Research
Source: Wikipedia
Traffic Congestion
Traffic
congestion is described to be the condition due to increase of road users. This
is characterized by slower speeds, longer commute times and increased vehicular
queuing. When demand of road users nears the road capacity, this will cause
traffic jams or congestions.
Causes
The
cause of traffic congestion is when the amount of road users nears the capacity
of the road. This cause demands for bigger roads or highways to cope with the
high traffic volume. Other causes could be layout of the road itself. For
example in a crowded Asian city, wide roads that converge into smaller streets
can cause congestion or a ‘bottleneck’ in traffic flow.
Negative affects
There are a number of negative affects
due to traffic congestion. Some include delays, time waste for commuters,
inability to predict travel times, pollution and road rage.
Urban Sprawl
Urban
sprawl or suburban sprawl is a multifaceted concept centered on the expansion
of auto-oriented, low-density development. Topics range from the outward
spreading of a cityand its suburbs, to low-density and auto-dependent
development on rural land, examination of impact of high segregation between
residential and commercial uses, and analysis of various design features to
determine which may encourage car dependency. The term "sprawl" is
most often associated with US land use; outside the US (and especially outside
the Anglosphere), the term "peri-urbanisation" is often used to
denote similar dynamics and phenomena.[citation needed]
Discussions and debates about sprawl are
often made unclear by the uncertainty of the meaning associated with the
phrase. For example, some commentators measure sprawl only with the average
number of residential units per acre in a given area. But others associate it
with decentralization (spread of population without a well-defined centre),
discontinuity (leapfrog development, as defined below), segregation of uses,
and so forth.
The term urban sprawl generally has
negative connotations due to the health, environmental and cultural issues
associated with the phrase. Residents of sprawling neighbourhoods tend to emit
more pollution per person and suffer more traffic fatalities. Sprawl is
controversial, with supporters claiming that consumers prefer lower density
neighborhoods and that sprawl does not necessarily increase traffic. Others
have argued that sprawl is less a reflection of consumer preferences and more a
result of legal structures and court decisions that have encouraged sprawl
development.
Emotion Portrayed
Exhaustion and Fatigue
Fatigue
(also called exhaustion, tiredness, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and
listlessness) is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct from weakness,
and has a gradual onset. Unlike weakness, fatigue can be alleviated by periods
of rest. Fatigue can have physical or mental causes. Physical fatigue is the
transient inability of a muscle to maintain optimal physical performance, and
is made more severe by intense physical exercise. Mental fatigue is a transient
decrease in maximal cognitive performance resulting from prolonged periods of
cognitive activity. It can manifest as somnolence, lethargy, or directed
attention fatigue.
Medically, fatigue is a non-specific
symptom, which means that it has many possible causes. Fatigue is considered a
symptom, rather than a sign because it is a subjective feeling reported by the
patient, rather than an objective one that can be observed by others. Fatigue
and ‘feelings of fatigue’ are often confused.
Persona
The
persona portrayed in the video is an individual, most likely a working
individual who spends so much time commuting from work to home due to the
traffic congestion of rush hour. Due to the fact this persona has to go through
the same congestion almost every day, the persona becomes somewhat exhausted,
loses focus, and becomes mentally tired.
Target
Audience
The
video artwork is targeted to an audience who lives and works in urban areas.
Mostly working class people ages 20-50.
This
video mostly takes place at a stretch of highway in Puchong where it is known
to be very congested. Firstly it takes in a bit of sound and views urban
commute in a third person perspective. This shows the mass numbers of people
who commute during rush hour every day. Time lapse video and the use of two
time settings (5.00 pm and 8.00 pm) is to show that the rush hour will not end
until very late at night due to the large population and urban sprawl of an
Asian city. (Particularly Kuala Lumpur).
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