Our Dying World

Transport and the effects on our environment!
There has been a massive push for a reduction in our carbon footprint, and in many ways we are succeeding however in transportation, emmissons are still rising!

Having accessiblity to different modes of transport, can depend on a numebr of things, the distance you intend to travel, but even if the distance is short, still people will chose to drive instead of walk, I know I am guilty of this on a lazy day.
If we couldnt aford to drive however, we would be forced to walk or to catch public transport so in essance having a reduced carbon foot print is related to amount of money you have?
Aviation accounts for a lot of transport pollution, but once again you can only fly if you can afford it!
IS there a way to make people take action and reduce their carbon foot print?
Making the public transport better?

I may seem a bit sceptical but I think it would be a very hard job getting people out of the comfortable cars, and onto a bus!

Niel's & Floraine's post- Amandeep

As Neil mentioned, I also think Floraine’s blog entries have been very insightful, and have helped me understand mobility from another perspective. She mentioned the transfer from the physical world to a more digital world which I think is the way we’re heading. Here’s a great video I found on one of the other blogs about gaming that shows human design development:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZM4_2cuZwA

Niel also picked up on a lot of good points, as well as how banks are trying to reduce staff to so that more can be done online. This got me thinking- What will happen to the more physical jobs, will they be replaced by more virtual/ computer jobs?

When I think of a physical job , the bus comes to mind, as it’s a very old fashioned way of travel which may in the future be replaced. We as a society are striving towards a more efficient, faster and cheaper transport; if you look at canals they are not used as a method of transport anymore, but more of a social place.

The poster shows how the council are advertising the canal, as a place to socialise, look how much it’s changed from its original purpose.

This may mean that our transport systems we know of today (i.e. buses, trains), may become obsolete and replaced with newer technology that is more efficient. Does this mean that jobs linked to physical travel will reduce (e.g. Buses becoming obsolete and replaced with newer technology)? But then does this mean we may have an increase in virtual jobs (e.g. computing, programming etc.)? I believe the end of this digital revolution is limitless...