Shouldn't people pay for public transportation?
To many city dwellers nowadays, public transportation may be their one and only choice to be able to get around every day. Indeed, being a most convenient and economical means of traveling, it boasts a number of superior qualities compared with private cars. That is why the government is highly concerned about improvements in traffic conditions and invests heavily in the construction of a more advanced infrastructure. In recent years, a controversial proposal was brought before the public eye, suggesting that passengers not pay for the public transport. Such an innovative idea might be reasonable in some aspects. However, in my opinion, doing away with fares completely is not realistic, but cutting down on them can be more applicable and beneficial.
Firstly, not paying for the public transport will exert an excessive financial burden on the government. Tremendous investments are being made to construct more roads, build more overpasses and develop new bus and subway lines. In addition, due to the climb in petrol prices, the cost of running a vehicle has risen to historic levels. On the other hand, if people don't pay for bus rides, some bus companies might reach the verge of bankruptcy. In order to maintain the continuous development of the public transport system, precautions ought to be taken in advance in case the government can no longer keep up with the demand for traffic funds. Revenue collected from the passengers' fares contributes to a portion of the total amount of money used to build and develop the city's transport systems. Therefore, all citizens ought to shoulder the social responsibility to lend their support in a financial way. After all, they are the major beneficiaries.
Secondly, the capacity of current public transport is far from adequate in handling greater traveling demands. It is a common economic law that if demand far exceeds supply, a society might be in danger of a potential crisis. The same is true with the traffic system. Predictably, if people are allowed to use public transport free of charge, the number of passengers will explode. As a consequence, buses and subways will be overly crowded. Both the travelers and drivers will face a nightmare. Quality of service and safety of traveling would never be well ensured and people might have to wait in even longer queues. Without a doubt, people's normal life will be negatively affected. The entire transport system might end up in a mess, which will finally become a major crisis.
As a matter of fact, cutting down on fares could be a better solution. Cheaper and more convenient paying methods have proved an effective measure in solving traffic problems in many cities. Take the capital of China as an example. Beijing is one of the pioneer cities to charge less public transport fees by promoting the use of IC cards. Those who scan their cards after getting on the bus will be granted a discount. Today, urban dwellers in Beijing have witnessed the improved traffic conditions due to the reduction in car usage. In reality, similar measures are being taken by many other major cities around the world, which further justifies its effectiveness.
In summary, there are more hidden defects lying beneath this free-of-charge proposal than its possible benefits. Whether it should be finally implemented depends largely on the respective transport systems in different regions. Only when the traffic network is fully developed to the highest degree can those predictable risks and drawbacks be totally eliminated.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
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Line 3, column 890, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a financial way" with adverb for "financial"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...al responsibility to lend their support in a financial way. After all, they are the major benefici...
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Line 9, column 114, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Whether” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ge proposal than its possible benefits. Whether it should be finally implemented depend...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, after all, in addition, in summary, as a matter of fact, in my opinion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 15.1003584229 199% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 9.8082437276 214% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 14.0 13.8261648746 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.0286738351 63% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 43.0788530466 39% => OK
Preposition: 84.0 52.1666666667 161% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.0752688172 149% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2967.0 1977.66487455 150% => OK
No of words: 577.0 407.700716846 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.14211438475 4.8611393121 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.90110439584 4.48103885553 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8114957173 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 321.0 212.727598566 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.556325823224 0.524837075471 106% => OK
syllable_count: 918.0 618.680645161 148% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Article: 7.0 3.08781362007 227% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.94265232975 202% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.6003584229 160% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.1344086022 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.1588425097 48.9658058833 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.9090909091 100.406767564 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4848484848 20.6045352989 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 5.45110844103 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.85842293907 233% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88709677419 143% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.218386340045 0.236089414692 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0535051076524 0.076458572812 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0823774914795 0.0737576698707 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121923950126 0.150856017488 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0682691233166 0.0645574589148 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 11.7677419355 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 58.1214874552 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 10.1575268817 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.24 10.9000537634 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.01818996416 112% => OK
difficult_words: 165.0 86.8835125448 190% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.0537634409 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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