To start the first group work, on
Tuesday, a systemic analysis had to be made on the current situation of
transportation; to be able to make this
analysis, we realized that we needed to choose a specific region to scrutinize;
therefore, for our proximity, we chose the Helsinki region.
In this study we mapped the key
problems, actors, outcomes, related systems and possible high leverage points
for short-term improvements in the transportation system; this wide view of the
situation allowed us to get a bigger idea about the motivations that drives
people to choose between different transportation methods and their
interrelated results and effects on other systems. After this analysis, we decided
to focus on “bicycle” and how to encourage it, but it became impossible to
focus only in one issue while the transportation system consists of an
integration of several different methods of moving around (bus, tram, train,
car, walking). Having in mind the connectedness of the cycling activity and by
being able to realize its pros and cons; we were able to perform a more
balanced, less biased, approach to the given topic “short-term improvement in
transportation”.
When we got to the second group
work period, on Friday, and got back to the cycling topic; due to the systemic
approach we have had, the first issue that came to discussion was “what about
those who can not bike?”. And from that we started to change our focus; we
decided to get back to those motivations we had mapped before. “How to diminish
the usage of private cars” was the new topic because it appeared as a underlying
problem. On that topic, we decided that integration between the different
transportation systems would be a good idea to improve ecofriendly
transportation but it wouldn’t be enough. Something more was needed...
Just integrating different ways
of transportation would not make it more appealing so that people would choose
them rather than private cars. Therefore, again with a systemic approach, we
started to map all the related systems that could be easily integrated into
public transportation vehicles; thinking on concepts such as having post boxes,
ATMs, and other electronic machines that would save peoples time while going
from one place to another. We are still developing this concept, let’s see what happens...
I must say that bringing a
systemic approach into practice is being really surprising because t makes us
realize what the “real problem” behind an issue is and how we can tackle it in
a way that it will continue working with the broader system after going through
a change.
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