Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of owning a car. Use specific examples. Everything has two sides to it‚ and there is no exception to owning a car. People can name just as many merits of owning a car as demerits of doing it. Apparently‚ convenience is one of the most important benefits that a car owner is looking for when spending huge sums of money for keeping one. Public transportation has developed rapidly in recent years in Vancouver. Yet‚ with the even faster expansion of Greater
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The concept of ride sharing has evolved immensely over the last 50 years from its onset – as carpooling served as a way for commuters to circumvent the high gas prices of the 1970s. To the present day‚ where hipsters and business men alike utilize companies such as Uber‚ Lyft‚ and SideCar as an alternative to a crowded and often unreliable public transportation system as well as the price-gouging from taxi drivers. From my interviews with a part time Uber driver and frequent passengers‚ the consensus
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number of passengers‚ and high enough to allow traffic to pass beneath them. Apparently‚ the test runs for the bus in China are not yet complete or even underway‚ but the huge buzz they generated has been enough for the creators to already set sight on the US of A. U.S. Elevated High-Speed Bus (Group) is looking for manufacturers‚ and representatives to sell the bus in the United States. The bus can carry 1200 passengers‚ and will ride on rails or yellow lines outside the traditional traffic lanes. Interesting
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TRAFFIC JAM With the rapid increase of economical globalization and urbanization‚ more problems are brought to our attention. One of them is traffic jams which is a menace to the life of the Dhaka city dwellers. The reasons can be listed as follows- Too many vehicles‚ lack of public transportation lack of enough roads ‚ narrow roads‚ poor control of traffic system‚ lack of trained drivers‚ cheap and availability of gas‚ lack of modern transportation facilities like metro way‚ elevated expressway
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EVALUATION OF TAXI OPERATION IN METROPOLITAN LAGOS INTRODUCTION Lagos a former capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is located on the south western zone of the country. Lagos has about population of 18 million. The size of the state is about 300sq meter. Transportation in Lagos state is predominantly through road transport. Road transportation covers up to 92% of the state transport‚ rail and water transport cover the remaining share. Of this 92% covered by road transport‚ taxi cab takes
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Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Delhi Metro M N Murty‚ Kishore Kumar Dhavala‚ Meenakshi Ghosh and Rashmi Singh Institute of Economic Growth Delhi University Enclave Delhi-110007 India October‚ 2006 Key words: Transport‚ Air Pollution‚ Cost- benefit analysis and Shadow prices. Abstract: The growing demand for public transport in mega cities has serious effects on urban ecosystems‚ especially due to the increased atmospheric pollution and changes in land use patterns. An ecologically sustainable
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Essay Writing Question 1: The rising levels of congestion and air pollution found in most of the world cities is due to the rapidly increasing number of private cars in use. Do you think the use of public transport can encourage people to use their car less? Discuss possible ways to encourage public to use the public transport. Answer 1: Air pollution is one of the contribution factors to the increments of various disease to the country. One of the major contributor to the pollution is the uses
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Your post was informative and brings up the very valid point that limited financial resources are a barrier for a cash-strapped community that may not see sidewalks as a priority. Sidewalks can promote physical activity by enabling people to walk to school‚ work or recreationally (hsph.harvard.edu‚ 2016). Limited access to sidewalks and city transportation can certainly be considered a contributor to obesity‚ but convincing people to use tax money on sidewalks‚ which are not a basic necessity like
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Fahad alshatti Core : 2 Level : 6 Traffic congestion in Kuwait The only way to reduce the amount of traffic in cities today is by reducing the need for people to travel from home for work‚ education or shopping. Nowadays traffic is a major problem in Kuwait. If we make some effort to reduce the amount of traffic then a pollution free and comfortable living will be created. With the development of science‚ now everything is possible in the world. Computers are one of the most important inventions
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Reaction The essay “Rowing the Bus” is has a lot to do with the problems that kids are having in school. I also‚ believe that these kids are in this situation‚ because of their parents. These parents have to pay more attention to their children’s actions or check on their child in school. A lot of these kids that get picked on at school end up being serial killer or child molesters and mad at the world. Once these kids lose their self respect‚ they get depressed and ashamed of whom they are. I
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