Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways‚ or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses‚ trains‚ subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay. A good government is believed to pay attention to their people’s needs. A lot of things can be done to improve their lives‚ one of which is the public transportation which is badly in need by all people. In my opinion‚ governments should spend more money on improving
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS Public transportation in the United States is a crucial part of the solution to the nation’s economic‚ energy‚ and environmental challenges - helping to bring a better quality of life. In increasing numbers‚ people are using public transportation and local communities are expanding public transit services. Every segment of American society - individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and businesses - benefits from public transportation. Public Transportation Consists
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Better to be late than sorry The festive season is said to be a season of accidents and the high rate of road accident is testament to this. Road accidents have been identified as one of the causes of deaths in Malaysia. In light of this‚ the causes of road accidents must be identified to reduce them as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. One of the causes of road accidents is an increase in road users. Young people today obtain their licenses at a young age of sixteen and thus we
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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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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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