Campaign Against Carspreading

B1 – Intermediate 

There is a new global trend in the automotive industry. Manufacturers prioritize the production of wider, longer, higher, and heavier cars, such as Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and pickup trucks.

In the UK, there had been 10 times more of this type of cars compared to 20 years ago.

The Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) group wants to put an end to this.

Read the article about the campaign against carspreading.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2509/250904-carspreading.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “carspreading” mean? “Drivers are struggling to park because of carspreading, while people walking and cycling are more at risk.” Use the term in a sentence. 
  2. What are “urban spaces”? “Carspreading is when cars get too wide for urban spaces, causing congestion, increased risk of accidents, and more fuel consumption.” Use the term in a sentence. Give a synonym or similar expression.
  3. What does “to take up a lot of space” mean? “Bigger cars take up a lot more space, but the cost of parking has stayed the same.” Use the phrase in a sentence. Give a synonym or similar expression.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What are the problems associated with large cars?
  2. What is your reaction to and thoughts on carspreading?
  3. Do you agree or disagree that new cars are too wide for urban spaces? Share your opinion.
  4. Do you think the CCC’s campaign against carspreading is necessary? Share your opinion.
  5. In Paris, they have tripled the parking costs for SUVs from €6 ($7) to €18 ($21) an hour which reduced the number of SUVs in the city. Do you think this should be done in your own city, too? Why or why not?
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4 replies on “Campaign Against Carspreading”

Vocabulary Questions:
1- It means the expansion or spread of car use.
Sentence: Some cities are looking for ways to limit carspreading by improving walkability and bike infrastructures.
2- Urban spaces are areas within cities such as streets, bridges, industrial and commercial zones.
Sentence: Designers are rethinking urban spaces to prioritize pedestrians over cars.
3- It means that something uses a big area. Example: My couch takes up a lot of space in the living room of my house.

Discussion Questions:
1- One of the problem associated is that People hit by larger cars when walking or cycling are far less likely to survive. Also, SUVs burn around 20 per cent more fuel…and require more…battery minerals, so they contaminates more than smaller cars.
I think there should be policies that promote the use of public transport or bicycles to prevent carspreading.
2- In my case, I have a car but I don´t use it to go to the office, just use it on the weekend, but not in the city. I usually use the metro. The car I use it to for long distances.
3- I agree with some points of the CCC. For example, I live in Barcelona and the situation here is similar. It´s a small city and it´s full of cars and SUVs are becoming increasingly common, so it´s difficult to find places to park. So I agree it should be more expensive the fee for larger cars, so maybe people consider using other options in the city.
4- Yes, I do. Is necessary to improve the quality of life of residents and prevent pollution.

Welcome to the Phoneenglish Blog! Great job starting with your writing practice.

Here is how this sentence can be revised:

So I agree it should be more expensive the fee for larger cars, so maybe people consider using other options in the city.

So, I agree that the parking fees for larger cars should be bigger., so Maybe, this way, people will consider using other transportation options in the city.

Hope you can stay as consistent as you can with this exercise.

I think the longer and heavier cars don’t producier those effects. In my opinion those cars are safer and confortable. I don’t understand why those cars pay more in the parkings because the space is the same.

It is possible that the person responsible for the CCC campaign just wants money.

Interesting thoughts. Thanks for sharing your opinions about this topic.

See how this sentence can be revised:

I think the longer and heavier cars don’t producier those effects.

I think the bigger and heavier cars don’t cause those effects.

Keep up the good job!

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