Traffic congestion has become a huge problem in the developing countries, such as China and India. Nowadays a lot of people prefer to buy their own cars rather than using public transportation because they think it is more convenient and time-saving. Even though owning a car has so many advantages; however, it has certain setbacks as well, which outweighs the benefits. The more cars we have on roads, the more congestion we will have to deal with on daily basis. In the urban cities of China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou traffic congestion is constantly increasing every year because people are buying more cars. Another reason for traffic congestion is that the government isn’t developing new transportation infrastructure, such as …show more content…
To some people, it might sound like that the government is taking away the vehicle ownership right, but it will make a huge difference in China since it is the most populated country in the world. If every individual in China buys a car, then it will become difficult to manage all the vehicles, unless the government builds new infrastructure. The government should put a limitation on buying more than one vehicle per household, which will definitely solve the congestion problem. “In the name of congestion, safety, and even public image, certain cities---- including Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Shanghai severely restrict or ban motorcycles, small rural vehicles, small cars, and even bicycles” (par. 12). Even though, the city authorities are doing this to overcome the traffic congestion problem in these cities, it isn’t a good idea to ban bicycles and motorcycles since they are not as big as cars. The bicycles do not even make pollution unlike motorcycles. “Shanghai caps the number of new private car registrations annually, auctions auto registrations, limits parking, and makes it difficult to obtain a driver’s license. The city is considering a plan to charge cars for entering the central business district” (par. 12): Since the car registration is cheaper, it encourages more people to buy more than one car. Besides car registration fees, the government also needs to raise the parking fees: “For instance, it costs 5 yuan (about 60 cents) an hour to park in Guangzhou, but only 2 yuan (about 24 cents) for a whole day in Beijing” (Yan, par.4). These low parking fees are encouraging people to use their personal vehicles because most of the people believe if the parking is cheaper, then what is the point of using public transportation, which isn’t as comfortable as a
public transit networks. But just how serious is the burden of car ownership, and how exactly does
Various aspects of traffic congestion in Toronto have been analyzed in detail. It is clear that Toronto is facing a serious problem of traffic congestion since it is the most congested city in North America. Traffic congestion in Toronto costs over $ 2 billion annually and it is caused by a variety of factors. These factors are categorized into non-recurring and recurring factors. However, the paper focused on recurring factors which contribute to the largest proportion of traffic congestion in Canada. These include increased automobile use, poor planning and lapse in implementation of laws which govern traffic systems. This leads to the use of many private cars by employees who commute to work as opposed to use of public transport systems resulting in congestion. Traffic congestion in Toronto has various adverse effects including barriers to emergency services, delays, idle time and opportunity costs as well as pollution.
In recent years, a rapid increase of offers in the field of carsharing is observed. Carsharing is the organized community use of one or more automobiles. It allows unlike conventional car rentals a short time, even minutes-wise rental of an automobile. Already in the 1960s concepts of carsharing in connection with studies on future, computerized traffic control have been originated. The 1980s can be described as a turning point, as several smaller carsharing projects originated for example in Switzerland and in Germany. Since the 1990s, these and other projects such as the City Car Club in UK experienced a significant growth. A study of a consulting agency anticipated a growth to ten billion Euros in the global market for carsharing
As a country with more people, there are assumably more cars, meaning more gases will be emitted that harm the environment. However, if a rapidly growing population stopped growing as quickly, there would be less people to need cars, which reduces pollution. The vice director of Population Commission in Henan says that the population being controlled “have kept sulfur dioxide emissions down by 17.6%” and “[reduced] water pollution 30.8%” (Document C). With such a significant decrease, less people were being diagnosed with pollution related illnesses. Sulfur Dioxide, a gas that is emitted from cars, “is a major cause of asthma and bronchial infection” (Document C), and with less Sulfur Dioxide in the air, people can have a healthier life.
Los Angeles, California is known worldwide to be a city designed specifically for the use of automobiles. Since Los Angeles County is so expansive, is considered to be one of the largest cities in the U.S and the World. The Government decided to accommodate its landscape very efficiently through the use of freeways by connecting each other from far distances into one by the use of intersections. On the other hand, since the landscape of Los Angeles was made specifically for cars, it has a horrible public transportation that people see car as a necessity rather than luxury. The government has done a magnificent job keeping
Nobody ever intend to get a speeding ticket. However, there are police and you will tend to speed. A speeding fine can result in an car insurance rate hike and points on your driving record. There is a way to avoid these fines by pleading to go to driving school.
