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Question
Please watch The Worst Traffic Choke Points to Avoid This 2015 Holiday Season in NBC Learn that aired 11/24/15.
This video discusses the impact of traffic congestion on daily commuters. While you are watching, you will see commercial vehicles mixed in with the traffic. Identify three disruptive affects this congestion is having on the movement of products. Then, identify three solutions that a business in the private sector can implement to mitigate these disruptions and identify three solutions government can implement to alleviate these problems in the long term.
Explanation / Answer
Affects of congestion on movement of products
1. SLow transportation leading to increase in lead time
2.Probability of increase in accidents due to congestion in the roads and highways.
3. Loss of goods and money if they are perishable because of the slow transportation
Solution that a business in the private sector can implement
1. They can follow a diversion even if it costs some more time and money because it may decrease the affects
2. They can have a cold storage at the warehouse if the goods are perishable or can have a larger capacity warehouse to increase their holdings.
3. They can transport the goods in an LCV (Light Commercial Vehicle).
Solutions which Government can implement
1. They can implement even-odd scheme like the one which has been implemented in Delhi.
2. They can create a diversion in the suburbs area.
3. They can make a separate channel in the road for the commercial vehicles like the one which is made for the public transport buses in some cities.