Discussion 2 October 15th

Last Thursday, we had second time discussion. The discussion team was my group.
Our discussion topic was about "No my own car day".

First, I explained the topic and a Korean example. The example that the Korean government held on "No my own car day" and got some effects. So, we proposed an idea that we try to have the campaign day all over the country once a week in Japan. This plan is that we can use all public transportation without charge on the campaign day. Our group discussed this idea and found our consensus.

First problem was about the point which is all over the country. Ms. Hirota said it is difficult for people so the government should start from all cities. Then, the government should extend to cuontries bit by bit. The reason why she proposed that she always goes to school by car because she lives in a country. So, we agreed to her idea.

Second problem was about the point which is a whole day and once a week. Mr. Shiraki said that all day and once a week is not good for people so the government should do it twice a month. His idea was good so we agreed with him.

Last problem was about the point which is twice a month. Ms. Yamada said that if we have the campaign day twice a month, it is not good for her businees. The reason why she thought, she is a public transportation worker. Therefore, Ms. Satou who is a city office worker said she could help them by gasoline tax. In additionally, Ms. Hirota gave a idea that people must pay only 100 yen for them. From these ideas, Ms. Yamada felt easy about the point of no charge.
However, Mr. Shiraki didn't satisfied because the idea doesn't think about businessmen like him. Therefore, we discuss and found an idea that if businessmen like Mr. Shiraki apply to the city office, they could use thier cars in spite of the campaign day.

Our discussion finished at this point so we asked audiences and requested some opinions. Then a few audiences gave us very good question. Unfortunately, the question was very difficult problem so our group couldn't solve it. Therefore, I thought that we should discuss too deep.

Discussion was so difficult because it was first time for me. However, I knew that we need to discuss about the topic in various aspects.