In my area cars are a necessary evil. They are a status symbol to some people as a way of demonstrating wealth by driving an expensive vehicle. Cars are necessary to travel to work, the grocery store and to see family. Without a vehicle it is necessary to live closer to a metropolitan area that has public transportation.
Cities all over the world are developing. As war ended in 1942, a significant number of people move to the city because they want to improve life. This urbanization process is causing a number of problems and should be met by sustainable development policies. In the beginning, it is important to know the definition of sustainable development. There are some definitions for sustainable development, but simply they say that sustainable development is a development which using resources now and preserving them for future generations (Adams, 1999, p.137). This concept has been agreed internationally at a Rio Conference in 1992 to be implemented by all government policies which mostly known as “Agenda 21” principles (Adams, 1999, p.141). This paper will show that traffic jams and housing problems caused by urbanization can be met by sustainable development policies. The structure of this paper will first explain the situation that leads to traffic jams and housing problems. Next, it will elaborate the sustainable development solutions, implications for the solutions, and evaluations how effective the sustainable development solutions solved the problems.
“The automobile has created a dependence, society couldn't live without automobiles because mass transit systems” (Negative Impact of the Automobile 5). Apart from creating a dependence on the automobile, traffic congestion, air pollution and fatal casualties increased with the increasing number of automobiles on the road.
Traffic engineers and planners need information about traffic. They need information to design and manage road and traffic system. They use the information for planning and designing traffic facilities, selecting geometric standards, economic analysis and determination of priorities. They use this to justify warrant of traffic control devices such as signs, traffic signals, pavement markings, school and pedestrian crossings. The also use this information to study the effectiveness of introduced schemes, diagnosing given situations and finding appropriate solutions, forecasting the effects of projected strategies, calibrating and validating traffic models.
Both of the two auto vehicles are brought into the human industry as the use of benefit students’ lives become more convenient traveler. In commons, the two automobile created opportunities jobs in the economic companies’ nation. Plus, several students did not noticed that both cars and public transportation have one major similar concept where two of the transit vehicle produce environmental pollution, traffic congestion, and oil consumption problems. Encounter, the public transportation and cars can cause a huge impact to the environmental which it can lead human health problems. Mostly, both of the automobile still release noxious gases into the air, and over time the built up can change the environment global warming to like an unhealthy
Traffic jam is one of the most serious problems of urbanization, almost all the modern cities are facing different levels of traffic jam problems. In general, people can ease the traffic jam and not compromise the quality of life by a policy of sustainable development in two aspects including formulating a more efficient transport pattern and changing the urban construction.
The development of every nation hinges on the effectiveness of their transportation systems. Movement of goods, services and people to and from locations is made possible by transportation systems. The importance of effective transportation systems cannot be over-emphasized. Many countries face transportation problems and my country Ghana is no exception. A trip of about 30 minutes usually takes about an hour or more due to traffic jams. This is seriously impacting productivity and has become a topical issue in the country. The situation is the same in Uganda where I currently work. To this end, Transportation Engineers are needed to design roads/ highways that will stand the test of time, plan effective traffic management systems to reduce
We all use vehicles for transportation. People usually go to their desired destination either by driving their own cars or traveling in public transportation. Actually, it might be tough to choose that which one is the best selection for people to travel. Many people choose one of them according to their comfort while traveling and both of them have advantages and disadvantages in different conditions. Public transportation and driving own car both shares differences and similarities in many aspects, such as facility, cost, and comfort as well as traffic jam and accident occurrence.
Most of cities that people live are sequentially growing, daily routine of many people are also adapted for surrounding in the present. A lot of people have to spend most of their time with travelling though long distances to get from one place to another for connecting their businesses or other purposes by transportation. Most people use public transportation such as BTS and MRT to go each places while many people are using their own cars to travel. Thereby, both transportations have the same destination that is taking and moving people. People can choose vehicles from alter reasons depend on how people are responded to their needs by public transportation and private car that are different in convenience of travelling, expenditure of money and security of travel.