And I would love for the city to implement more of those calming measures as well! Go team.

I am aware. Civil engineer here, though not specifically traffic engineer. It has to be a twofold approach. Bumpouts and striping aren't enough to counteract asshole drivers. There are bumpouts and crosswalks along Main and people joked about the signage getting run over. We need cops to do their jobs too. Why even have a hands free rule for example of no one is ever ticketed for being on their phones? When that was rolled out in CT 10 years ago people were getting pulled over all the time.

Either cops do their jobs or we get just a traffic enforcement entity that isn't armed and dangerous. But people on their own won't do the right thing. We have narrow streets with parking on both sides and stop signs and people are still booking it. People driving through stop lights. Not stopping at even well marked crosswalks. Because they know there is no repercussions to those actions.

Doesn't matter if the roads are 12 feet wide and painted hot pink, if you dont have cops or some other form of traffic enforcement actually calling drivers out and fining them then people will drive how they want.

Just part of city life. It's not every night. The Altria shows are a big part of why folks visit the city and spend money. If they didn't park in a garage, they'd be taking up street spots and that would be more inconvenient for residents.

I'm sorry that city amenities for residents cause inconvenience. Perhaps a rural campus would be a better option.

I can't imagine doing that. I would change my mind every 10 minutes and then even after it was built would say "should we have.....?" Kudos to you taking it on!

Not saying it would end Richmond. Just trying to evaluate the pros and cons and repercussions.

Not every driver on Main/Cary is using them to get end to end though. Lots of businesses that are patronized and get deliveries. I usually opt for the highway to go farther even if it means tolls but I know that dissaudes some drivers.

The response I got about traffic volumes was that Cumberland could be used instead. Granted this discourse is limited to r/VCU and Twitter so this is likely not a majority opinion. Just like the tweet that blamed traffic engineers for making it possible for people to drive fast and distracted.

I do recognize that as a car driver, we automatically default to inconveniencing autos least. In a perfect world we'd all be biking. I know I'm terrified of riding a bike though, but might do it in a place where bikes and peds were favored over cars.

Some students want Main to be closed to traffic during the day. Not sure how that impacts delivery drivers, commuters and access to Altria. Could make sense if we made Cary two way which may reduce speeding there. Two birds kind of thing. I expect the City won't do anything and cops will continue to ignore speeders and people on phones.

I've tried so hard to get into soccer and just can't do it. I understand why others love it but just doesn't click for me.

The last season of Shameless they do just that. Lifting kegs in the back room of the bar.

As a Seahawks fan I am now a temporary Eagles fan. Always BirdTeam.

Yeah I realized after I hit send that that was a silly thought lol. US advertisements would take over.

Baseball never ends. At least football teams don't play the same opponents for weeks and their games are shorter. I just wish we all watched rubgy. It's so high energy and no stopping for ads.

This is why I don't want anything harder than beer in the house and will focus on getting just one nice mixed drink and hydrating more when going out.

Same. I don't think I should be dry forever though because it will not ultimately bring me happiness. Putting another boundary on myself has made me even more antisocial, bitter at my spouse and missing out on a huge section of Richmond entertainment.

Taking an appliance to the dump. It will be the first time leaving the house all week. Woot! Edit: the awesome lady at the transfer station told us to go down the street and get money for it. 19 bucks and a scratch ticket for our junk metal!

I think it was with Harambe. All downhill from there.

I've been seeing some cherry/plum blossoms around as well.

Yeah I've taken a few photos of snow covered daffodils and I'm seeing the stems/leaves sprouting up around the neighborhood.

And you can't see around them when they're parked and they always pull up past the stop bar at intersections forcing a no turn on red. "But I need this to haul a couch once every 10 years" or "I like sitting up high so I can see around me." Yeah fucker, and then you make it impossible for people in normal sized cars to see anything.

I make a point to look for people and bikes. Even on Main and Cary I look the opposite direction to look up the sidewalk before pulling up to block a crossing to turn or cross.

This happened on our trip to Ireland. Double DST. I was getting up at 5am for months. Also fucked with our connecting flight and had to wait another 3 hours for a different airline because their computer systems didnt reflect the time change to show that we could have made the earlier one.