The transportation contributes 27% of the overall green gas emissions in the UK, while the biggest contributor to transport emissions in the UK are private cars, which account for more than 50% of total transport emissions. In addition to the problem of global warming, there are also a lot of traffic issues because of the increasing car ownership. In 2018, the number of car ownership in different countries and regions, as well as the number of fatalities in traffic accidents. In the UK in 2018, there were 587 private cars per 1,000 people. Although the number of people killed and injured in car accidents is decreasing year by year, but in 2019, more than 144,000 people in the UK were still affected by traffic accidents.
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As long as the city is still in the high-density centralization and car urbanism situation, large-scale movement of private cars will continue to aggravate the traffic issues. London is now facing serious traffic issues, such as traffic accidents, pollution.
Besides, citizens also suffer from commuting time which is much above world average and UK average.
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