Traffic Jams
By
Joyce Gonçalves
Nowadays, with increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention, one of them is traffic jams. São Paulo is one of many cities that suffering this situation. How should we solve this problem? We all know that there are several disruption related to traffic congestion, the first one is related to pollution , that could cause serious respiratory problems breathing.
The second one, is the stress among drivers which led to aggressive behavious and in turn spending more time in road, because drives stop their car to argue. And finally the third one is that traffic congestion could be a good moment for thieves to attack drives and steal their personal belonging. 
According to economist Anthony Downs, in his books Stuck in Traffic (1992) and Still Stuck in Traffic (2004), argue that rush hour traffic congestion is inevitable because of the benefits of having a relatively standard work day.Nevertheless , there are several solution for this problem , one of them is to use a bicycle instead of a car in some place or rush hour , which can not only reduce traffic jams but also decrease air pollution and bring benefits to our health such as helping to lose weight, preventing hearts attack and so on.
To sum up , traffic jams are serious and great problem in big cities like São Paulo , therefore , using bicycles is one suggestion that could help us to decrease traffic jams in the cities and bring also benefits to our health.
Hey Joyce,
ReplyDeleteas we've talked in our classes, traffic jams are not only a problem to whom is driving, but also to all of us.
Surely this polution, and all the stress caused by traffic congestions, could be decreased if we started using bikes instead of cars. We know that it's dificult in a city like ours, where there aren't enough bicycle paths... but we have to start changing our habits, to make our planet a happier and healthier place.
Nice essay,
congrats!
Traffic jams are a serious problem . Including here in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to stay hours in traffic, we still breathe pollution , which is very to our health.
ReplyDeleteYou presented bike as a alternative, but it can only be used for shorter distances.. there are same places that we can arrive by bike. other solution could be collective transport, because if everybody use it there would have less congestion.
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I agree with you when you said that travel by bicycle may help avoid traffic jam, but there are somethings that we have to considerate.
ReplyDeleteSome Metro stations already have 'bicicletários' but it's not enought, besides I think that is too dangerous drive bicycles on the strets nowadays. We need to improve facilities before we use this kind of transportation with safety.
At this moment I'm thinking this problem. I gotta go to work and i don't know how many hours i'll spend to reach the city center. I may get there in an hour or maybe two hours.
ReplyDeleteThe constant traffic congestion is a serious problem and needs to be resolved or mitigated in any way.
Good essay, Bye.
In fact, traffic jam is a major problem in all metropolis.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that, although I live in a big city, my job is near my home, so I can get there without many problems. But, for people who live further, traffic congestion is extremely complicated and causes lots of problems.
Nice essay, by the way. The choosen topic is a very interesting one. Congratulations.
Well, very good topic to be discussed.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that the problems caused by traffic jam are very serious and is up to us try to solve them.
Stress and air pollution could be minimized by using alternative transports.
Congratulations !
Oh Traffic !
ReplyDeleteIn fact it is a big problem !
We hope that one day it will be better !
Good topic!
Hi, dear!
ReplyDeleteEveryday we suffer with the effects of the traffic jam, such as stress and pollution. I like the way that you broach this subject!
Congratulations!
hi guys.
ReplyDeleteOur governants must find a solution very quickly to the traffic jam problem,
I face him every day and is exhausting,stresseful and is gonna worse even more with the worldcup and olympic games.
God helps us!
good work!!
Comfort, security and practicality had been transformed in tottaly opposite with the excess of vehicles on the streets. It's funny because media and government could incentivate more people to use bikes,but it's understandable that the sale of car is so far profitable than the sell of Bikes. I think this is the mainly reason for te actual situation. This is a very interesting theme..good job!!
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