#03 - "can i get a 7 with this response?" | IELTS Writing Task 2
IELTS Writing Task 2 Prompt
| Both government investment in public transport systems and reductions in public transport ticket prices will help to reduce transport pollution greatly. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words. |
Original Response
If countries were interested in solving environmental problems formed by transportation pollution, would spending more money on public transport and decreasing ticket prices help? well, i think it certainly would, but this might not reach the expectations due to some varying factors.
For the people that do not have a daily public transportation use. Some of them might not have enough money to use it, so lowering prices will help them. But for others who own cars, it will be hard for them to forget about how easier it is to transport privately. Therefore, reducing ticket price might not reduce the pollution, because people who are causing it are not using public transportation and leaving their own cars.
On the other hand, if governments spend money on building electric trains that do not release harmful gases in the environment and have a high level of comfortability, more people will switch from using cars to public transportations, and the total amount of harmful gases released will be reduced. So the pollution problem we are facing could be partly solved.
But, those methods of reducing the pollution might motivate people to transport and move more. The thing that might cause an increase in pollution, since electricity is generated by combustion in most cases.
In conclusion, offering lower price tickets and higher levels of comfort in public transportation might not work as expected, but it surely might change people's prespective on public transportations. I support trying to fix the pollution problem with those methods.