Band 6+: With the continuous growth of urban populations and the subsequent rise in the number of vehicles, many cities are grappling with severe air pollution and traffic congestion. Some people argue that cities should invest more in public transportation systems to combat these issues, while others believe that stricter regulations on vehicle emissions and encouraging the use of electric cars are the way forward. To what extent do you agree or disagree with these views?

As the population with the amount of vehicles consequently rise in urban areas, majority of cities are facing carbon emissions and traffic jams. While a number of people advocate that in order to solve the issues, more cities’ financial resources should be contributed to public transportation systems, others are of opinion that the efficiency of laws and regulations on transport’s carbon wastes and incentives to hold electric cars outweighs other methods. I partly agree with the given viewpoints due to several factors, such as economic and infrastructure limitations, challenges of integrating rules and inability to have electric vehicles.

On the one hand, investments to enhance public transportation in growing cities are crucial since this method accounts for one of the most used way of traveling for youngest and eldest citizens. As a matter of fact, a wider usage of buses and trains might undeniably reduce carbon emissions and traffic congestions on the roads, which improves the overall quality of people’s lives. On the other hand, with rising population, public transport might become not convenient and favorable as a choice of getting from one point to another since there are specific infrastructure and financial aspects which limit how much of revenue can be invested, making vehicles overcrowded.

What is more, it is undeniable that restrictions and reduced usage of poisonous fuel are effective but might not last in a long-term. To illustrate, a recent law to warm up the car for up to 5 minutes in local areas of Kazakhstan reduced the wastes in the beginning but started to gain contradictory comments from the citizens and stopped being utilized at all. Furthermore, encouraging people to use electric machines should lower the amount of air pollution provided that the cities have all the necessary conditions to uphold the motivation and possibilities of car holders.

In conclusion, growing cities should invest in public transportation, have rules on carbon wastes and motivate people to ride electric cars given that the urban areas are financially and politically stable.