Sidewalks give citizens the option to safely walk to nearby establishments. This is a major issue in the city of Clarksville, Tennessee as most of the major roadways do not have sidewalks for pedestrians to use. As a result, pedestrians put themselves at risk to being involved in a roadway collision. A lack of sidewalks in heavily populated areas also decreases people’s ability to walk as a recreational activity or as an alternative to driving. Mark Jones said it best in his article in the Knoxville News Sentinel, “Sidewalks are a community investment that will enhance our neighborhoods and serve our citizens for years to come.” (Jones, 2008) Therefore, there needs to be more sidewalks built on major roadways in Clarksville, TN in order …show more content…
Trying to get to the appropriate bus stop along Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville, TN can be a scary task. It can be likened to a game of Frogger if you are trying to get to the bus stop along the Southern route, as in order to get to these stops, a pedestrian has to cross six lanes of a very busy road to get there, with hardly a crosswalk in sight. Even if you are fortunate enough not to need to cross the busy roads, even walking alongside without sidewalks it feels like a gamble. According to the Federal Highway Administration, crashes involving pedestrians along roadways could be prevented by having sidewalks as much as 88 percent (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2010). This data not only makes the need for sidewalks blatantly obvious but also sets precedence of why it should be a priority for the community. This also increases safety from a driver’s perspective, as giving people the ability to travel by sidewalk frees up space on the …show more content…
Repairing damaged roadways or improving current city streets, while important, should not be made a priority over the citizens that are unable to travel by automobile. These citizens, which make up a large portion of the population, which has been estimated to be up to 37% in some states, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2010). Not providing these groups with a mode of transportation to get to nearby schools, businesses, or other locations diminishes the ability to serve the community as a whole. As long as the city makes public its intentions, the surrounding citizens should get behind it. If this were not to happen then it is possible that taxpayer funds could be wasted. This is what happened in DeKalb County, Georgia, where a sidewalk being built did not have the support from members of the community and became known as the “Sidewalk to Nowhere” (Torpy,2015). Putting a cost on the safety of a pedestrian’s life is unmeasurable and can only be quantified by those that would oppose a safer transportation system for many citizens in the Clarksville
Parking on Campus is a Pain New students entering Concordia College are not permitted to have a car on campus. With each new freshman class entering every year, parking represents an issue. Concordia is as of now constrained in its parking on campus and since first year students are not permitted to have cars, the students are confronted with the problem of having no place to park or parking very a long way from their goal. There are parking issues everywhere throughout the campus, making backups in residence hall and other lots, bringing about students parking illegally to avoid from walking far distances, which can be very aggravating in the bitter cold. Parking nearer appears like the reasonable thing to do, however it is a hazard, which
Sidewalks are different shapes and sizes, people tend to make their own decisions to which way they would want to go. Going through the motions on a sidewalk is similar as going through the motions of life. There are many turns that could get you to your final destination and turns that can also get you into places you would not feel so comfortable being. Staying on the right path and trying to get to where you need to go isn’t so hard but when you have other sidewalks with nice grass and big beautiful street lights that can be a very big distraction to the eye and that could cause problems in your life. Nice sidewalks sometimes don't always tend to continue a nice path so they can be very believing at first but when you make it to the end
Gentrification is described as the renovation of certain neighborhoods in order to accommodate to young workers and the middle-class. For an area to be considered gentrified, a neighborhood must meet a certain median home value and hold a percentage of adults earning Bachelor’s degree. Philadelphia’s gentrification rate is among the top in the nation; different neighborhoods have pushed for gentrification and have seen immense changes as a result. However, deciding on whether or not gentrification is a beneficial process can become complicated. Various groups of people believe that cities should implementing policy on advancing gentrification, and others believe that this process shouldn’t executed. Both sides are impacted by the decision to progress gentrification; it is unclear of the true implications of completely renovating impoverished urban areas; gentrification surely doesn’t solve all of a community’s issues. I personally believe that gentrification is not necessarily a good or bad process; gentrification should occur as a natural progression of innovative economies and novel lifestyles collide within certain areas. Policy involving gentrification should not support the removal of people out of their neighborhood for the sake of advancement.
