11 - 17 August 2008

[luke]

Hi all,

The numbers are dwindling for the assignments but I'll keep doing it anyway for those people interested. So, this weeks topic is;

City centres should be traffic free.
Discuss the idea, weighing up the pros and cons of each argument.

Word limit: 150

[benleon]

The city centre should be strictly a place for people to conduct their activities and not a place for traffic which has the effect of ruining the city life. The daily traffic jam in and around the city center has shown to us all the negative effects. Worst of all, it is slowing everything down. As the city population grows, the already narrow street is even narrower. With the forever increasing volumn of traffic in the city, some of the city street is becoming one of the dangerous places on earth. For this reason alone, traffic free city centre is most desirable. After all, it is the people and its various activities that bring economic growth while the increasing volumn of traffic has the opposite effect. Beside the frustrating gridlock, the noise and air pollution from the traffic are a hazard to health.


The city centre should be strictly a place for people to conduct their activities and not a place for traffic which has the effect of ruining the city life. The daily traffic jam in and around the city center has shown to us all the negative effects. Worst of all, it is slowing everything down. As the city population grows, the already narrow streets are even narrower. With the forever increasing volume of traffic in the city, some of the city streets are becoming one of the dangerous places on earth. For this reason alone, a traffic free city centre is most desirable. After all, it is the people and their various activities that bring economic growth while the increasing volume of traffic has the opposite effect. Beside the frustrating gridlock, the noise and air pollution from the traffic are a hazards to our health. 

[Jasmine]

City centres should be traffic free.

I agree that city centres should be traffic free if they have good public transports. 

At present many city centres have traffic jam problem.  It loses the time and energy-fuel.  One cause of problems is there are many personal cars so it is better if personal cars would be control for traffic free.  The example is don’t allow personal cars drive in the heavy traffic areas during rush hours.

However, the public transports should be convenient and have enough to service for everybody who want to use them.  Otherwise the people would be in trouble when they go to work or send their children go to school.  For example, they would go to work late if public transports are not sufficient 

Therefore, to manage traffic depends on situation and facilities of each city centre.


City centres should be traffic free.

I agree that city centres should be traffic free so long as they have good public transports. 

At present many city centres have traffic jam problems, which waste both the time and fuel.  One cause of the problem is that there are many personal cars so it is better if personal cars would be controlled more effectively.  For example, is don’t allow those cars to drive in the heavy traffic areas during rush hours.

Public transports should be convenient and have enough to services for everybody to want to use them.  Otherwise the public will be in trouble when they go to work or send their children go to school.  For example, they would arrive at work late if public transports was not very good.

Therefore, to manage traffic depends on the situation and facilities of each city center.

[HARPIA]

City centers should be traffic free... I do agree, but in a world of crescent individualism we live today it's not an easy task to have our big city centers free of cars, even considering the most developed countries where commuters are provided with a more efficient transport system compared to those who live in undeveloped ones. Generally for the middle and rich class as well ( specially in the less wealthy countries ) what counts the most is their self comfort and one can easily see it in the rush hours of several cities throughout the globe when noticing hundreds of cars with just one person inside. That's a complete nonsense and a disaster for the city life.
Under my point of view the solution lies with the authorities of each city to diminish the consequences of a so heavy traffic in the city centers and it could be achieved with a massive investment in an underground transport despite I'm aware that so many people even though having a good and efficient way of transport would still prefer to use their cars. 


City centers should be traffic free. But in the world of crescent individualism we live in today, it's not an easy task to have our big city centers free of cars. This even considers the most developed countries where commuters are provided with a more efficient transport system compared to others who live in undeveloped ones.

Generally for the middle and rich classes, as well especially in the less wealthy countries, what counts the most is their personal comfort. One can easily see it during rush hours of several cities throughout the globe when noticing hundreds of cars have just a single person inside. That's a complete nonsense and a disaster for the city life.

Under my point of view, the solution lies with the authorities of each city to diminish the consequences of a so heavy traffic in the city centers. It could be achieved with a massive investment in an underground transport although I'm aware that so it's true that many people even though having a good and efficient way of transport would still prefer to use their cars. 

