Freaking Traffic

Traffic is a perennial problem among growing cities. When an economy advances, people resort to buying more cars which clogged up roads and streets especially if there is inadequate infrastructure. There are a lot of measures proposed in order to abate the problem. One such controversial measure is by reducing the need for people to travel from home to their work, school and even malls. This is one measure I highly disagree with.

Indeed, limiting or restricting the travel of people reduces congestion of roads and also emissions generated by cars. It can also ease the delivery of goods and services thus increasing efficiency. In addition, it translates to a lot of saving for the government since there will be a decrease cost of road maintenance.

However, the above mentioned benefits outweigh the negative effects both to the people and the city. First, the people has the right to travel anytime they wanted and can freely use the roads and highways as it is built using taxpayer's money. Second, it will discourage tourists to visit the city as well as the investors to invest because of the restriction thereby hurting the city's coffer. Third, there will be reduced economic activity notwithstanding its effect to businesses who rely mostly to cars or vehicles such as gasoline stations, automotive shops, car wash, and to name a few.

Moreover, one such controversial measure is a sign of desperation and it will have a tremendous effect to the social and economic life of the people. The need to restrict or limit is totally against the democratic principle. Instead of protecting, upholding and ensuring the rights of its citizen its the government quelling it. There are a lot better alternatives like building more network of roads and highways or investing in an efficient and environmentally-friendly form of transportation. The government should be more cautious and implement measures that can be a win-win situation.