The assignment on page 351 says that we have to come up with a complaint and propose a solution for it. Well there are a few things that bother me about the UNCW campus, but there is one that just gets on my nerves! I have a major problem with the traffic on Chancellors Walk.
Our campus is really pretty and I do think it is organized in an easy way to get around. However, during the day it is so busy on Chancellors Walk. People are constantly walking up and down at different paces and many are not paying attention to anyone. The problem with this is the fact that there are not only people walking, there are people rollerblading, riding a bike, riding a scooter, and also people skateboarding. This definitely causes some congestion on the sidewalk. There needs to be separate sidewalks for people to get around. This is a problem because people get held up when there is no way to get around and people get ran into. If there were separate sidewalks or paths for bikers, skateboarders, walkers, and roller skaters then there would not be as many accidents or “traffic jams.”
At my old high school we had to walk down the hallways in a one way direction. I think this would be a great idea on the sidewalk as well. I think if you kept people walking either to the left or to the right, then you wouldn’t have people running into each other.
I also feel as if it is hard for people to realize when someone on wheels is coming up from behind, and what if you have to turn to the left or to the right and someone crashes into you and you get hurt? I honestly do not want this to happen to me, but I am sure it has already happened to several people.
If we had separate lanes, then people would not have to worry about moving to the side to let someone by, or having to walk in the grass because someone does not want to move out of the way. The other day I was walking straight ahead paying attention and someone on a bike is coming straight at me. I think that they are going to move over, since they are on the bike, NO! I jump to the left to keep them from hitting me and then they reply sorry. This makes me angry!
If you are riding on wheels, I feel as if you should be more respectful to the people on the sidewalk, because we are the ones who have to step in the wet or muddy grass and get our shoes dirty, while the people on wheels do not.
If there were designated lanes, these problems would probably not occur.
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