lookingforopportunity-wipprojectbrainstorming
I learned that we all have different ideas when it comes to fixing the problems with transportation. Some of us think more on a city wide scale and others think it should be more individualized. The questions we had were how the rickshaws down town effect how people get around and if they were actively being chosen as alternatives to cars and taxi’s. I feel the problem of transportation in Austin needs major city intervention and an upgrade of roads around the city to relieve the areas currently affected by the flow of traffic. We also discussed if people use services such as uber and lyft more than they use taxis. We talked about Proposition 1 and how that affects the city by putting in new bike only lanes and also how many people use bikes over cars and other services in the city. We also discussed how income effects people and how they choose to traverse the city and what areas were most popular among certain incomes. We determined that no one solution is possible to benefit everyone and some solutions may help most but inhibit others from doing things. Lastly we discussed the effectiveness of the Austin Metro and how its rail services benefit the city.