Some say that due to heavy traffic governments need to build more roads in metropolitan cities, while others argue this isn’t the right solution and may fail to help. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your reasons and examples.
As the urban sprawl becomes a torrent, the
number of vehicles plying have incremented tremendously, making it
imperative to construct more roads and bridges to ease up road congestion, but sceptics
feel this method will fail to afford the panacea.
It is assumed that expanding the road network in the urbanized areas could be a viable solution as it would help in mitigate the number of vehicles on individual roadways: it would become possible to create a bi-furcation between those travelling to nearby areas, and those covering longer distances. To corroborate, the Barapullah road on the raised platform has helped assisted motorists of Delhi as those traveling from east to west do need to mingle with local crowd.
Similarly, the expansion of roads would create more space, in the form of extra lanes, for cars and other means of transportation, helping ensure an easy flow of vehicles of various classes. Such specimen can be easily witnessed in cities like New York, where the roads have been widened to render more space to those using these pathways.
Having said that, those vehemently protesting found their view on the fact that this proposal would prove to be impractical in long run because by virtue of ever expanding urban populace and the poor, or nearly non-existent mass transit system, the number of cars, and other means of personal conveyance are bound to incrementing phenomenally. It is asserted that the newly constructed passages would soon become clogged and the situation would soon become worse than before.
