Expository Essay

Transportation is an important factor in our daily lives, but the rise in transport vehicles leads to the increase in transport problems, especially in densely populated countries like Singapore. There, an efficient transport system will cause lesser transport problems. Problems of transport system are like traffic congestions, air pollution, increase in transportation cost and over-crowdedness, and these scenes are commonly seen during the rush hour. Hence, all of us should do our part to solve transport system.

Whenever any of the traffic lights turn faulty, transportation will be a problem. The government should ensure constant maintenance of the traffic light, if not consequences like confusion between drivers and pedestrians, accidents and delay in delivery goods will occur. With regular maintenance of the traffic lights, hit-and-run accidents and disruption of goods will decrease, thus making sure of smooth traffic flow, solving a transport problem.

Problems like over-crowding in public transport like Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and bus occur during peak hours, but there are solutions to solve this problem. The MRT management could increase the frequency of the train arrivals, for example, from five minutes to three minutes during peak hours. This can decrease congestions in the cabin as well as provide a more comfortable ride for restless and weary commuters.

Some Singaporeans think that cost of transport is escalating for the past two years, especially taxi fares. After the increase of taxi fares, many of them avoided having taxi rides because of the huge hike; as a result, taxi drivers had a great loss in income. Practically they are driving empty taxis most of the time, and many of them had given up taxi licenses. This problem can be settled if they find an optimum and reasonable taxi fare that will benefit both taxi drivers and passengers. This would not only allow taxi drivers to earn enough remuneration to support their family, and allow passengers to enjoy the ride instead of worrying about the taxi fares.

Different variations of transport system like cars and trucks often emit harmful and toxic gases, for example carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. These exhausts are bad for the human body, and also cause air pollution to the Earth that result in global warming. Instead of using diesel or petrol, they can use palm oil as an alternative. Research has shown that palm oil can replace petrol for vehicles, and it gives out less noxious gasses, therefore causing minimal effects to the environment and living things. Even though it is proven that efficiency of palm oil is less than that of petrol, research and development can be done to improve the efficiency of it.

To conclude, transport system can reduce stress and make life easier for everyone. Improving transport system should be an ongoing process as an efficient transport system will cause lesser transport problems. In Singapore, the Land Transport Authority is always implementing solutions to for a more competent transport system.