BANNING PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES

Meks - Latihan IELTS

Central business as well as shopping areas in city centres all over the world are becoming increasingly congested. City governments have tried to control the number of cars entering their city centres in several ways, but not usually with great success.
What the advantages and disadvantages of banning private motor vehicles in city centres?
(Response)

Economic developments lead to the increase of business and shopping centre in almost all parts of the cities. To support this, transportation is one aspect that is developed; consequently, the number of cars entering cities is increasing. This makes governments think how to ban cars especially private motor vehicles.



Banning private motor vehicles may help governments reduce pollution problems in cities. Noise and air pollution that come from fumes and noisy machine vehicles may be reduced by decreasing number of cars. In addition, most of them are now still using fossil fuel energy as their energy sources that release carbon dioxide, the waste product that contributes to air pollution. By limiting the number of cars, it can solve traffic jam problems. The small number of cars in cities makes short line of cars. Jakarta, for example, has many private cars that operate every day so the long line cars on the road almost in all city parts cannot be avoided.



On the other hand, this policy makes those who have cars cannot move easily. For example, if the designation can be reached about an hour, it may be reached more than an hour by using public transportation. Furthermore, this also decreases of government income that can be got through tax from car users or industry related to this.



Considering the advantages of limiting cars that enter cities, it seems that governments should try hard to run their policies about it. They also should not worry about tax income because this can be replaced by other sectors.