托福写作范文学习：高速公路vs城市交通

托福写作范文学习：高速公路vs城市交通 Highways or public transportation, which should be givenpreferentialfinancing? Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, orshould governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses,trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop youressay. 高分范文赏析 As China continues along the road of economic development, new demands arebeing put on the transportation infrastructure of the country. This isparticularly evident in the cities, where daily traffic jams are unavoidablefacts of life. Faced with a mounting traffic crisis, I believe the governmentshould focus on improving public transportation instead of improving roads andhighways. Public transportation is cheaper, better for the environment, and abetter long-term solution for meeting the transportation demands of the future.The traffic crisis in large cities is mainly due to the increase in the numberof private cars on the road. If 30 people each drive their own private cars towork in the morning, polluting emissions from these 30 cars pollute the air.Having 30 extra cars on the road not only means more traffic, it also means thatall cars on the road will run their engines longer to produce more pollutionwhile they idle in traffic jams. On the contrary, if those same 30 people takethe bus to work, there would be less traffic, and even less pollution. More bus and subway lines would also save much space now wasted on parkinglots, which makes sense from both environmental and city-planning perspectives.Investment in public transportation also makes sense for the customer. The mostexpensive public transportation in the city costs about 5 yuan. Two trips acrossthe city every day for a whole year would still be less than a fifth of the costof a new car, not to mention the inevitable expenditure of maintaining a goodperformance of the car. Taking into account the considerable upkeep expenses ofa car, gas, insurance, and repairs, owning a car is much less economic andconvenient than is taking the bus or the subway. While some people would argue that investing money on highways isimperative for holistic benefits of our country, I personally believe the needfor solving current traffic disasters that are prevalent in most such majorcities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou is more urgent. The problem hasal