Rich Pictures: a means to explore the ‘Traffic Management

System?

Muhammad Zeinny H.S

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Class : YP-66A

1. Answer Question 1
Stakeholder participation within sustainable development has been accepted as not just desirable
but a central requirement of any project. The rationale behind this is straightforward and is founded
upon a number of assumptions. First, that stakeholders have a fundamental right to be included in
deliberations that will have an impact upon their lives and second that listening to the voice of
stakeholders and including them within a process of change can help make that change ‘better’,
whatever that may mean in the context (Chambers 1992; Chambers 1997).
The latter point assumes that if people feel that they are included as partners then they will have a
heightened sense of wanting it to work, partly because they helped to envision what change is
needed but also because they are involved as ‘change agents’ rather than having change imposed
upon them (See, for
example: Cook 1995). In this sense, the change comes from the ‘inside out’, rather than being
imposed from the ‘outside in’, and participants have a sense of ‘ownership’. Change is therefore a
deeply held product of the community’s self-interest and self-promoting to that community. This
type of change is often regarded as being more viable than an externally mediated and ‘owned’
process.

But while ‘participation’ may be desirable there is a significant leap to be made between theory and
practice. Just how are people to be included within a participatory process? This may seem like a
straightforward question but there are many complex dimensions which are often overlooked. For
example who are the stakeholders of the process?

In any one intended process of change the population which could be impacted upon could number
thousands, if not millions, and may stretch well beyond the immediate ‘place’ where the activities
are to be implemented. Within this
population there may well be groupings of ‘like-minded’ individuals who share a common agenda,
but it is a mistake to assume homogeneity within groups and there can be much diversity in
perspective. Hence while the term ‘stakeholder’ is an all too convenient label the identification of
those to be included is not as straightforward as it may sound.

Once stakeholders have been identified the question becomes how they are to be best represented
within the process? There is a need to identify representatives of groups given that it may not be
possible to include everyone except in a very limited form (survey for example). But can all groups
be included? What about groups that have internal division? Should sub-groups be included as well?
Sociologists often refer to the myth of community - that we often assume homogeneity amongst a
group of people in order to make the process of participation easier – but such assumptions can be

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The answers to these questions will be driven by the inevitable constraints on time and resource,
but that does not diminish their importance. For any given process of change which involves
stakeholders there can be many perspectives depending upon who is – and who isn’t
– included. This is well known, but there has been no research on how different groups of
stakeholder can create the ‘many worlds’ of sustainable development; some no doubt more
sustainable than others but still valid as a sustainable worldview nonetheless.

Finally, how should the participation take place? There are many different ways in which
stakeholders can be included within a process, and there are many champions of each of these
approaches espousing their relative advantages over competitors. Each approach does indeed have
its own set of pros and cons, including resources required, and a review can be bewildering. Which
one is ‘best’, if such an adjective can be employed in any meaningful sense, will depend upon

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2. Answer Question 2

Inability to utilize vehicles’ capacity

It is one of the major problems that occur when you use a traditional transport system.
In that type of system, you have a team to look into vehicles’ details and decide which type
of products and number of products a vehicle can accommodate. Their estimations might be
wrong; in other words, a vehicle may accommodate more number of orders.
Inefficient route management
Not able to manage routes efficiently can directly impact the time of delivering an
order. Moreover, it can also cause idling of engines (when a vehicle gets stuck in traffic
congestion), more driving time, and high vehicle maintenance cost.
Inability to track consignments
With a traditional transport system, you have to have a dedicated team that might need
to make hundreds of calls in a day to get an update on the status of the consignment.
Increased transportation cost
Manual allocating orders need more manpower, manual route planning and
optimization can lead to frequent vehicle maintenance, high driving time, and delay in
delivery (which may cause RTO), and not using a vehicle’s capacity completely may lead to
the requirement of more vehicles from the market. All these problems together cause an
increase in the overall transportation cost.
Inability to deliver orders on time
Not being able to deliver orders on the given time is also one of the key transportation
woes. This directly impacts the customer experience.
How to overcome transport management challenges?
The trend of same-day and next-day deliveries has made it necessary for businesses to
have an efficient transportation management system that can ensure the completion of every
process at the specified time. Even a minor delay in the process like route planning or
consignment pick up can cause delayed delivery. We know you have read enough about
these transportation-related challenges and now is the time to provide you with ways to fix
it.
So the best way to get rid of all such transportation problems is to integrate a TMS
software into your business. The software can not only automate your processes but also
ensure that every process is being accomplished with the utmost precision. Let’s check out
some other benefits of the transport management software:
Automatic order allocation
To understand the significance of automatic order allocation, consider a scenario- your
business is receiving fifty orders in a day, in that case, it would be easy for your team to
segregate the orders based on their type, delivery location, weight, and other constraints.
What if you receive five hundred orders a day? Would your team be able to segregate them at
the same time? Obviously, it would need more manpower and time.
By automating order allocation, this task can be done in no time. Yes, it’s
true. Transport management software is designed in a way to easily integrate into your
existing ERP to check new orders and categorize them based on the given parameters. After
categorizing, the software automatically looks for the right vehicle and driver for further
order processing.
Vehicle capacity utilization
The TMS software can check every minute detail of vehicles to ensure effortless
mapping of the orders to the vehicle. It looks into the type of vehicle, the capacity of the
vehicle, weight and volume constraints, and other details to ensure more deliveries can be
done using a single vehicle. In short, a TMS helps in utilizing every vehicle’s capacity to the
fullest.
Automated Route planning and optimization + dynamic route planning
The software automatically finds efficient routes for every vehicle and also provides
the feature of dynamic route planning. The latter comes into action when the end-customer
makes changes to their delivery address or time while the order is out for delivery. The driver
gets the notification about the customer rescheduling the delivery and the software shows a
new route which excludes visiting that customer.
Real-time trip tracking
Having complete visibility on the entire trip helps a business to monitor and track the
entire transport process and maintain complete transparency with their customers. Using
transport software, both these goals can be achieved. Besides, businesses can also make it
easy for drivers to create trips, manage trips, upload digitized proof of delivery, and more.
Transparency with the end-customer
The transport management software sends a tracking link to the customer; using that
link they can track their order in real-time. Apart from this, they can also reschedule the
delivery, select time slots for the delivery, and share their feedback. To get transport
management software with all these features, reach out to Shipsy, a renowned SaaS-based
transportation management system suite provider.

