Motorists entering city centers should heavily be taxed

In the big cities on the 21^st century, one of the major problem is ....................... .

• traffic lamb

• anagram

• traffic jams

• graphic jam

Streets are .......................... with traffic, it is difficult to find parking spots and the residents of inner-city areas are suffering from air pollution, noise pollution and light pollution.

• congested

• empty
• clean
• quiet

There are a lot of cities worldwide that have already introduced ........................ for cars that want to enter city centers.

• taxes

• axes

• faxes

• waxes

Some even gave it a nice name to ...................... motorists off: a ‘congestion’ charge.

• scare
• bear

• dare

• spare

In my humble opinion this practice has a lot of advantages. Obviously, people who want to do something in the city center either pay a lot of money for parking, or something extra in taxes, or ............................. the much cheaper transportation or taxi or ride-share services.

• opt for

• avoid
• destroy
• ignore

As far as I know, most city centres are crowded not because of those who reside there, but because of commuters and visitors, and it seems a very logical decision to ..................... some extra taxes on those who want to use their roads.

• impose
• refund
• discount
• withdraw

It's like paying ................... on the motorways, paying to cross a bridge or going into a tunnels in the Alps.

• tolls

• holes

• trolls

• polls

However, there seems to be one major problem with this initiative. This is the fact that most big cities lack the ................... that would allow for all commuters to use public transportation once reaching the city limits.

• technostructure

• manufacture

• superstructure

• infrastructure

First of all, you need a very well-developed .................... system, which means people can park their vehicles close to metro or bus stations and hop on.

• Park and Ride

• shopping
• entertainment
• dining

And one more thing. You have to make these parking spots available at a very cheap price, so when commuters weigh the pros and cons of going into the city, it will be worth it for them to leave their cars behind. Easy ..................... is also a must.

• access
• address

• assess

• progress