Testing the hypothesis - part 2

To reiterate the topic, the opportunity I have decided to pursue is the development of a more reliable and attractive transnational railway system in the U.S. similar to what many other developed countries have.

There are a few groups of people that exist outside of the general need for my opportunity, and therefore would not find it necessary for this venture to come to fruition. The most explicit kind of person that I encountered while performing my interviews would be the two people I interviewed that simply are not interested in public transportation. Their preference of being in their own space in their own car far outweighs the potential benefits of having accessible public transportation, and the concept of cost differences are negligible to them. The second reason I encountered that would have someone exist outside the boundaries of my proposed opportunity involves those who do not travel frequently enough whatsoever to find a need for a transnational transit system. One of the people I interviewed is a UF student who also was born in raised with their family in Alachua county, thus the frequency in which they would need to travel long distances is very low. The fourth person I interviewed had a similar reason, but she lives in Tampa and is a mother of two. With her daughter at 3 and son only 1 year old, she doesn’t leave the city often and when she does it is only a short distance to Orlando to visit family. The last person I interviewed was an anomaly, but still relevant nonetheless. This person is an executive at a financial firm and in the past 4 years began using private airline travel for trips between cities. Since he has the financial ability to use this resource, and finds no faults with it, he doesn’t feel the need to have a different type of transnational travel.

Inside the boundary	Outside the boundary
Who: Adults (ages 18+) that travel	Who: Children, people wary of public transport, people satisfied with current means of travel
What: An affordable, accessible travel alternative	What: A method that is quicker than planes or more private than cars
Why: The saturation of cars in the U.S. has caused traffic to exceed infrastructure capacity, the country is large and hard to travel long distances either affordably or comfortably	Alternative explanation: the U.S. has been built around cars and their use is an integral part of the nation’s culture and operations