A growing number of individuals consider public transports is the best way to travel. However, there is an argument that private cars are much better although the preference on this means of transport is the major contribution to traffic congestions. This essay will provide both benefits and drawbacks of this tendency.
On the one hand, there are two main reasons why public transportations are advantegous. Firstly, the increase in number of buses users can play a vital role in the reduction of emissions, which leads to many health issues for most residents these days. Moreover, it seems to be that the significant increase of CO2 in cities recent years are mostly come from personal vehicles, which can be dealed with by encouraging the use of public transports. Secondly, the more individuals use buses, the lower is the cost of fuel, when there is a growth in number of public trasports, it means the fewer people use their own cars to travel and the payment for fuel can be marginally drop. For instance, in Japan, where trains is the most preferred by citizens, the cost for energy is definitely low, compared to some developing countries, such as Vietnam and China.
On the other hand, public transports can also bring lots of drawbacks to users. To begin with, residents is likely to spend lots of time waiting for their trips, this can takes them from 15 to 20 minutes and sometimes can be time-consuming, espeacially in Asian countries where infracstructures are low invested. Take Cambodia as an example, when travelling in this country, visistors can be taken lots of time for waiting and travelling to their destinations, since this can lead to the decrease in the number of travelers, annually. Furthermore, many of users have serious car sick, which avoid them from engaging in this tendency, in these cases, private vehicles can be suitable for these individuals to tackle this problem.
Taking all these points into account, the growing number of users interested in buses or trains can be both beneficial and disadvantegous, since it can deal with the amount of emissions effectively, or be a time-consuming activity in today’s society.