1. Present simple tense: Used throughout the answer (e.g., "A major issue is definitely traffic congestion.", "the roads become overloaded") to state general facts and describe typical situations.
2. Cause and effect structure: "When the majority of people commute at the same time, the roads become overloaded with vehicles, leading to massive traffic jams." This sentence uses a dependent clause to show cause and effect, which adds complexity to the answer.
3. Not only... but also: "This not only makes the journey much longer for everyone, but it also delays public transport..." This structure is a good way to emphasize multiple negative effects and is a strong feature in spoken English.
4. Relative clause: "like buses and taxis, so the problem affects all commuters, not just those in private cars." The use of "not just those in private cars" is an example of a reduced relative clause, which makes the sentence more concise and natural.