Traffic problems in our cities

This essay is about traffic problems in our cities in relation with public transport and the use of private cars. This is going to be related with the recuperation of streets as the focus of the public life.

It's clear that nowadays exist many problems exist with traffic in cities and the solution given for Europe is the public transport, which has drawbacks too, like its fixed schedule, slowness or crowded cars. Instead of this, public transport is the best solution because of its reduction of contamination.

To improve the situation in our metropolis it is essential to reduce the use of private cars, which incurs a danger to pedestrians, increasing prices and contamination. The key to solve these issues could be to restrict parking in selected pots or to put up petrol prices, incouraging by this way for the use of bicycles.

Furthermore, it's necessary to recuperate our streets, which fulfilled the role of places for playing, talking or simply meeting with people. Today, our avenues are taken up by cars, which provokes isolated public places to exist.

To sum up, it's vital to reduce the amount of cars in our cities with public transport and through other methods, like bicycles, bringing us back to the streets and building a "city for citizens".