3. Answer Question 3

Fly over

Recent studies, such as that conducted by Md. Abu Taleb and Shamsuzzaman Majumder (2012),
Sahjabin Kabir (2014), and Narabodee Salatoom and Pichai Taneerananon (2014), regarding the
construction of flyovers in several countries, show that there are negative impacts caused by
development flyovers that are not much different. The effect includes the distribution of
congestion to the surrounding area, changing patterns of social interaction in the built flyover
 area, the economic impact of business buildings being covered by elevated buildings,
environmental problems resulting from research, vibration, decreased light, and reduction of the
level of security.

This finding is similar to Halprin's criticism regarding the policy of massive overpass construction in
America from the pre-war period of the '20s to the post-war '50s. He found that the structure of
flyovers resisted light and air exchange, city conditions with shadows and results, and spoiling the
city's aesthetics. Published about half a century ago, Halprin's critique of the flyover construction
is still relevant today. He said,

"The elevated highways have caused even more damage in the areas they pass through. They had
blocked out light and air; they had brought blight to the city through their great shadows on the
ground and through the noise of their traffic. Worse, the surface beneath had been devoted to
parking lots, car junkyards, hurricane fences, and trash. These elements are more certain than the
freeway that has ravaged the cities in its path." (Lawrence Halprin, 1966)

(The free translation: flyovers have an even worse impact on the area they pass through. They bring
damage to cities through dark shadows on the ground and traffic locations. To make matters
worse, the surface beneath is used for parking, parking lots, and garbage dumps. All of those
elements can be said to be the city in which it passes, apart from the flyover itself.)

The findings and criticisms are one of the markers that need to be considered because the impact of
flyover construction in various places in the world causes symptoms of the same problem.
Congestion which is the main problem to be solved, can also be resolved and spread to other
areas. In addition, developments aimed at overcoming traffic jams have resulted in socio-
ecological issues, which are often neglected because they are too focused on solving technical
traffic problems.

Given the impacts and risks of building flyovers for the city, there have been efforts to make more
sustainable policies in recent years. This policy provides for the provision of public transportation
and the condition of road supplies. In addition, there is a trend among significant countries
worldwide to dismantle flyovers as a step to revitalize their cities.

South Korea is one country that is currently dismantling its flyover building. Joon-Ho Ko (2015) noted
that 18 flyovers were dismantled in South Korea from 1994 to 2014. There are several reasons
why these flyovers were dismantled. First, reduce vehicle use due to changes that focus on public
transportation and cause vehicle use on roads that are ultimately deserted, including during
commuter hours, and cause many accidents due to too high speed—second, disrupt the
development of public transport infrastructure. Third, improvement and improvement of traffic
flow conditions. Fourth, the development flyover causes the isolation of the area. Fifth, many
flyover buildings are experiencing a decline in condition due to old age. And lastly, the
improvement of the city's aesthetics.

Cheonggyecheon, one of the famous flyover demolition cases in South Korea, has not only
succeeded in improving the condition of the surrounding environment but is also able to attract
tourists and become a new tourist destination. In his article entitled Removal of Flyovers in Seoul
to Improve Cityscapes and Transportation Environments, Joon-Ho Ko finds that overpasses do not
cause traffic jams as bad as imagined. In fact, with this demolition, the scenery improves.

Policy
Given the complex nature of impacts and risks, development flyovers must be carefully considered.
Studies related to development, such as feasibility studies (feasibility studies), traffic impact
analysis, and environmental impact analysis before construction, must be taken seriously.

There is also if this policy reconsiders the city's needs regarding congestion. Do we need it? What can
use two different perspectives to examine the congestion problem in Manahan?

If the fire barrier is the source of the congestion problem, then what can overcome the problem
by creating a new space for the vehicle to flow? In this case, the development flyover could be
one of the policy options. However, building a flyover will only eliminate traffic jams on this side.
It is dangerous to distribute traffic jams to other locations, such as the railroad crossing at Pasar
Nongko, the Kota Barat Mosque intersection, or the hub that connects Jalan Wora-Wari with Jalan
Dr. Moewardi.