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TOPIC: Governments should spend more money on roads rather than railways. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
In today's world, some people claim that current governments should invest more into roads than railways. This essay agrees with the statement and will support the argument by looking at the distribution of modern infrastructure and the way people are optimising their transportation needs.
The popularity of train travel peaked in the middle of the industrial revolution, but since then, a clear downward trend is noticeable. Due to the availability of cars, which are used for short-range and mid-range destinations, cheap flights take the bigger share of the long distance destinations sector when compared to trains and cars. For example, flights are faster than trains, but a flight from Berlin to London is usually about 20€. On the other hand, travelling the same distance by train would cost about 150€.
In addition, people will more regularly fulfil their daily needs by relying on cars, in order to be flexible and reduce the time taken to travel. The average person's life is not the same as it would have been 70 years ago, because time schedules are now less restricted and people enjoy a more individual life. To prevent having to depend on the fixed schedules given by public transport, people will more often use their cars, which makes a more developed system of roads more important than improved railways. For example, more employers offer flexible work times and are adapting to modern needs. This is directly influenced by the use of cars and trains.
In conclusion, to fulfil the needs of average people, compared to cheaper alternatives of the transportation by trains, the governments should indeed invest into roads rather than railways. The trend correlates to the direction of flexibility and individualism, so the utility of trains is limited and not likely to be grown.
