Well obviously free service of public transportation system is a commonly topic nowadays that has both advantages and disadvantages side. So let’s begin with advantages. It has one major significant obvious advantage is that if the public transport is free for everyone, it can reduce traffic congestion and air pollution due to the fact that public transport don’t produce carbon emission comparing to vehicles. And also it will be very extremely important for air pollution. And another advantage is that it makes transport accessible for low income people. You know, public transport has cost effectiveness, meaning that it means that public transport like buses or trains are much more cheaper than the private cars or taxis. When it comes to the disadvantages, it would be very expensive for the government, as I I have mentioned before, if public transport is free for everyone, some employees cannot have any salary. So it means that it is very expensive. And another disadvantage is that free service might lead to overcrowding and poor maintenance. Due to the fact that more and more people begin to use public transport in terms of free service, it can lead to crowded of people in the buses.
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Well, obviously, the free service of the public transportation system is a common topic nowadays that has both advantages and disadvantages. So let's begin with the advantages. One major significant advantage is that if public transport is free for everyone, it can reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, as public transport does not produce carbon emissions compared to vehicles. This is extremely important for improving air quality. Another advantage is that it makes transport accessible for low-income people. Public transport is cost-effective, meaning that buses or trains are much cheaper than private cars or taxis. When it comes to the disadvantages, it would be very expensive for the government. As I mentioned before, if public transport is free for everyone, some employees may not receive a salary, which makes it costly. Another disadvantage is that free service might lead to overcrowding and poor maintenance. As more people begin to use public transport due to the free service, it can lead to overcrowding on buses.
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