Name: Ikha Bagus Sembada

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Prose 2

Argumentative Essay
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Public Transportation

Transportation is the most important part of our life, because it can be make us more
easily when we want to move to the other destination. In everyday people usually using the
different types of transportation, such as private transport, or public transport. In every
aspect, transportation has their own advantage and disadvantage, especially in Indonesia.
Public transportation in Indonesia are less secure and comfortless than the other country,
that's why people here decided to use their own vehicle. There are some point to considering
the good and bad of using public transportation.
First of all, let’s take a look around us. In Indonesia, especially big city like Jakarta,
public transport is normally used by community to avoid traffic jam. I absolutely agree with
the statement that people entering the city should use public transport. It is because, public
transport is more cheaper, can avoid traffic jam, and also can reduce pollution.
For people that disagree with the statement, they normally will say that it is easy to
use their own transport rather than public transport. They might be says that it is more
comfortable. But if we look into other side, by using public transport as our transportation, it
is much beneficial as it can help us being more disciplined because public transport has the
time table that everyone must follow. Besides, we also can manage our time properly by
being on time.
Moreover, public transport is cheaper than if we use our own transport. As we know,
when we use private transportation like car, we have to spend some money to buy petrol gas.
Therefore, by using public transport, we spend cheaper only for one day. Thus, we can save
our money that will spend on petrol or toll. We can use that money for other things or save it
for the future.
 On the other hand, public transport can avoid traffic jam. People that use public
transport should not be worry about being late. It is because public transport is always on
time. Plus, traffic jam can make us being stress because of the horn form the cars or the
smoke from the lorry. Thus, by using public transport, we can reduce the stress and have a
good mood at the beginning of the day. We just need to sit and wait until we reach the
destination.
Next, pollution also can be reduced by using public transport. In general, the smoke
from the vehicles that are carbon monoxide can cause the layer of atmosphere become
thinner. Then, it will cause global warming which are the popular phenomena that happen
nowadays. Besides, the sound from each of the vehicles can make sound pollution. So, we
should decrease the uses of the vehicles on the road by using public transport.
On the other hand, public transport is also less comfort than private transport. In
Indonesia, more of the drivers of public transportation like Angkot, or even buses are not a
professional, because they are always make people run out of time and less care about people
safety on the roads, they are always drive in high speed and sometime collide with the other
vehicle.
The problem is that public transportation in Indonesia needs more attention from the
government because it has more benefits than private transport. People should be aware of
the overload of vehicle in the roads that can produce more pollution, and they should think
that public transport can reduce the volume of vehicle in the roads.
All the reason above, we can say that using public transport can give more benefits
than using our own transport. It is not only for us, but also good for our country. Traffic jam,
money, and also pollution are all can be reduce only by using public transport.