I believe that public transportation should be or at least much cheaper. There are several reasons for this. First of all, free public transports would help people save money, especially students and people with low incomes. Secondly, if buses and trains were free, more people would probably use them instead of private cars as a result. They would be fever cars on roads, which could reduce traffic jams and air pollution. However, I understand that making public transportation completely free could be expensive for the governments. They would need to spend a lot of money on maintaining buses and trains and playing workers. And it also lead to overcrowding, since free transports would attract huge number of people. And this might reduce the quality of service. And overall I believe a good approach would be to make public transport cheaper rather than completely free, so that governments can seal cover it costs.
Band 7+: Public transportation should be free for all citizens
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I believe that public transportation should be free or at least much cheaper. There are several reasons for this. First of all, free public transport would help people save money, especially students and people with low incomes. Secondly, if buses and trains were free, more people would probably use them instead of private cars. As a result, there would be fewer cars on roads, which could reduce traffic jams and air pollution. However, I understand that making public transportation completely free could be expensive for governments. They would need to spend a lot of money on maintaining buses and trains and paying workers. And it could also lead to overcrowding, since free transport would attract a huge number of people. And this might reduce the quality of service. Overall, I believe a good approach would be to make public transport cheaper rather than completely free, so that governments can still cover the costs.
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