Question

Identify and explain three measures that urban planners can adopt to address urban transportation challenges, including congestion, pollution, and inefficiency.

Answer 1

1. Improved Public Bus Service: By providing more efficient and reliable public transportation, cities can encourage people to choose buses over personal vehicles, reducing congestion and pollution. 
2. Motorways: Building motorways with separate traffic lanes, bridges, and flyovers can help ensure smoother traffic flow and reduce congestion in cities. 
3. Mass Rapid Transit (MRT): Implementing MRT systems can provide high-capacity, efficient transportation like electric trains, underground tunnels, metros and elevated railways within cities, reducing dependence on cars or other personal vehicles and reducing congestion and pollution. 
4. Higher Parking Fees: Increasing parking fees can discourage the use of personal vehicles for commuting, encouraging people to utilise public transport or other alternatives.