This video was very interesting, but it felt like an infomercial as Robin Case was trying to sell her idea. That’s besides the fact, though as her idea was actually eye opening. Her idea of implementing a tax on congestion pricing and road pricing seemed rather insane to me. I understand that by implementing these, the societal impact would be reduced emissions and less driving because the cost would rise. I don’t believe that this will be implemented, I know she stated its coming in the near future, but there has to be a different way to reduce the emissions. The idea of Zipcar does a good job of being a potential solution to the problem, rather than imposing more taxes.
Another social result from Robin Cases Ted Talk would be the idea of sharing rides to get places via her new website: GoLoco. Since we are by nature a social species, this idea may work to help her vision of reducing emissions. I think there is potential for this idea to work, but I cannot image it being widely used because who would really want to share a ride with their neighbor to the grocery store?
I think Robin Case does a good job of bringing up a potential solution to the “future” taxes when she mentions the use of the free network. This way people could communicate with one another and get to places by carpool more efficiently, thus cutting …show more content…
The societal impacts of Jamie Lerner’s idea of combining buses and subway would be cutting back the usage of cars by using mass transit. The idea of sustainability is mentioned through out of the video. The thought of having work and leisure located within the same city, helps sustain climate change because people won’t have to travel by car. If cities used these tubes that connect buses and subways, it would make it a lot easier to travel by mass transit. I think his overall goal is to present his idea to create more sustainable cities, which would be his goal of societal