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cameronmc3 t1_je5u79q wrote
Reply to comment by turnipmeatloaf in Has there ever been anything less effective than these Stop for Pedestrian signs on Cary Street? by Dog_Dad_1989
You should check out Strong Towns.
cameronmc3 t1_je5u5xz wrote
Reply to comment by Grouchy-Macaroon-761 in Has there ever been anything less effective than these Stop for Pedestrian signs on Cary Street? by Dog_Dad_1989
Love seeing more people become aware that better cities are possible.
cameronmc3 t1_je5u3xh wrote
Reply to Has there ever been anything less effective than these Stop for Pedestrian signs on Cary Street? by Dog_Dad_1989
Raise the crosswalk, add bump outs to the corners and “daylight” the cross walk. The point of Cary street is to create a pleasant area, not just move through traffic.
cameronmc3 t1_jdu1uml wrote
Reply to Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06
To be honest here, the owner of the property unfortunately has every imaginable right to remove your metal box from their dumbass parking lot. Tow truck drivers suck, only when they tow your car though. I don’t know of any widespread evil phenomenon that occurs in the car-towing industry, however I don’t know much about the industry in general.
I do know that my car *almost got towed when I parked my car in a private gravel parking lot after a night out. I was DD. When we returned to my car, sure enough, my car was meeting its fate of being hauled away behind a $180 paywall. Thankfully, I guess because of Virginia towing laws (which I heard about in this thread) he dropped it for $30, and i was able to take my friends home safely. I really hope to live in a future Richmond that maybe has better public transit, and walkable areas that make situations like this mostly disappear. I should not have to own and pay for and maintain an expensive ass automobile, and I can’t wait to move so I can sell my car and not worry about being a part-time caretaker 24/7.
Issues with car dependency are everywhere unfortunately, and it makes me upset to see it cause so much damage
cameronmc3 t1_jdu0mbk wrote
Reply to comment by Remerez in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06
Why must you own a car in college?
cameronmc3 t1_je5vht0 wrote
Reply to comment by turnipmeatloaf in Has there ever been anything less effective than these Stop for Pedestrian signs on Cary Street? by Dog_Dad_1989
It’s super cool stuff. They just did a crash analysis webinar of a recent fatal incident near Monroe Park. I posted it in r/vcu. They review a lot of relevant surrounding issues in Richmond’s transportation system, and obviously pick apart the car-centric design of the streets that surround the park.