Essays on Traffic congestion

“Where to live” is the most common question for young people cause it affects a lot to the rest of their lives. As its modern facilities, some people prefer living in urban rather than in rural areas. However some debate that people will harm their health when live in big city. No one is wrong…

1) Define the term ‘sustainable transport’.Sustainable transport can be defined differently by many sources, however the main definition of sustainable transport is looking at transportation methods and making them better both economically and environmentally. Sustainable transport systems look at reducing the environmental impact of vehicles, minimising cost and maximising the efficiency of public transport. 2)…

The scheme is the idea of the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The running of the congestion charge will be done by Transport for London. Nearly all drivers will have to pay the congestion charge of �5 to enter Central London between 7am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. (Once the charge is paid you are…

How could behavior modification be used to reduce he traffic congestion in the city? It is teaching people different behaviors and changes by making them take the transit bus or the subway or carpool in the hove lane to reduce traffic congestion in the city. Some people see it as a form of control trying…

As is the case with many metropolitan areas, the traffic on Houston’s freeways, tollways and major highways creates major losses in the areas of time, energy and human resources everyday. Finding ways to reduce the Houston traffic congestion is and has been on the forefront of the concerns in most of our metropolitan areas. Incentives…

Introduction The cost of congestion was regarded by the late Professor William Vickrey to be high. Very roughly, the real economic cost of the transport infrastructure in the US was about three times the total gasoline and vehicular taxes generated by automobile use of city streets (Vickrey, 1963). Yet motorists were always under the misimpression…

Evaluate the success (or otherwise) of the congestion charge now in operation in London? In the light of your evaluation and relevant economic arguments discuss the case for introducing congestion charges in other congested areas. The Congestion Charge is a transport strategy to reduce traffic congestion that has been put in to operation in Central…

Immigration in Carlifonia.             Immigrants from the world all over have always viewed the US as ‘the land of opportunity’. The perception in most of the developing countries is that moving to United Stats is a dream comes true with regards to economic opportunities and a chance to make a life either in the United…

?Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Many people believe that governments should spend more money on improving roads and highways. However, other people think that more money should be spent on improving public transportation. Personally, I think that…

The traffic congestion in the city gets even worse day by day. One of the Indonesian problems which still cannot be addressed yet is traffic. Indonesian people, especially for those who live in the big city such as Jakarta and Surabaya, experienced traffic congestion almost every day. According to Wikipedia (2012), “Kemacetan adalah situasi atau…