PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Web 2.0, Lyft, Howa
14 Sep 2020
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New technologies and transport trajectories: system of the future. Transport is crucial for our economic competitiveness and commercial, economic and cultural exchanges. (eu, 2001) correlation between economic growth and traffic growth, economic benefits of travel justify infrastructure investment. Speed of light in real time 1. 255 seconds. Phones mobile phones smart phones. Internet web 2. 0 the cloud (file/document sharing; social networking/tweeting) Connected with other people even without physical presence. Access to different kinds of networks (e. g. social, business) Congestion and environmental impacts as transport networks are at capacity (and always will be! [norman baker the minister for non-travel: co-presence, the need to be somewhere. Richness of social interaction and multi-sensory experiences. Obligations to travel and the experience of being physically present: face to face friends, family, colleagues, face to place beaches, mountains, historic monuments, cities, face to event conferences, meetings, festivals.
