The best way to solve the traffic and transportation problems is to encourage people to live in cities rather than suburbs and countryside. Do you agree or disagree?

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Question:
The best way to solve the traffic and transportation problems is to encourage people to live in cities rather than suburbs and countryside. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Answer Hints:
This is an "agree or disagree" question. To encourage people to live in the city, not in the suburbs or the countryside, is relatively easy to write. You should focus on the traffic, and "the best way" hints to compare two cases, it is difficult to score 7 points without comparison.

Supporting points
  • Many places can walk to.
  • Save traffic time, especially for small and middle cities.
  • Promote investment in public transportation.
  • People can go to work by bus and subway.
Opposing points
  • Help the economy of urban and rural areas.
  • People go to work only on necessary.
  • Solve the traffic congestion of big cities.
Answer 1
Some people think the heavy traffic and transportation can be eradicated if people settle down in cities from countryside areas...

Urbanization means there will be more vehicles in cities as people from different age groups will need them to move around...

Notwithstanding urbanization, I think rural and countryside areas should be economically and physically developed...

To conclude, after transforming suburbs into self-sufficient commercial and industrial hubs, traffic and transport-based issues can be solved in existing cities...
Band: 6.5
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Word Statistics
GroupWord NumberDistinctPercent
All Words28615353%
Top 300 Words124 (43%)45 (29%)36%
300 - 1000 Words54 (18%)36 (23%)66%
Over 1000 Words108 (37%)72 (47%)66%
Other Comments (greenseared)
Link Words: 28 (including link phrase: 4)
Sentences: Number: 17; Average Length: 111 characters; Words/Sentence: 16
Suggestions:
IELTS Essay Format:
-You should avoid using common words repeatedly, and show your grammatical range and accuracy as possible. The essay has and(12), cities(10), will(10), people(6), areas(6), traffic(5), can(4); try to decrease duplicated words.
-High-ratio basic sight words may degrade your writing; suggest rephrasing some.
-Suggest using a few rare or uncommon words to demonstrate your vocabulary range and level.
-Suggest refining coherence and cohesion by removing wordy linking words.
Task Response:
-The main ideas are relevant, but some are insufficiently developed. The essay structure should be refined; you can present your point by comparing two methods.
Coherence and Cohesion:
-The response has a clear overall progression, but it is somewhat mechanical.
- Help Link
Lexical Resources:
-The range of vocabulary is quite broad and shows awareness of collocation.
Answer 2
Individuals are encouraged to move from rural areas to city centers to solve traffic congestion. I'm afraid I have to disagree with this statement entirely because it will cause overpopulation downtown and inconvenience public transport...

On the one hand, encouraging people to live in the cities has a detrimental effect on an over-crowded population...

On the other hand, although public transport is affordable, it gives the commuter a wrong impression...

To conclude, solutions that cannot resolve traffic congestion and transport problems are to suggest individuals move from the countryside to urban areas due to the demands of the population and commute problems...
Band: 6
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Answer 3
In the era of development, a group of people proposes that people from rural areas to cities migrate to cities, which is the best method to resolve the traffic and transportation woes...

First of all, immigrating rural people into developing cities will cause problems in the population and environment...

However, the government should improve the frequency of city buses to encourage people to promote public transportation...

In conclusion, I am writing that migrating people from the countryside is not the outcome of traffic and transportation concerns...
Band: 6
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