Idea Napkin No. 2

1) Recognizing one's own strengths and weaknesses is not necessarily always as easy as it sounds. Personally, there are two things I tend to note and that is for one, I am a hard worker in anything I do and I like to think I am self-motivated. I guess there are really three things because I also usually include the fact that I work with other people, and more specifically other highly motivated individuals. I've had a rather diverse background of experiences from working for a Congressional office to manual labor in the Florida summer heat. Thus I believe this has paved the way for my future aspirations that are still to be determined. If I were to hypothetically pursue the route of attempting to solve the problem of traffic, that would change a lot of my life as I currently know it.

2) The problem itself is rather simple and that is the unmet need of traffic but the solutions on the other hand are not so simple. Considering this has been a problem for years, there is no one single solution and so I believe a combination of things would be necessary. To start, the enhancing and upgrading of public transportation(buses, trains, etc.), combined with promoting carpooling and other methods of cutting down on congestion. Lastly, the unique aspect of an overpass from one point to another in the more crowded corridors without lights or anything to create any congestion.

3) The beauty and simplicity of this problem and therefore my solution is that it is applicable to nearly everybody regardless of demographics or psychographics. The primary factor for me would be location as the issue of traffic is not nearly as large of an issue in some of the smaller cities.

4) Traffic is something that no matter who you talk to or where you are for the most part, it will be something that people complain about. Countless politicians and officials have attempted to solve this problem with solutions somewhat similar to mine but have not been successful. In my opinion, there will never be a perfect solution that will entirely eliminate traffic, but limiting it would be a success.

5) To be honest, there is nothing that sets me or my solution apart or that has not been attempted before. With that said, I do not believe my unique combination of solutions has ever been set forth in the right environment and thus it is something that could ultimately prove to be a viable solution.

I only received one comment on my first post, so there was not much to change within my second post. She agreed with basically all of my points and then suggested I consider civil engineering to be able to execute this solution. As a senior in the sports management program, this would be rather difficult to do at this point. Instead, if I were to work on a potential solution to this issue I would have to hire/work with people like that in doing so.