Application Project Three: Personal Transportation Plan
Part One:
Develop an environmentally friendly personal transportation plan.
Your dream home is located 12.5 km from your workplace, so you need to
determine how you are going to get to work from your new home.
Given our weather extremes in the Ottawa area, you will need to have both a warm weather plan and a cold weather plan.
In your warm weather submission you will need to address the following:
- Your chosen mode of transportation, may be more then one.
- Purchase prices of each item related to this mode. Be as detailed as possible.
3. Expected yearly cost of transportation: (Include fuel, maintenance, licences, fees etc).
4. List four reasons for choosing this mode of transport?
In your cold weather submission you will need to address the following:
- Your chosen mode of transportation, may be more then one.
- Purchase prices of each item related to this mode. Be as detailed as possible.
3. Expected yearly cost of transportation: (Include fuel, maintenance, licences, fees etc).
4. List four reasons for choosing this mode of transport?
Part Two:
- List three advantages and three disadvantages for both public and private modes of transportation.
- Identify three ways in which you can personally reduce your impact on the environment by changing your mode of transportation in some manner.
You are asked to be creative, succinct and complete.
Please use headings throughout your document to help identify your key concepts. References should be properly cited. Please create a title page as part of your report. For help and tips related to research, referencing and report writing please refer to http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/research/research.htm
You might like to explore Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/#research.
Assignment Three: Personal Transportation 15% | ||
Part One | W / S Mark | |
Viable Mode of transportation | / | 4 |
Complete and correct prices of items related to this mode? | / | 4 |
Reasonable estimates of expected yearly costs | / | 4 |
Sound reasons for choosing this mode of transport | 8 | |
Part Two | ||
Advantages and disadvantages | 6 | |
Personal plan to reduce impact | 2 | |
Overall Presentation (creativity, spelling, grammar, references properly cited using APA format) | 2 | |
TOTAL | 30 |