Essay. Methods governments could use to discourage the use of private cars in the city centre. CAE Methods governments could use to discourage the use of private cars in the city centre: - investment - education - taxes Choose two of the methods and explain which method is more important for governments to consider, giving reasons to support your opinion. Not only can too much (heavy) traffic in the city centre present a huge problem for city dwellers due to the noise, air pollution, traffic jams may also cause terrible delays during the rush hours. How could authorities possibly reduce this and challenge citizens to stop driving private cars into the city centre? This essay examines two possible approaches to solving the problems which might be explored/elaborated by the government. The first option to consider is a strong/massive education campaign which will include launching environmentally friendly projects at schools, universities and public libraries, advertising them in social media and presenting them to businesses. It is vitally important to raise public awareness of the following traffic congestion consequences: waste of fuels and time, lack of human interaction they experience when choosing this means of transportation over the public one as well as air pollution. However, this method might produce remarkable results in a long term period it can provoke public criticism of the current public transport system. A second alternative would be to implement/introduce or increase a congestion charging and levy a tax on parking in the centre. As a result, the government will gain resources to meet the funding need to improve public system and more money will be available for a comfortable and spacious subway and bus system. However, such tax policy can be highly unpopular among both businesses and individuals. On balance / By and large, I tend to think that in a long term period the only efficient way to dissuade people from having/driving cars in the city centre is a wisely developed education campaign. However, a well-balanced tax policy might be beneficial .