Question

A navigation app used by millions of people in a large city directs drivers through a residential neighborhood during morning rush hour when the nearby freeway is crowded. Residents complain about the extra traffic and the noise of loud car radios early in the morning. Using some of the ethical theories, analyze the ethics of allowing the app to route heavy traffic through residential neighborhoods. Independent of your views on whether this routing is ethical to suggest some solutions for the problems faced by the residents and the drivers.

Answer 1

Here we can see the negative externality of traffic. Becaus the residential neighborhood is facing difficulty due to the noise of car and radio etc. In this situation what they can do is they can impose some rates to move through the residential area. May be like toll. If the outside people want to go at the rush time they have to pay a toll or certai amount for travel trough the residential area. Because of this imposition of toll or payment, traffic may reduce in the residential area. If they are getting more amount through the toll they can make use of the further development of the residential area like modify the area and all.