A controversial topic if governments should invest on railways rather than on roads

Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads

Nowadays, it is a controversial topic that how governments should invest in people's repair. Many opinions say that the funds should be used on railways while others think that the governments should value roads rather than the other. In my view, I quite agree that the roads should be invested more and this essay will clarify my idea.

To begin with, I think there are two main reasons why the governments should invest in the roads. First and foremost, there were not many modern transports in the past so people must move by rudimentary vehicles such as carts and bikes. Besides, these transports can move only on the roads. Therefore, the roads were becoming more and more popular and these days, there are a range of vehicles which move on them. Secondly, the roads help expand the economy and trade between regions easier than the railways. Transports moving on roads can stop and buy anything while the trains moving on railways have separate routines.

On the other hand, although the trains are safer and faster, it also brings some drawbacks and inconveniences to use money on the railways. It is easy to witness that the train is a public transport so it brings many problems such as crimes and contagious diseases. For example, the Covid 19 pandemic had been expanded from 2019, the governments encouraged people to use personal vehicles which move on roads instead of the trains. Furthermore, the expenses to build the railways are more expensive than the road. In Vietnam, it takes over 50 billion dollars to build a railway.

Generally, the governments will choose the purpose of using money for the roads or the railways depending on benefits which they bring. From my perspective, I strongly believe that the funds should be invested in the roads more than the railways because of the roads' advantages.

The first sentence is unclear in reference. What is people's repair? It is a reference that does not connect with the original topic nor does it reference a clue as to what the new presentation will be about.


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