Public Transportation in Ho Chi Minh City

Pitfalls from various kinds of personal transportations

Transportation in developing countries, including Vietnam, is always an important and current problem. How to apply the most effective method in transportation in order to minimize the cost, maximize the benefits for government and citizens and not hamper the environment is not easy. This problem needs a thorough process and the alignment of both government and citizens to the best solution. Every day, people need or have to go outdoors to do their activities in order to earn money, to come to school or for other affairs. None of us can stay at home and still have everything done. The question is which means of transportation they choose to use: biking, walking, motorbike or automobile? Each of means of transportation has its advantages, however, barriers also exist and everyone can easily see them. Firstly, in the case that you choose walking, it seems to be good and you can be healthier if you do it usually; moreover you can spend your time during your walk to understand the daily lives in cities. These are the good sides of walking, but how about the other side? If you are busy employees and you want to save your time as much as possible, you should consider not using this means. Walking makes you tired all the time. Imagine that every morning, you begin a new day with a long and dusty walk to work, it would be terrible. You can think that walking can help you prevent from traffic jam, but have you ever thought that you would have unpredictable accidents in some moments of being not concentrated when crossing the high way? Your walking maybe depends on the weather. If it is too hot or too rainy, will you walk to work? Biking, secondly, is a bit better than walking. It is just because this means of transportation can help you save more time than the previous one. However, biking has the same barriers as walking. Biking is suitable for a trip around the city if you are free from work. One foreseeable