Friday, September 21, 2018

7A


1)
 First of all, I would like to pursue the opportunity of providing the service of faster transportation in major cities by the construction of trams.
2)
The who would be a capital city or another major city, like for example Bogota, Luxembourg City, and Orlando City.
The what would be that all major cities have issues with traffic no matter at what time of the day.
The why would be that most of the important banks and multinational companies have their offices in capitals or larger cities which leads to the issue that people from all around the cities who work in downtown arrive there by the same time and cause traffic.
3)
By testing the who, the following question would appear important, 'Are major cities the only ones who would benefit from the opportunity?'. It appears that not only major cities have the need, but also specific places that are crowded with people would also profit from it like for example airports, big malls, and adventure parks.

By testing the what, 'Is there, not one city that has absolutely no traffic?'  I would say that the initial what would stay correct since it is true that all major cities in the world have issues with traffic. Sadly, there is no major city in any country in the world which has not issued with traffic.

By testing the why 'Are there not any possibilities to avoid traffic?' I would say that even though the initial why is correct, there is an important fact that can be lead to the pushing of the initial why which would be that these days, many companies let their employees work on certain occasions from online from anywhere they want. These people would not have to drive every single day to the office.

4)
For my interview, I chose five particular individuals who graduated years ago and work for important companies that are located in the hearts of a city or in a strategic location.

The first person I interviewed was Claudia Catalina. She works for Oracle in downtown Orlando. When I talked to her about my opportunity, she was delighted with the idea. Claudia was a student at Rollins College which is only a few minutes away from downtown and had to drive every day forty minutes in order to get to school and the traffic stressed her out every single day. She then said something that I had not considered in my opportunity, which was that after getting tired of losing that much money on gas and time, she decided to move to downtown Orlando in order to avoid the daily traffic stress. I personally had not considered into my opportunity that people living inside mayor city would possibly not need my opportunity.

The second person was Oscar Mauricio. He works for Google in Silicon Valley and he explained to me that he wanted to buy a house with his family as close to his workplace as possible but unfortunately he could not afford one in the location he wanted. He ended up buying a house an hour away which cost him over a million dollars which were also extremely expensive. He has the advantage of taking the Google bus which has internet access but according to him, it becomes after while it does get annoying of being stuck in traffic for a long time. A tram that would bring him closer to his home would make his life so much easier since according to him, there is no possible way of moving nearer. He is also a manager of a project which requires him to be every day at his office.

The last three people I interviewed were two students and one professor from the University of Luxembourg. They all lived in different towns that are about twenty minutes away from the University, but all three of them need around forty minutes to arrive to class. When I presented to them my opportunity, the two students instantly agreed that they would love to have a tram if it would get them faster to classes. They hate waking up hours earlier than classes start only to get ready and be for forty minutes on a bus. They also explained to me that if there is an accident on the road, the traffic would get worse as usual and they would take about an hour. The professor on the hand explained that he does not spending that much time on the bus since he can start correcting some papers in it. He also does not care if he comes late or not since he is the professor. Unfortunately, he would be completely against the construction of a tram, since the construction of it would take months and this would only have as consequences more traffic. He also says that the constructions would have a negative impact on the image of Luxembourg since there would be noise and dirt all the time.

5) As far as I am concerned I would say, that my opportunity as an opportunity has a lot of flaws and I realized by the interviews that sometimes people just completely hate my opportunity. The professor made me realize that even though the tram might dissolve traffic and bring people faster to the places they want, some people just do not like change and want to live in the same way they have lived for their entire lives.

2 comments:

  1. I think it's a great idea to focus on public transportation being slow. Public transportation can be very slow you have to be there a long time waiting and when you get on it's a slow ride with many stops. I think it's a great opportunity to solve an issue.

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  2. Hi Alexandro,
    The idea of constructing trams in major cities is a great idea to decrease traffic. As someone who used to live right in a major city, I can relate to the annoyance of everyday traffic and delays. As one of your interviewees said, I think it is important to consider the people and how they would feel about such a huge addition to their city. It is a big change to the overall look and feel of a city.

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