SHOULD GOVERNMENTS SPEND MORE MONEY ON IMPROVING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, OR SHOULD GOVENMENTS SPEND MORE MONEY ON IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? WHY?
The main role of every government, at least the one elected in democratic elections, is to give a fair chance for a success in life and provide optimal living conditions to its citizens. In order to do that, government should invest money in countries infrastructure, but it must have a proper plan how money should be spend. I think that government should spend more money on improving public transportation, rather than on improving roads and highways. This government decision would have a positive influence on the environment, fast decline in traffic accidents, and have a huge impact on a job market.
Pollution is a problem, for both develop and developing countries, and solution is not simple or cheap. Many cars that people drive, and people do not change their habits easily, have devastating impact on the environment. In situations like this government should react, but only to help its citizens. For example, by investing in public transportation, buying more hybrid buses and providing cheaper tickets for them, government would solve the pollution problem very quickly.
Other very important problem is traffic accidents, usually connected with younger and inexperienced drivers. Government should resolve this problem, or try to lower traffic accidents, with free tickets for students. For instance, every student should get free bus ticket, therefore by using public transportation in daily routine, students will immediately influence high number of traffic accidents.
Creation of jobs, investments, development, and many other political massages are a constant words coming out of TV set, a daily influx of statements in this time of global financial crises. By investing in public transport, government will create new jobs. It will hire people to build new public transportation system, and then when system is finish and operational, there will be a number of jobs for bus drivers, administrative workers and mechanics.
Governments, responsible for welfare of its citizens, by investing in public transportation system, will improve the life quality of people and protect the environment. I think that investing in public transportation system is a good idea.