Some individuals are of the opinion that the leaders of countries should handle traffic jams by spending money on public transportation. Others, on the other hand, think that investment in roads would become more beneficial for society. Although both views hold merit, I agree with the latter perspective.
On the one hand, It is understandable why many people believe that policies for public transportation from authorities could contribute to a reduction in heavy traffic. The fundamental basis is that the model of public transit could carry more people and reduce the number of private cars on roads. For example, in the daily morning, hundreds of laborers go to work so if all of them have private cars, it would be a big problem because of the plethora of cars on road and appearance of buses could deal with this issue when hundreds of laborers just fit in at most two cars. Moreover, trains, which is also a type of public transport, are not only bringing for people a way to move fast but also coping with traffic congestion since this is one of the great way to travel long distance, touring, traveling so the number of people on road could reduce in some notable location and even in city too.
On the other hand, I am persuaded that concentrating money on roads is a better way to struggle with traffic problems compared to former point. Firstly, Increasing the number of roads probably helps people to spend less time a day on the road, which means the traffic becoming more clear, and also have more time to dedicate for work. Secondly, roads is a traditional way to transit in both rural and urban areas. Like, in rural people tend to rely on cars so the more roads exist the better traffic improved. Finally, on emergency situation it would be better to have other road or a broad path for people to evade an ambulance car or police truck.
In conclusion, while there are justification that putting money for public transit could reduce traffic issues, i would contend that leaders should focus more on road to help decreasing the traffic congestion.