Traffic Congestion Essay

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Traffic congestion is a critical problem which happens on roads that occupied the traffic as the roads were full of cars and buses. Traffic congestion causes trouble to the traffic flow in urban area and eventually preventing the traffic to go smoothly. Therefore, I would like to suggest a few ways to reduce this problem namely adjusting the transportation system, improving and promoting public transportations as well as organizing awareness campaign. The most effective way to reduce traffic congestion is to adjust the transportation system. If the streets are wide enough to occupy more vehicles and there are also no barriers of constructions put on the street, the vehicles flow will go smoothly. On the other hand, the authorities should also maintain the road condition. Otherwise, this will endanger the motorists and motorcyclists who were using the routes. Then, this will cause the vehicles to be driven slowly and cause congestion, particularly during the peak hours. Another way to reduce traffic congestion is to improve and to promote public transportations such as Monorail, Commuter, and Light Rail Transit (LRT) among our society. Facilities in public transportations should be upgraded. Therefore, people will be attracted and felt more convenient to use the public transportations. Meanwhile, this also will lessen the number of vehicles on the roads since the transportation does not use the road as its route. At the end, it will reduce the traffic congestion problem. Besides that, congestion problem can also be reduced by organizing awareness campaign to change the citizens’ way of thinking and travelling. This campaign is to encourage people to use carpool. Then, we can reduce the number of vehicles on the road. In the meantime, this campaign is also establishes responsibility among society to drive carefully in order to avoid accidents as accidents can cause

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