雅思高分作文范文：全天候免费公交能解决交通堵塞问题吗？

The best way for the government to solve the traffic congestion is to provide free public transport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

解析

交通阻塞是个大问题，这在国外中小城市感受不深，但在国内任何一个城市（包括小城市）都已经到了令人崩溃的边缘。怎么办呢？大家想了各种各样的办法，包括限制买车（摇号？），限制用车（单双出行？），增加用车成本（提高油价？收拥堵费？），但始终效果不好。于是又有人提出，那我提供免费公共交通，公交免费，地铁免费，这下你不愿意自己花钱去开自己的车了吧？

那么，你觉得这个“免费方案”是否可行呢？它能否解决交通阻塞问题？我读过一篇作文范文，大意说同意这个免费方案，但不同意全天候免费，认为全天候没有必要，只需在交通高峰时期提供免费公交服务就可以了。这个思路看起来很巧妙，实际上是一塌糊涂的逻辑。高峰时期是什么人在出行？

其实主要是那些工薪阶层上下班的时间，在这个时间是否提供免费公交，都会比平时阻塞：从某种意义上，免费有可能加剧这种阻塞，因为很多在高峰时期本不想出行的人，看到免费也会赶在这个时间出行，其结果是公共交通压力不降反增，而那些有经济实力开自己车出行的，根本就不会在乎你这点免费，该开车还开车，这样交通阻塞不是会变得更加严重了吗？另外，免费公交无疑会给政府增加额外的经济压力（政府投资类题目差不多都要考虑到这一点），有那些钱还不如投入多修几条道路更管用。

因此，笔者的基本观点是：免费公交虽然可能有助于缓解交通压力，让更少的人自己开车，但从根本上来讲无法解决交通阻塞问题，解决这个问题需要多种合力，包括政府投入多修道路，驾驶员遵守交通法规，限制私车出行等。

本题是“手段-目的”型作文，一般先承认提出的手段有一定效果，然后分析该手段会产生问题，最后提出更好的办法。

双语范文

Most of us must have experienced the anger, frustration and even despair when we got stuck in the long unmovable procession of vehicles. Actually, the government has tried numerous ways to bring down the traffic, but mostly in vain. Recently, it is proposed that 24/7 free public transport be provided to solve the traffic congestion. While I think this proposal may be helpful, it is far from the best solution.

当困在长长的、一动不动的车队中，我们多数人一定都曾经历过那种愤怒、沮丧，甚至绝望。事实上，政府已经尝试过无数办法来降低交通阻塞，但多数都没有效果。最近，有人提出，提供全天候免费公共交通来解决交通阻塞问题。我认为此举可能有些帮助，但绝非最好的解决办法。

Undoubtedly, with the introduction of free public transport, some people may choose to drive less of their own cars, and this will be helpful to ease the traffic, though I doubt the extent to which this can help the traffic. When public transport goes free, many people who otherwise would stay at home may choose to go out by taking the free transport. This will greatly undo the benefits brought by the reduced number of private cars on road and may even paralyze the public transport system, especially during the rush hours. Beijing, for instance, found itself in great traffic trouble when the city announced to provide free metro service for its citizens during the Asian Games in 1990. Then in 2008 when Beijing was hosting the Olympic Games, the city never made the similar attempt.

毫无疑问，施行免费公共交通后，有些人会选择少开自己的车，这样会有助于缓解交通，但是我怀疑这种做法对交通帮助到底有多大。当公共交通免费后，许多本来会留在家里的人，也会选择乘坐免费交通出门。这就会在很大程度上抵消了路上私家车减少带来的益处，甚至会让公共交通系统瘫痪，尤其是在交通高峰时期。比如，1990年北京亚运会期间，当该城市宣布为市民提供免费地铁服务后，就遇到了巨大的交通麻烦。然后，在2008年，当北京举办奥运会时，就没有再做类似的尝试了。

Therefore, to combat the traffic problem, providing free public transport alone is not enough. Instead, we should assemble efforts from various sides such the government, the drivers as well as the pedestrians. On the part of the government, rather than providing funds for the free public transport, it should make more investments on the construction of roads, and introduce stricter traffic laws, rules and regulations. And, if the drivers and pedestrians were more careful in abiding by the traffic rules, the traffic problem could also be effectively alleviated.