[IELTS] Providing free public transportation facilities

IELTS Writing Task 2

(Question)

Government is going to provide free public transportation facilities 24/7 to reduce traffic congestion. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Planning:

1. Agree

1) improve

2)

2. Disagree

1) eventually increase high density of people on transportation. Free of charge , indiscreetly use public transport. Extremely long line, waiting for free transport. Especially rush hour. Demand more public transportation.

2) afford lots of money on maintaining public transport. Hire more drivers, more sweepers, less usage at dawn. Spend lots of money for minorities.

It is said that the objective of reducing traffic congestion can be achieved if the government offers free of charge public transportation without holidays. I firmly disagree with the idea that providing free public transportation is necessary.

To begin with, I believe that there are two main reasons why unlimited public transportation is unfavorable. First and foremost, high density of people on transportation is inevitable when they operate public transportation freely. It is because people are willing to take public transportation without any hesitation. From that reason, especially in the rush hours, it leads to have extremely long lines for waiting free transports. So, the demand for public transportation will be increased to accommodate tremendous passengers.

On top of that, owing to the previous reason, governments should allocate a huge amount of budget on maintaining public transports. To give some examples, transportation companies, which are contracted by the government, should hire more drivers to provide citizens with all day long free services. Despite less usage of transportation at dawn, they spend the same amount of maintenance cost for minorities. This policy can be seen as providing excellent welfare system. However, this indiscreet use of public transportation results from government’s excessive spending of taxes to compensate the transportation companies compared to not providing the public with free transportation.

In conclusion, due to the vast amount of cost of upkeep for transportation facilities and inducing long waiting lines, I believe that the policy of free public transportation is undesirable.