BraveSpeaking: YOLA 02: Traffic Jams

Verb to make less severe

ease
Some urban planners still believe that the best way to ease traffic congestion is to build more roads, especially roads that can take drivers around or over crowded city streets.

accommodate

Verb to provide room for something

accommodate
But such techniques do not really keep cars off the road; they only accommodate more of them.

encourage

Verb to make something more appealing or more likely to happen

encourage
Other, more forward-thinking planners know that more and more drivers and cars are taking to the roads every day, something they don’t want to encourage.

unwilling

Adjective not wanting to do something

unwilling
These planners are unwilling to allow for more private automobiles when public transport is so much better both for people and the environment.

capacity

Noun the ability to hold or contain something

capacity
For this reason, the American government has decided to spend some $7 billion on helping to increase capacity on public transport systems.

efficient

Adjective capable of producing desired results without wasting time or effort

efficient
The money will also be used to upgrade public transport systems with more efficient technologies.

funding

Noun money that is used for a special purpose

funding
But environmentalists complain that such funding is tiny compared to the $50 billion being spent on roads and bridges.

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