Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Is there really a transport problem? Do the benefits of motorized transport outweigh the costs? Are there any minor changes you could change?

I think that there is a problem with transport because there are still too many people using cars, which is a problem because it has an affect on the ozone layer, causes burning fossil fuels and other pollutants that have been released into the atmosphere may cause these greenhouse gases.

Because of the cars causing polution it is predicted that in the next 100 years, the Earth's temperature will increase by anything between 1-2°C. Again, this might not seem like very much, but if we consider the Ice-Age (18,000 years ago) the temperature was only 10-12°C less than it is now and the earth was covered in ice. I think the changes which needed to be made is to have more buses with cheaper bus faire.i think the benefits of motorized transport overweighed the cost because health effects and external costs of motorized traffic. I think that more people should find different ways of transport rather than using cars like riding bikes, walking or using buses.

I think it is vey important that there needs to be a sustainable travel plan to prevent less damage on the earth by making everyone aware of change and making it easier for people to not use cars. They should try different types of schemes on schools and work places to make more people car share.

Many people use carsmore than any other transport because they find it more convnient and easier to use which shows that the goverment need to work out a plan to make public transport more convient and easier to use so that less people will use cars by have more buses and making them more regular.