8/13/2019 Daniel's Essay

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Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governmentsspend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specificreasons and details to develop your essay.Referring to this specific matter, there is not a general recipe to use in every country. overnmentsshould assess theircurrent needs and deficiencies, the economic model, the social behavior andthe potential of for the measures on for theircommunity!swelfare, both in the short and the longterm.Usually, in underdeveloped countries, the cost of transporting goods inland and outland it!s isgreater than the cost of delivering them to port from any other origin around the globe. "his variablenot only affects not only the competitiveness of the national industries, both e#porting e#ports andlocal sellersretail, but it increases the procurement prices of homeshousing pricesand thus, impactsfamilies! the purchasing power and life $uality of families.%oreover, the industrial competitiveness of industries is a crucial variable for hiring more wor&laborin increasing employment rates,because if sales increase, companies need more producti vefactorson, reducing the overall unemployment. 'y the same lineto&en, better roads will promoteregional tourism and boost all the tourism touristrelated activities, creating more obs andinvestment. "herefore, improving roads and highways will reduce the cost of transporting goods and

indirectly, should enhance the social welfare in the midterm.

*n the other hand, public transportation is a variable that have has a direct impact on life $uality,especially in cities with high population density. +ncreasing the public transportation offer and $ualityin times fre$uency,andlines of services, geographic coverage and fees, will have a positive impacton the society!smood, sense of inclusion and e$uity, c. "his will create reatinga surplus in of timeand money that will be initially spent in on entertainment activities, benefitting the servicesindustry,but and at in the long term it will , encourage encouraging education, investment and culturalactivities.+n conclusion, public transportation investment has a greater impact on the short term and,ac&nowledging its longer term potential, it could can be placed at a higher value scalemore highlyvaluedwhen politicians ta&e decisions that will affect their electoral support ,based only on tangible

resultsto e#hibit. evertheless, when a strategic goal of development is pursuitpursued, investinginvestment in roads and highways should not be ta&en off the agenda. "herefore, governmentsshould find the correct mi# of investment in both aspects,always loo&ing always towards the longterm obective and towards continuity.