CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INCREASED TRAFFIC

In today’s world of advanced technology, there has been a growing trend towards the use

of vehicles and automobiles. This is leading to increased traffic on the roads of the globe. The

increased traffic is an issue that every country is considering to resolve by adopting different

strategies and taking appropriate measures that include the rise in the price of the vehicles to

discourage their consumption, the development of strong infrastructure, the imposition of taxes,

etc. Moreover, this increase in traffic issue has certain causing factors that as a result are leading

to numerous influential effects to environment and ecosystem involving deforestation and

increased diseases.

There are multiple factors that are causing the skyrocketing traffic in the countries all

around the world. One of such factors is that people are too much dependent on the technology

and that is making them extremely lazy and dull due to which they prefer traveling by vehicles

even for shorter distances. Further, the advanced technology has made them materialistic by

nature and they are continuously making efforts to increase their worldly possessions. This leads

them to buy the vehicles more than they need and even the luxurious ones. Such unnecessary

possessions are also a cause of increased world traffic. Furthermore, they find the transportation

by means of vehicle as time saving and an easy conveyance due to which they prior the use of

vehicles for traveling over any other means which ultimately result into increased traffic on

roads.

All these determinants of increased traffic are leading to the serious effects being faced

by the environment and the people living in it. One of the environment related effects is the noise

pollution. The engines being used in the cars are very noisy and the sound waves that are

irregular and unpleasant. The increased traffic is polluting the air with the unpleasant sound that
is harming our environment. Further, the air pollution is also diffusing in the environment

because of the emission of smoke by the vehicles into the air. This emission consists of

poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide which are dangerous for

environment even in the tiniest amounts. This means that the air in which we breath is highly

toxic and polluted with detrimental pollutants causing damage to our ecosystem.

Another damages that have been caused to our environment and the ecosystem is the

activity of deforestation which means the cutting of trees and increased diseases. Since the traffic

is increasing, the proper road infrastructure needs to be established in order to accommodate the

vehicles. In order to do so, the urban settlement is being enlarged through cutting the forests so

as to provide the channel for transportation of vehicles. This is killing the wildlife because of

their habitat being lost. Moreover, various kinds of diseases are also spreading over the globe

because of the increased traffic. For instance, diseases related to human respiration because of air

pollution, hearing disabilities etc. Last but not the least, rate of fatal road accidents has been

increased since the traffic has drastically surged and this has caused the people to lose their lives

or to become disabled in some way or the other.

Hence, the slavery of the advanced technology has costed a great deal to the residents of

the world. They have become entirely dependent on the technological means of transportation for

their comfort and convenience. Thus, the traffic has increased in the world due to multiple

prevailing factors which has produced significant consequences on the environment and

ultimately the whole world in terms of increased deforestation and illnesses.