We built our project around how this road diet would affect a specific aspect of W. Alisal street, and we chose to focus on the MST bus system. Our simple hypothesis for the Salinas project was: when the road diet is implemented, the MST transit system will take longer to get from point A to point B, but will overall have less delay. In order to test this hypothesis we first pinpointed the stakeholders, then we collected data and analyzed this data in three different methods. These methods were the creation of graphs, causal loop diagrams and a stock and flow diagram simulated in the program STELLA. There is still a lot that can be done to better understand how the road diet might affect the MST system. The best data will come once the road diet is implemented, and we are able to truly see the results.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Daniel Fernandez
Natural Sciences
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
dfernandez@csumb.edu
Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano