methods such as using transportations.
Making environment better is also expected by the tolls. This is because lots of drivers use not their cars but public transportations when they are not busy and these changes make emissions of carbon dioxide from individual vehicles reduce. Recently, it is showed by a number of recent news that fuel of buses has been changed from gasoline to natural gas called CNG, more environmental friendly. Not only buses but trains and subways do not emission CO2 because they run by electric energy.
Finally, governments can use their expenditures more efficiently. An important reason is that governments do not expend its budget in order to solve a problem from traffic jam any more and increasing revenue by the tolls is used to other parts that need its budget. For example, while governments would invest its considerable budget into many campaigns and publicities to decrease traffic jam before imposing the tolls, the budget which is not used for activities such as campaigns and increasing income by the tolls can use to encourage use of transportation as a form of subsidy.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that governments should enforce the tolls to drivers who use their car personally on complex roads. The reason is that it can reduce unnecessary using car, improve environment and efficient budget expenditure. All in all, it is a method that uses a civilized convenience wisely. |