Band 5+: Some people believe that governments should invest in public transportation, while others argue that improving and maintaining existing roads is more important. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, the debate over the prioritization of issues related to the improving the public transportation facilities has become a point of contention. While many people and urban management authorities support the idea that, it seems to be more efficient to initially alternate old public vehicles by modern ones, others believe that the focus of the governments should be on development and improvement of existing facilities. This essay will examine both views and propose a balanced approach to this issue.

On the one hand, many are of the opinion that investing on renovating and expanding public transportations is prior to ameliorating circumstances of existing roads. Besides environmental concerns associated with old vehicles, they do not offer comfortable and swift movements in the congested cities. In addition, many scientists are of the opinion that the optimal age of public transportation vehicles is far shorter than the age of roads built in major cities, and it is advisable to alternate old fossil fuel-consuming vehicles by modern electric cars and buses.

On the other hand, many individuals believe that new public transportation facilities such as buses and taxies might not efficiently work in practice without appropriate roads and routes. The inappropriate situation of roads will cause irreversible damages to newly purchased vehicles by the governments in short terms, and does not seem to be an optimized solution to public transportation systems inefficiencies.

I contend that, besides, developments in renovating public transportation vehicles, the requirements for maintaining and reforming the roads seems to be necessary. In other words, developments on both sides are inseparable elements of public transportation system.

In conclusion, opinions are divided as to whether governments ought to make supports on extending public transportation roads and underground routes, or renovating public vehicles. It seems that, to reach an optimized transportation systems, local authorities should involve a parallel approach to this issue.