Ga. 400 made dreams come true for people who moved from 85 north to the city for approximately a decade. Nowadays Ga. 400 has become the metro Atlanta main street facing major traffic jams at peak times. As Baxter Davis said to the Creative Loafing periodic " traffic controls my lifestyle, I have to get up at 6:30 am to get my office in Buckhead at 9:00 am, or I have to wait until 9:00 am to leave home; and if it rains it takes me two hours to get home." Traffic problems as this clear example reflects, involve not only wasting time and rearranging schedules, but they also involve people getting upset and frustrated. Another problem that the traffic brings with it is pollution. When the great number of cars comes to ground-level ozone pollution, the city is one of the countries worst offenders.
Central Park was one of those best outdoor venues for huge concerts. But not only that, it is even one of the venue for the largest concerts ever in terms of estimated attendance. That seems quite a feat but the huge space that the park offers was able to accommodate around 980,000 attendees during Garth Brooks’ concert in 1997.
...believe that the state should consider putting more money into repairing roads, both gravel and highway, so they are useable. Many of the people who do not live in town and use the gravel roads everyday could benefit tremendously from this.
Homelessness is a condition of people without a regular residence. People who are homeless are usually unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing. Homeless people constitute a demographically diverse population, and the situation is a critical problem in United States. The homeless are known as “the wondering poor”, “sturdy beggars”, and “vagrants”. This condition often occurs due to poverty, but this is only one of many reasons a person can be homeless. In addition to poverty, homelessness occurs as a result of drugs, mental illness, disasters such as hurricanes, or even domestic abuse. It is not a criminal activity.
Imagine dedicating your life to a university not only on the academic level, but also the athletic level. With a full scholarship your time is dedicated to getting to class on time, finishing assignments, and making it to mandatory practices while also maintaining a strict workout schedule. With your day pretty much full of responsibilities, you do not have the time for a job to pay for anything that you may need outside of tuition, books, and housing. If your car breaks down or you run out of gas you have to pay for that out of your own pocket which is fairly difficult when you do not have an income to cover the costs and if you accept money or free services from any businesses, you could lose you eligibility as a NCAA athlete and lose your
Over the years, the cost of college tuition has been one of the central issues limiting students, like me, from obtaining the best education that one could receive. Usually, this results in students settling for a school nearby rather than being able to have the choice to go to the best one in which they were accepted into, due to such skyrocket prices. Much of this problem or concern has to do with out-of-state tuition being much higher than in-state tuition, sometimes almost doubling the price of in-state tuition! Therefore, students are more pressured to remain in state rather than go to out-of-state schools that may offer a better education.
Since the dawn of mankind, humans have always held an instinctual desire to travel. There is a route to any destination, and in this day and age, these routes are much faster due to the implementation of interstate systems. These long, straight highway roads provide America’s citizens a place to drive their cars at higher speeds, thus allowing us to reach our destination much faster than taking standard roads. When Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, he set into motion one of the largest construction projects in U.S. history, and introduced an invention that would completely change America’s system of travel for decades to come.
of pedestrians and no cars. This is a feature of the CBD as it would
By having pedestrian road we can help people reach their place fast and also can reduce accident involve walkers. Statistic from www.jkjr.gov.my page latest update 4 December 2017, rank third highest is pedestrian fatalities. This is why pedestrian road is need to be design in this country. We need to alarm the driver that there is people in front them want to crossing
In the front of the building, the sidewalk was well maintained. The ramp (gentle inline in the sidewalk), was just redone with new cement. This shows me that the funeral home owners are interested in making the building more accessible. However, much more should be done to make it more accessible.
Often there are so many people on the sidewalks you have to walk in the street. People
It properly prices the roads in which supply will equal the demand. In addition, it generates revenue for the local government, which can mitigate the costs in maintaining the roads and infrastructure. References Arnott, Richard, Tilmann Rave and Ronnie Schob, Alleviating Urban Traffic Congestion, The MIT Press, 2005. O’Sullivan, Arthur, Urban Economics, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007.