Person Vs Utilitarianism

The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, first introduced virtue ethics as a method to describe how a good person should act. As such, virtues play a major role in every profession including engineering. Virtuous engineers make better decisions throughout the design and analysis of any component, item, or system. This paper begins with a description of Aristotelian virtue ethics followed by a discussion on the virtues I have gained while at Texas A&M University, virtues needed as a mechanical engineer, and methods of expanding these virtues.

The advantages listed provided two main advantages to the University City area, those advantages include: a decrease in travel time and traffic congestion relief (Lovelace 1952, 2-3). Consequently, the expressway would have created six major disadvantages to University City (Lovelace 1952, 3). The disadvantages include: depreciating the nearby residential area greatly, depreciate the Delmar business district, local traffic issues, unreasonable costs, removal of the street car system in University city and increase traffic complications in downtown St. Louis” (Lovelace 1952,

As stated in the question there is a blurry line between a public good and a private good. A public good is a good that is considered as being non rival and non excludable. When you consume a public good, it does not affect someone else’s consumption of the good. A private good is good that is both rival and excludable. This means that if you consume a private good, it may affect someone’s consumption of the product. I think we could make the argument that roadways are both a private and public good. Roadways are a public good in that there is no competition as to who builds and owns the roads. However, I do not think that roadways are totally non excludable. The more cars on the road means more traffic and more wear and tear on the roads. The more you drive on the roads, the more you affect others’ use of the roads. In this way, I think that roadways are more a private good. Not to mention that toll ways are making it more and more expensive for people to drive on the roads and therefore more exclusive. I know we normally assume that roadways are very public goods that are accessible to everyone. However, after looking at the economic definitions of a public good, I believe that roadways are almost more a private good than public; I affect other people driving on the road and so do the tolls that the other drivers and required to

Comparing the financial cost of the interstate with the cost of having to reallocate funding or stopping programs in an effort to decrease traffic congestion will create a greater economic downturn if not done in moderation as well as a decrease in confidence in lawmakers. The lawmakers will feel the decrease in confidence by citizens during elections. Unless the local government can generate and use other sources of revenue to continue highway improvement, the decision to remove the city’s funding is not practical.

However, after a few years into the project people began to see the consequences associated with building an interstate highways system. One of the major consequences people faced was the destruction of neighborhoods that were in the way of building the highways. People began to fight against the building of new roads and offer. For example people in big cities such as New York City, The District of Columbia and Baltimore stopped roadbuilder from destroying their homes and building through their neighborhoods. This caused some highway projects to just stop, causing a “road to nowhere” (Interstate Highway System

Paving Dirt Roads – Company paves all roads it currently uses / City paves others – 42 points

In a survey of Houstonians, over 82% of those surveyed says that they would rather travel on a four lane street compared to a two lane street because they feel that it is faster (Vu). With more lanes on Old Foltin Road and Essie Road, drivers will have more opportunity to switch lanes if the lane that they are currently on is slow or an accident has occurred on the lane. This will reduce the time spent in traffic. By reducing the time spent in traffic, one is able to help reduce the congestion by being one less car on the streets. Additionally, on a multiple lane street, there is typically a fast lane (“When”). The fast lane, usually the farthest left lane, is designed for drivers who tend to drive faster than others around them. The fast lane enables traffic to flow smoother which in turn will deduce the amount of congestion. “The left lane is saved for those currently passing. It is a very simple, yet effective rule that helps drivers stay safe and minimizes traffic congestion” (“When”). With the reduction of traffic congestion due to the fast lanes, drivers are able to have more time on their hands to spend with their families. By using more lanes, Old Foltin Road and Essie Road will be able to reduce the disruption of vehicles entering and exiting Our Lady of

This solution will solve the problem because the road will be a in the middle of thirty-two and the road will shorten the drive that the residents on thirty-two have to take to get to their school. The plan will start by raising money repeatedly, so the building of the road will not start until until 2020. We will start raising money as soon as possible. The plan that the Mayor’s Committee has come up with a solution that will solve this problem once and for all.

Firstly, I believe it will cause a major congestion on Main Street, leading into the down town area. Lands would have to be expropriated, which will be to the displeasure of many residents living along Main Street. I believe it will cause a great amount of chaos, gridlock and not to mention, an upsurge in accidents. Pedestrians will also be affected in a negative way, i.e. they will have more difficulties trying to maneuver safely along Main Street.

The negotiation executed discussed the scenario of the Lane Cove National Park access road in North Ryde. Three parties were involved; the council, a privately-operated cemetery and Lane Cove National Park. In this scenario, a council owned local road lead down the hill from its junction with a main RMS-owned road to the entrance of Lane Cove National Park. A heavy real station is located at the top of the hill, which means that the section of the council road towards the top is now used by train commuters as a car park. Half way down the hill is a large cemetery located. The road is wide and well maintained down to this cemetery, after passing the road narrows and is in poor shape, without a footpath. The national park is concerned, that in case of a bush fire, public safety cannot be guaranteed if the road is not widened; in addition, storm water runs from the cemetery towards the park, damaging its ecology. Lane Cove is keen to improve the situation by widening the road section, control the parking and address water pollution. To do so, cooperation from the other parties is necessary.

One can get extremely frustrated driving from Fayetteville to Rogers these days. There is construction everywhere, causing delays, lane closures, and much havoc on our commutes to and from home, school, and work. If you take out the frustration, one can see the positives to the improvements. The road worker who has been out of work for months is now able to provide for his family, the drivers are getting an improvement to the neglected roads traveled daily, the state is making an investment in their infrastructure that will last for many years to come, and our economy is showing a sign of improvement! Investing time and money into our infrastructure benefits all of us and is a sign to our economic growth.

In the third debate in class, we talked about Tollway vs. freeway. A tollway is an open or private road for which a free or toll is evaluated for passage. It is a shape of road pricing typically executed to help recover the cost of road maintenance and construction. Tollway requires vehicles to stop or back off; manual toll gathering sits wastes time and raises vehicle working expenses. The activity redirection coming about because of the tolls expands congestion on the road system and makes it less useful. A freeway is a controlled-get to a multi-path expressway that does not have tolls. Traffic flow on a highway is unhindered in light of the fact that there are no moving signals, convergences, or at-level crossings with different railroads, streets, or passerby ways. Ways out and entrances to the highway are given at interchanges by slippy streets, which consider speed changes between the interstate and collector streets. Opposing directions of travel are for the most part isolated by a focal reservation containing a traffic obstruction, grass, or a median strip. This eliminates the contentions with other directions and enhances safety and limit.

If the construction process of the highway were to occur today, these factors would be put in consideration. Notably, the route experienced heavy traffic jams since it was very narrow and passed through towns, which had heightened economic opportunities. The new construction process would project the possible traffic flow along the road and construct it wide enough. For instance, having four to eight lanes would ease the traffic flow, unlike the two-lane system. Although the road was meant to connect the small town to major road networks, it was not necessary that the main highway goes directly through the towns. A new construction of the route would probably have it pass outside the towns and have feeder roads connecting the main route and the commercial

These kind of negative consequences can lead to positive pro-environmental behavior in regards to raising gas prices, building alternate routes around town, keeping sidewalks clean for individuals to walk on, and putting in bike lanes. By raising gas prices individuals do not travel as much so less traffic congestion and pollution, adding alternate routes around the town can help break up the flow of traffic, and adding bicycle lanes, and keeping sidewalks clean will help encourage individuals who live in town to ride bicycles, and walk. Positive consequences of traffic is that it encourages motorist to re-time their road trip to when the traffic is not as congested, and also by reducing speeds can cause less road accidents.