Our CBEL poster!
What did your team contribute to the community you served?
In our previous blogs, we mentioned that BCCC would use our report as a reference to influence the government. BCCC’s goal is to influence the policy makers to construct a more bicycle-friendly environment especially on highways. Rumble strips is problematic on highways and our report really focused on this issue. In this way, our report could contribute to the community as the reference of a proposal for a better change for cyclists.
In the long term, if British Columbia have a better biking environment, more people would choose using bicycles instead of vehicles, the carbon footprint could be decreased and the effects of climate change would be slowed.
What did you learn about project context, planning, and implementation?
The project context mainly focuses on the relation between rumble strips, motorists, and cyclists, our task is to trying to figure out the best possible way to benefit all three of them.
Planning should be implemented by the whole team, and our team has done a really good job on this. We clearly assign tasks prior to start working on the task and the team members are clear of what their duties are. This can greatly improve our efficiency and most importantly, increase the quality as well.
To start implementing a task always seems pretty difficult, but a good planning beforehand is found to be very useful. Also, one should not hesitate when he/she has decided to start, the hesitation process can be time consuming and worthless. Therefore, a sharp mind is the fundamental of a “job well done.”
Congratulations on the completion of your project! I’ve really enjoyed reading about the progress of your project and I’m impressed by your last two posts.
It seems that your strategy of dividing the research and reporting has worked well. Can you imagine a situation where this strategy would not work? And what indicators you might look for to signal the most appropriate strategy to follow?
Regarding your final post, you mention that the “context mainly focuses on the relations between rumblestrips, motorists, and cyclists”. I wonder if you are able to provide some details about these relations: what do you mean by “relations”? In what way do these relations influence the decisions you have made and your own motivation to engage in the work at hand? Also, you’ve explained the connection between planning and efficiencies. Could you explain the connection between “quality” and “planning”? Finally, your comment about “hesitating” during the implementation is interesting. Perhaps you mean “procrastinating”? In which case I can imagine why you just this a “worthless”. I wonder, though, if hesitating might be a positive thing in some way – particularly if it means that you check your work for rigour before proceeding with action.
Thank you for completing this project on time and to specifications! You’ve done a great job.
Sincerely,
Susan Nesbit