Controversy Over The Use Of Public Transportation

Public transportation is a great way to get around. There is no driving to do, only relaxing. What if everyone was forced to only use public transportation though? Public transportation is transportation systems such as buses and trains that are open to the public. People should not be forced to use public transportation because it is bad for the environment, there would be too much infrastructure upgrades, and not everyone can access public transportation. Everyone using public transportation would be bad for the environment. Transportation is responsible for 15% of global CO2 emissions (Rodrigue, 2016). These CO2 emissions hurt the environment every day, and because transportation vehicles such as buses are much bigger than cars,

As stated before, if everyone was forced to use public transportation then the transportation system would need to expand. By expanding the system, there would need to be changes to the roadway system, railway systems, and other forms of public transportation. If the infrastructure were to be upgraded and changed, then it would cause more construction. There would be construction to the roadways, railway system, and any other transportation system. These infrastructure upgrades are supposed to make our lives better, when in reality they are only a pain. Traffic would be created, gas fumes and the smell of tar would be in the air, and once again, the environment would suffer. With all of these infrastructure upgrades, there would be more changes to the areas around the transportation systems as well. Because the transportation system would need to expand, the cities and towns would need some changes as well. There would need to be space cleared for more transportation, city work or town work would be required and the city or town would be almost completely different (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016). To clear space for transportation, buildings could be torn down. Spaces that were filled with green grass and beautiful flowers would be loud, noisy train stations or bus stops. Sidewalks and walkways would be ripped out, changing the ways that many

Not everyone can use public transportation because it is not accessible to everyone. Most of the world's public transportation is in, or near, cities (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016). While there are many people living in or near cities, there are some people who do not. For the people living away from the cities and in the country, it would be nearly impossible to use public transportation. They would have to walk everywhere, or walk for miles and miles just to have to pay for transportation. If using public transportation is just not an option for some people, then why would we force everyone to travel by it. It would be cruel and unfair to the people who live away from the cities to make everyone use public transportation. Not only can the country people not use public transportation, but the disabled can not use it as well. Many of the world's transportation systems are not wheelchair accessible (Shorack, 2016). This does not allow many of the disabled people around the world to use some public transportation. For a lot of disabled people and just people in wheelchairs, using public transportation would be nearly impossible. They would have to use their wheelchair to get around places which would take extremely long only to cover a short amount of distance. For the people who have to use wheelchairs, public transportation would be very hard