Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities over the world are now ‘one big traffic jam’
How true do you think this statement is?
What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?
Over the past 3 decades, vehicle ownership has risen so quickly that many major cities are now termed as ‘one big traffic jam’. This essay agrees with this statement and will discuss how the rise in ownership has become a prevalent issue and will suggest some measures that governments can adopt.
A few years ago, cars were expensive and were seen as a luxury good. However, cars are relatively cheaper as incomes rose together with lower costs of manufacturing, allowing for more people to own one. Undeniably, car owners are also seen as someone of high monetary status. It is no wonder why many people choose to own one. In a study by the Indonesian government in 2018, it was shown that the developments of roads in Jakarta were not able to keep up with the rising quantity of vehicles, and people spent an average of 22 days annually stuck in a jam.
To curb this issue, governments can provide free transport. In certain cities, governments are trialling free transportation to encourage people to take public transport for business and leisure purposes. For instance, in Luxembourg, everyone is entitled to free tram rides. Early studies show that car ridership fell by 7% since the start of the project and traffic jams became less common during peak hours.
Secondly, governments can tax vehicles entering the city. While this has been done in several countries, it is successful in reducing congestions. In Singapore, individuals need to pay in order to enter downtown via the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP). As one nears the city centre, they will pass through multiple gantries. It is very successful in deterring drivers from driving as a one-way trip can cost up to 10 dollars.
In conclusion, congestion in cities can pose a danger to people’s health due to their carbon emission. After all, the 2 measures mentioned are just some of the many solutions can be adopted by governments to curb this issue.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 17, column 154, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
... all, the 2 measures mentioned are just some of the many solutions can be adopted by govern...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, second, secondly, so, while, after all, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 4.0 7.30460921844 55% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1625.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 326.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98466257669 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75392650269 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 176.041082164 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.644171779141 0.561755894193 115% => OK
syllable_count: 500.4 506.74238477 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.1472556348 49.4020404114 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.2777777778 106.682146367 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1111111111 20.7667163134 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.55555555556 7.06120827912 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.325212869591 0.244688304435 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.080442169043 0.084324248473 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0808577502255 0.0667982634062 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.166146409443 0.151304729494 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.106225155249 0.056905535591 187% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.0946893788 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 50.2224549098 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.3001002004 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.4159519038 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.74 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 78.4519038076 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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