[Cayte]

City centres should be traffic free.

How would you like to stroll around the City centres without having to breathe in carbon dioxide from the cars passing by? It is feasible to implement the traffic free zones in the middle of the business areas, and many major cities have already implemented the idea of banning cars on certain days of the week.

Bangkok, for example, has closed down one of the busiest streets in the metropolitan area on Sunday afternoon. The rules stipulate that all cars are not allowed to travel in the free traffic zone from midday to midnight.  Tourists and local people enjoy strolling in peace to do window shopping and to bargain with the street vendors on the merchandise that appeals to them. A stunning architecture of a Hindu temple has never been so mysterious and attractive to people until that day of the week.  For those who are more of the shoppers than the strollers, the city has a sky train service to facilitate them all day long.

The idea of turning City Centres to the traffic free zones is practical and it should be expedited. The countries like Italy and France have already been successful in putting it into action; there is no reason that other countries shouldn't emulate them.


City centres should be traffic free.

How would you like to stroll around the city centres without having to breathe in carbon dioxide from the cars passing by? It is feasible to implement the traffic free zones in the middle of the business areas, and many major cities have already implemented the idea of banning cars on certain days of the week.

Bangkok, for example, has closed down one of the busiest streets in the metropolitan area on Sunday afternoon. The rules stipulate that all cars are not allowed to travel in the free traffic zone from midday to midnight.  Tourists and local people enjoy strolling in peace to do window shopping and to bargain with the street vendors on the merchandise that appeals to them. A stunning architecture of a Hindu temple has never been so mysterious and attractive to people until that day of the week.  For those who are more of a shoppers than a strollers, the city has a sky train service to facilitate them all day long.

The idea of turning city centres into the traffic free zones is practical and it should be expedited. The Countries like Italy and France have already been successful in putting it into action; there is no reason that other countries shouldn't emulate them.

[ahmedloly]

hiiiii thanks for theis information


No problem, Ahmedloly. Why don't you try writing an answer to the assignment and I will check it for you. 

Hi,
Thanks for theis information

[Learneng]

Thank goodness that the the topic is still open and at last I got some time to write.

I'm completely in the favor of having the city centers traffic free. After commuting for almost two hours in very bad traffic conditions every day, I would like to shop or walk in a traffic free area. I can't imagine the heart of the city with the same kind of traffic.

Since we need a mode of conveyance in these areas, there should be an underground local trains for the transport in these areas . It will keep the center of the city free from traffic as well as pollution. Actually, I would prefer the public transport system not only for the city centers but for the most part of the city. If we really want to save some energy and natural resources, we should try to have a good public transport system. When I was in Singapore I enjoyed using the public transport, very few people used the private vehicles  and there was hardly any traffic jams in most of the area including city centers.

City centers have most of the activities of the town and people go there to have some fun time. We should try to keep these places away from being jammed with traffice.


Thank goodness that the the topic is still open and at last I have some time to write.

I'm completely in the favor of having the city centers traffic free. After commuting for almost two hours in very bad traffic conditions every day, I want to shop and walk in a traffic free area. I can't imagine the heart of the city with the same kind of traffic.

Since we need a mode of transport in these areas, there should be an underground local trains for the transport in these areas . They will keep the center of the city free from traffic as well as pollution. Actually, I would prefer the public transport system not only for the city centers but for the most parts of the city. If we really want to save some energy and natural resources, we should try to have a good public transport system. When I was in Singapore I enjoyed using the public transport; very few people used the private vehicles and there was hardly any traffic jams in most of the areas including city centers.

City centers have many have most of the activities of the town and people go there for to have some fun time. We should try to keep these places away from being jammed with traffice.

[Learneng]

Thanks for the corrections..Luke. I flunked a big time on this one, especially in the "Article" part of the essay. Also, I have a question about the sentence below.

Since we need a mode of transport in these areas,

Do you think I should have said "Since we need a mode of transport for these areas" instead?

Learneng

[luke]

My mistake. I don't know why I deleted it now, but rest assured it was a mistake. In is perfectly fine (better than on)