FromTheIsle t1_j6hu3bi wrote on January 30, 2023 at 1:03 PM

Reply to comment by DickThunder420 in Student death sparks conversation on pedestrian safety at VCU by CrassostreaVirginica

This city used to be more dense than it is now. VCU isn't the problem. Forcing cars into cities and putting them on literally every road with little to no protected routes for pedestrians and bikes is a problem. There isn't too many people here, there's too many cars.

DickThunder420 t1_j6koc7r wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Here's a student quote from a recent local news article; "You have to go at the same time, and when it's class change time and there's 200 people walking down the street, people get impatient," he said.
Sounds like too many people to me.
And another; “Some of the time, the cars be driving by too fast,"
Sounds like a lack of intelligence...this from a college student.
Also, it would not surprise me if both the driver and the ped were on their phones.
The driver has not been charged, fyi.