Local Governments Are Stupid.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
10/19/2014 at 11:52 • Filed to: None

Behind our campus we have about a mile of off campus apartments. Somewhere between 4-5 thousand students live there, including myself. Its a two lane road with a speed limit of around 50 or 55. Since the start of the school year alone 3 people have been hit by cars and there is a petition going around advocating for the installation of sidewalks. The county released a response a few days ago for the proposed solution. Taking the two lane road and turning it into a boulevard with a median and then putting in sidewalks. Proposed start date is 2016 at the earliest. 1st this needs more immediate action than 2016 three hit pedestrians in a single stretch of road in 2 months is a lot. Second, I'm not sure making the road bigger is really a smart move, but thats just me.

DISCUSSION (14)

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 11:54

Spoiler alert: all governments are stupid.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 11:56

No pavement and a 55 speed limit where that many people live? At the very least they can drop the limit to 30ish mph until they get started on construction.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/19/2014 at 11:59

Police presence is minimal at best, unless its Friday or Saturday night. So people generally are going upwards of 70 or more, a speed limit change sadly wouldn't help very much.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:01

I dont know if you have speed cameras in the US? That would do the job. As much as I hate speed cameras they do work in situations like that.

thebigbossyboss > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:03

On the one hand that sucks.

On the one hand that sucks. On the otherhand there was a guy who ran across a highway here and got hit by a car. Then the government rushed forward the this happened. It was disaster. 3 years late, way over budget.

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > thebigbossyboss
10/19/2014 at 12:06

I'm not interested in anything over dramatic like that, just the building of a simple sidewalk. I'd like to say thats to simple to fuck up, but I'll bite my tongue for fear of being wrong.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/19/2014 at 12:07

Speed cameras are rare. At best there are red light cameras. No way the state would allow them, civil liberties and muh freedom etc.

thebigbossyboss > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:10

Never underestimate the governments ability to mess up. Local government especially. We have municipal elections soon. I looked at all the candidates in my ward, I don't like any.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > thebigbossyboss
10/19/2014 at 12:11

Yeah, the local government hates the school as well. So you can never be too sure about how things are gonna go.

ACESandEIGHTS > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:16

This has got to be the US, right? Why in the fuck is everything a 2 or 4 lane highway here? Sidewalks are rare but that's not the point really. We really need to slow our roads down, make stuff more pedestrian friendly.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:16

That's a shame, they're pretty good for built up areas, just a complete pain on motorways and such.

Bad Idea Hat > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:52

Maxyenko, comments?

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/19/2014 at 12:54

Usually they're in big cities like L.A. and NY.

Svend > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/19/2014 at 12:57

A two lane highway with no sidewalk for the large number of pedestrians?

How long as this road been like this because that is crazy.

There should be a sidewalk with a one metre gap between the sidewalk edge and the kerb side of the road.