Dear Major: As our economy grows at a fever pitch, and more and more people are moving into the major cities and industrial centers, traffic congestion BEComes the order of the Traffic congestion not only creates headaches for commuters, but also reduces productivity by taking away valuable time from This sickness that plagues our cities must be at least put under control, if not Some people advocate that more roads be built to accommodate the increase in traffic, others think that enlarging the capacity of public transit systems: buses, subway, trains…is the Building more roads would mean a lot of land will be appropriated—not a very good prospect for economic, agricultural, and environmental On the other hand, forcing everyone to take public transit will bring inconvenience to those whose use of their cars is essential to their Putting more buses on the road may have the opposite effect as big buses tend to clog up narrow Building an extensive subway system can be the ideal answer, but that is very Clearly, we cannot go for one single A compromise must be struck between the different My personal view is that for cities that have plenty of unused land, more roads should be Having special lanes reserved for bicycles and motorcycles should encourage more people to use bicycles and motorcycles instead of As a long-term solution, extensive subway, or surface monorail systems should be built for all the major cities Yours,Li Hua