Commuters complain that increased rush-hour traffic on Blue Highway between the suburbs and the city center has doubled their commuting time. The favored proposal of the motorists' lobby is to widen the highway, adding an additional lane of traffic. Opponents note that last year's addition of a lane to the nearby Green Highway was followed by a worsening of traffic jams on it. Their suggested alternative proposal is adding a bicycle lane to Blue Highway. Many area residents are keen bicyclists. A bicycle lane would encourage them to use bicycles to commute, it is argued, thereby reducing rush-hour traffic."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation
The argument put forward by the editorial of the newspaper plans to introduce a bicycle lane in order to ease the traffic flow and reduce the rush-hour traffic. But the argument is not supported by valid evidence and the information presented in the argument leads to lots of questions that must be answered in order to validate the sound reasoning of the argument. The recommendation to add a bicycle lane can be implemented only if it's efforts are proven to yield the beneficial results without an iota of doubt.
First of all, the editorial quotes that the commuters complain of the increased...
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Sentence: The recommendation to add a bicycle lane can be implemented only if it's efforts are proven to yield the beneficial results without an iota of doubt.
Description: A pronoun, personal, nominative, 3rd person singular is not usually followed by a noun, plural, common
Suggestion: Refer to it's and efforts
Sentence: Do both highways ecnounter the same number of motorists?
Error: ecnounter Suggestion: encounter
Sentence: Hence, how interested are the bicyclists to use tha lane during peak hours must be given due attention before planning to implement the suggestion.
Error: tha Suggestion: the
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