Transit Authority

According to Nussbaum (2007) in his article “Study: City's Commute Shifting: Suggestions of a Surprising Gain for Mass Transit,” this is the first time that the use of private cars has decreased. Also, he says, by the year 2005 studies show that when the gas price went up the use of private cars declined. He also says that this decrease in automobile use will increase if the prices of gas stay high. Moreover, he named some big cities in the U.S. that raised the percentage of people using the Transit Authority by the year 2005. Furthermore, the author states that we should support this service. So, we can encourage the people to use it. In addition, we should lower the price of this service to lead everybody to use it and prefer it. Finally, in Philadelphia, they are trying very hard to get drivers’ attention on the Transit Authority.

It is apparent that the author’s opinion is right in this article. There are many things that we can do to increase the Transit Authority use. First, we should reduce the price of the public transportation. Second, we have to expand public transport systems. Third, we should make the public transportation more comfortable to make people start to use it.

First of all, we should reduce the price of the public transportation. The government should control the public transportation price. They can make this service cost a nominal fee so everybody can use it. For example, this way works very will in Egypt, so to get in the bus you pay nothing, so a lot of people decide that they do not need cars anymore. Also, a lot of people cannot afford the car price and for them the public transportation is a good idea. Moreover, they can create a membership card, so that the more you use the card, the more credit you get. For example, you get a free ride or collect points, then you can go anywhere you want out of the city. In addition, the government should support the companies and make them have competition in getting the bigger number of customers by offering cheaper prices.

Secondly, we have to expand the public transport systems. The government should have public transport stations everywhere in the city. For example, in Saudi Arabia the Transit Authority dose not work at all; and the reason, Is that there are no stations anywhere. I think in Riyadh we have one station only in the main streets and that’s it. so nobody uses it; and we do not use them anymore. Also we have only one train and it dos not go everywhere in the country. Furthermore, they have to organize the time, so you can arrive at your work or at the place you wanted to go to on time. In addition, we also face this problem in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, it is a good idea if they offer a transport to different cities because when people think that when they want to travel to another city, they can go by bus, they will think that they do not need cars anymore.

Finally, we should make the public transportation more comfortable to make people start to use it. If companies start to take care of people comfortably, they will convince people to use the public transportation. They can do that by taking care of the air conditioner, making the place clean, and using good smile spray several times a day. Moreover, they should use new buses and try to not use old ones with noisy voices. Furthermore, they can make a membership card so they will make it very easy for people, because they do not have to carry cash with them; and they can refill their balance in the internet or in the supermarket.

In conclusion, the public transpiration will help the environment. There are many things that we can do to increases the use of the Transit Authority. First, we should reduce the price of the public transportation. Second, we have to expand public transport systems. Third, we should make the public transportation more comfortable to make people start to use it.


Reference
Nussbaum, P. (2007, March 13). Study: city's commute shifting: suggestions of a surprising gain for mass transit. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 8, 2008 from Lexis Nexis database.