In some cities, the government has tried to reduce traffic by a congestion tax during rush hours. Is this positive or negative?
Traffic congestion is a huge issue in many big cities, especially during rush hours where millions of people use the city's infrastructure to move. To counter this problem, the government in some cities has invented a new tax called congestion tax in hope that it could reduce the traffic flow during peak time. This tax has proved to be effective in many positive ways.
By introducing the congestion tax, the number of vehicles that travel on the city’s roads reduces significantly because people will find other ways to travel. This in turn has improved the general traffic flow, helping people to get to their destination quicker and safer. Research has shown that when the traffic is reduced by ten percent, people potentially save twenty minutes every day for travel. This is saving people’s precious time and money.
Another beneficial effect is the improvement in air quality. When there are fewer vehicles on the streets, there will be fewer wastes produced and thus improve the quality of breathable air. With better air quality comes better citizen’s health and this is important for a happy and productive workforce. For instance, the Singapore government has a high tax for personal vehicles and encourages its citizens to use public transport, this has improved the economy and environment of the island during the last century by a landslide.
Last but not least, by introducing this kind of tax, the government has more income to reinvest in the city’s infrastructure. For example, the government could invest in its public transport system like metros and buses, or it could build more roads, widening existing roads or spend more money on maintenance works. By doing this investment, there are more jobs created and this is another positive effect for the city.
In conclusion, the congestion tax is a good invention and should be applied in more cities. This tax has not only helped to reduce the number of private vehicles but also has a great effect on the environment.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, so, thus, for example, for instance, in conclusion, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 41.998997996 93% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.3376753507 192% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1673.0 1615.20841683 104% => OK
No of words: 331.0 315.596192385 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05438066465 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26537283232 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70157537487 2.80592935109 96% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 176.041082164 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.531722054381 0.561755894193 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 519.3 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.2532093481 49.4020404114 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.5625 106.682146367 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6875 20.7667163134 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.625 7.06120827912 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 8.67935871743 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.371112935051 0.244688304435 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117539925963 0.084324248473 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0989536825396 0.0667982634062 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.20956852104 0.151304729494 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.146095908166 0.056905535591 257% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.0946893788 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 50.2224549098 102% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.01 12.4159519038 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.54 8.58950901804 99% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 78.4519038076 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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