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Dolor Sit Amet
My Solution: Information and Realization
Car emitting smoke
The Challenge: Convenience A problem that I have in mind is will the changes be made will still have the city convenient with its forms of transportation? My idea for this is to make bike lanes. For a start, bike lanes might just slow things down, but bike lanes positive effects balance it out with its negative effects. For a start, biking is healthy, and it could stop other problems, and it is a great alternative to vehicles or motorbikes. A problem to this idea will be placement or money issues. The money part will just be dealt with quickly since it’s not too big of a deal. Secondly, the placement could just be close to roads since they lead to places people want to go too. Something to make it more convenient is small shops at the edge of the lanes. In case people want to buy drinks or something.
The problem would have been a smaller threat if people in Bangkok, Thailand already know about this problem. That is why my solution is Information and Realization. A question that I have in mind, is that do people know about this? Or even CARE about this problem? The first part of my solution is to ask everyone this question via survey. It’s going to take long if it is going to be asked one at a time, so my Idea is to ask an a big area, with people coming to a town hall like building, to be asked this survey in a sheet of paper. Kind of like voting for someone, and this is also going to be mandatory. Eventually, everyone will be asked, even at the poor places. Now that we know what everyone thinks, we could use the info to know about what the people know about air pollution. The second part of my solution is using media to send information. Since almost everyone in Bangkok uses some type of electronic gadget, we could send a type of media to inform people. It could be a radio type of thing, a website, a website article, a website ad, it could be anything as long as it reaches to just about everyone. A second thing to note is that it would also be helpful if the problem is taught to students. That way, they will learn about it, and start thinking of the future. My last part of my solution is realization. Some people might not believe this problem or some people do think it is a major problem is based on what they believe, and if it is right. It doesn’t really matter if a lot of people think air pollution is a problem and a small group of people thinking its all lies, as long as there is a large group of people who agrees on lowering the air pollution levels. If it is the opposite way around, then it could be a problem and laws will deal with this issue.
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