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    e2: Paris and planes

    Paris:
    http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20transport/2%20Paris-velo%20liberte.m4v
    Aviation:
    http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20transport/6%20Aviation-limited%20sky.m4v

    Paris velib

    1. Why did Paris decide to support mass transit? What are the benefits?
    2. When did the policy shifts start happening?

    3. How much traffic are they planning to cut by 2020?
    4. Where did the space for public transport come from?

    5. What does Velib stand for? What is the project’s aim?
    6. What are the benefits of the velibe? (Environmentally and Economically)
    7. How did they encourage the use of bikes (since 2005)?
    8. What is the "21st century mode of transport"?

    9. What made Paris so successful compared to other countries (Amsterdam)?
    10. Which businesses has benefited from this new change?
    11. How does Velib encourage short trips over leisure use? Why do they do this?
    12. How are the bicycles built and designed? Why?
    13. What do they mean by people seeing it as “grandpa’s bike”?
    14. What was taken into consideration with the specific design of Velib bikes?
    15. What problem has the Velib program encountered in terms of the terrain of Paris?
    16. How did they use the cities geography to their advantage?
    17. How is Velib a social technology?
    18. How does the bike repair boat work?
    19. What advantage does Velib have over the subway and the bus?
    20. Any good ideas?

    Aviation limited

    1. What percent of the world’s transportation in powered by oil?
    2. Why do you think that the aviation impact was deemed a local problem until recently?
    3. What percent is the aviation industry growing each year?
    4. Which plane has recently become “revolutionary,” and why?
    5. At this point, what has to be sacrificed in order for the plane to be more fuel efficient?
    6. How come there are “interstates” in the air that planes fly the path of?
    7. How could access to restricted airspace help save fuel and put out less greenhouse emissions? Could this be a tool/argument to get countries that aren’t on the best terms to talk to each other?
    8. What are the “carbon offsets” that some airlines are selling?
    9. What metaphor is used to parallel what engineering a fuel is like?
    10. Which element is the hybrid airship inflated with? Why is this safer than the what the Hindenburg inflated with?

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