Final Presentation Recap

Post date: Dec 11, 2017 3:51:53 PM

This morning the Move Team made their final presentation of the term to the advisors, the other Venice IQP teams, and local Venetians. Overall, the presentation went well, and people showed interest in our project. Afterwards the audience had an opportunity to ask questions about our project, and many important questions were brought up. We would like to recap these questions and our responses.

One local asked whether or not we had considered the controversy of a potential subway system. While we have taken such a controversy into account, we are not proposing anything. What we have done is created tools to assess the current system and allow people with the experience and authority to make smart, accurate proposals of a potential new or improved transportation system. Another local informed us that the boat parking spots that currently exist require a recreational license that does not allow for carrying goods. We understand that the problem is more complicated, and that regulations would have to be changed to include new parking spots. We are simply adding our contribution to start the discussion.

A member of another Venice IQP team asked what became of the funding for the 2005 subway proposal. Although the project received all the necessary funding, construction never began and the money was used for other projects across Venice. Finally, one of our project advisors, Peter Hansen, asked about the societal impact of science and technology from our project. We have drafted code for an isochrone generator, which can be adjusted to assess current and potential transportation systems based on given variables, as well as designed a application that could be coded and used in future projects to regulate boat parking. Without technology, these deliverables could not have been possible. Ideally they can be used to make a positive impact on society.