▶ Your Answer : In the lecture, the speaker argues that charging
to the congestion has several disadvantages. This contradicts the claim of
reading passage that the congestion pricing offers significant benefits to
society. He illustrates 3 reasons to rebut the claim and support his opinion.
To begin with, he mentions that many
drivers will increase their driving speed if the volume of traffic is reduced.
Of course the availability of the accident decreases because there will be fewer
cars. Instead, drivers will accelerate their cars on the road. Recent research
says if drivers raise their speed for 30%, accidents occur at double rate. This
cast doubts on the passage’s claim that decreased traffic volume makes driver
safer.
On top of that, the lecturer asserts that the
congestion pricing will make public transportation not easy to use. If the
congestion pricing is introduced, many people will try to use public
transportation like bus. Then, excessive crowds will be gathered at the bus
station, consequently they cannot take the bus appropriately because the
capacity of bus is limited. The schedule of people will be delayed because of
this problem. This directly refutes the claim of the passage that the
congestion pricing makes public transportation more convenient.
Finally, the speaker says that the congestion
pricing causes negative impacts to the businesses in the city. In fact, many
retail shops don’t assent the introduction of congestion pricing because their
revenue will be declined if the pricing is really happened. According to the
lecturer, traffic congestion might effects negatively to some kinds of businesses
but there will be the other kinds of businesses that are positively affected by
the congestion. |