Will it be called Vicious cycle of traffic/life??

Everyday all those people travelling across the major cities might have been cursing the roads as well as the traffic. Yes, that's absolutely bullshit to travel one hour to cover twenty kilometres. But the days are here soon for them to happily reach their destinations. Many of those who have been worrying about the rising price of petrol and diesel will also have the same days ahead. Welcome to the vicious cycle of traffic.

In the past, almost 90% of the population travelled using buses, trains, cycles and mopeds depending upon the distance to be travelled and the type of work. And some people even used the mode of walking for small works and short distances. But slowly the income levels raised and the prestige issues within their minds raised exponentially but the roads haven't. Slowly, those who have been using public transport for office or long distance started using cars and for short distances, walking is replaced by mopeds, motorcycles. Added to this is the drift in population from rural india leading to a huge rise in population in the cities.

Added to this are our stupid politicians whom we elect to play with the vote bank for their own priorities. None of these politicians are going to act according to the requirements in time due to the fear of loosing their votes. This makes the situation worse with insufficient infrastructure which, they realize very lately and by the time they plan and finish it, the demand is doubled again. Added to this, are the corrupt bureaucrats and contractors who make it too late with the worst quality making the lifetime of the roads to come down drastically.

The situation is not gonna change even in the coming years with people not ready to change their mindset either regarding their pleasure, prestige issues or the leaders they elect. This makes it too worse leading to 2-3 hours to travel twenty kilometres and still the politicians can't act to widen the roads to a better extent or to come up with new roads for the fear of votes. And they have only one way to sort out these issues at that point of time. It has to copy certain ways that other countries have been implementing. That's what I am trying to speak about. How the traffic will reach its vicious cycle.

Some of the ways that government will be implementing in the future would be:

1. High road tax in cities, zone tax for entering certain zones which will be directly debited from your account through the RFID tag that your vehicle will be carrying.

2. Implementation of metro rail in a better way which will be the best mode to travel in less time.

Cities such as Singapore, London, and Shanghai have high fee for vehicle registration, road tax, compulsory vehicle inspection fee, higher tax for those who don't meet emission norms, time-zone tax in particular areas, bidding for people who want to buy cars. These regulations make people use public transport, which makes the traffic ease and will make it convenient for the public. That's how the traffic will soon reach it's vicious cycle in India very soon. But the question is "Is this really a vicious cycle of traffic or is it making a vicious cycle of life?"

Ofcourse, other countries across the world have shifted to such systems due to insufficient infrastructure. But the way they have planned it earlier, implemented it is what differs from India. We will curse ourselves on that day rather than cursing the roads and the traffic. We will curse for the vote we have given to the wrong ones. We will curse and will pay for our uncaring attitude towards corruption, irresponsible bureaucrats through high taxes. Paying for what we have done in the past...... And should we call it a vicious cycle of traffic or a vicious cycle of life??