Public Transportation and Urban Congestion: A Discussion

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DISCUSSION POST
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Public transportation has become a necessity in cities to avoid traffic congestion. Introduction of
metros is a valuable idea to make sure that there are not that many traffic problems. The metros
would be helpful in providing transport to people in a faster manner as it would not have to stop
at red lights. The only problem would be that it would have to stop at various stations.
Articles taken
According to Jain et. al. 2014, it was seen how by the establishment of a metro helped to
improve the daily commute for many people. The metro system helped to increase the level of
public transport had increased by a lot. There was not that much of public transport being used
by people but by introducing the metro it changed. Traveling from one distance to another was
made much easier without the hassle of traffic.
According to Cartenì, et. al. 2015, using metro helps to eliminate the level of congestion that
occurs due to traffic. The use of this particular transport system makes sure that there are the
fewer amount of cars which are present on the roads. More people would use this system as it
would provide for a faster way of traveling rather than getting stuck in traffic.
Issues discussed
The issues described in the article show that even though the use of the public transport system
may decrease the level of traffic congestion and also lead to an improved way to commute but it
is oftentimes seen that metros also become very crowded. This issue is also present in real life as
the metros of Japan are considered to be one of the most crowded transport systems in the world.
This shows that though public transport systems may provide some benefits they can also cause
other problems to occur.
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References
Jain, Suresh, Aggarwal, Preeti, Kumar, Prashant, Singhal, Shaleen & Sharma, Prateek 2014,
‘Identifying public preferences using multi-criteria decision making for assessing the shift of
urban commuters from private to public transport: A case study of Delhi’, Transportation
Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, vol. 24, no. C, pp. 60–70. DOI:
10.1016/j.trf.2014.03.007
Cartenì, Armando, Cascetta, Furio & Campana, Stefano 2015, ‘Underground and ground-level
particulate matter concentrations in an Italian metro system’, Atmospheric Environment, vol.
101, pp. 328–337. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.030
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