Idea Tree

On the day of our last project meeting with the delegation form Alcoi we as a group came up with the so called 'idea tree', which is a result of a certain brainstorming exercise, for our project. During the previous days we thought it over and improved it a little bit.We asked ourselves the following question: "How can all stakeholders (in Alcoi) reduce the individual use of cars?". But frankly we also came up with other ideas that are not directly connected with the question. On the first picture from below you can see different our different categories which we used as clusters. They include certain stakeholders that we whant to call up to act and furthermore some more specifications. For example the cluster 'infrastructure' belongs truely to the some department of the municipal or provicial government, but includes a lot of ideas that we chose to cluster it in one additional group.
Of course the citizens are demanded in a much larger way than our brainstorming session represents. Our focus of the session was: 'What can the government / public transport / public institutions / ... do for the people to help them change their behaviour to better themselves?' A huge part of responsibility lays in the hands of the citizens, they have to be aware and adapt to the changes to shape a better future.
In the two other pictures you will find our more or less feasible and creative ideas which we will evaluate over time.
If you have remarks or questions to any idea stated please do not hesitate to discuss in the comment sections.

Meeting with a delegation of Alcoi on 25th October

Today we had a very productive meeting with a delegation from the University in Alcoi and Erlijn our mentor. We talked about our stay in Spain in January, we got offered a lot of support concerning housing, workspaces and more. Furthermore, we presented the product of our previous brainstorming session. We used the methodology of the "idea tree" in order to brainstorm precisely and cluster our ideas at the same time. The result will be uploaded here as well.

Our group also learned more about our assignment and the existing infrastructure in Alcoi. The city has many bridges and narrow streets which make it difficult for cars to navigate through the city and leads to traffic jams. Alcoi also has very big differences in altitudes, so if we want to promote bicycle use as a way of transportation instead of recreational usage, then we have to come up with a creative concept to change the behavior of the people.

Instead of always increasing the amount of parking spaces, one idea could be decreasing them and making them more expensive. People will make better choices if driving a car becomes more and more inconvenient and more sustainable choices are offered.

We were asked to think outside the box when coming up with ideas and that is what we will do. This meeting ensured us that it will be an interesting project and we will have a good cooperation with the team from Alcoi.