Safety measures must be employed

Dear Editor,
 
    I agree that the walk from the Irwin Street Parking Lot is not safe; the proposed improvements sound great. Streetlights would make everyone feel better about walking back to the dorms, but are still not enough. We need to add security call boxes to both sides of the street and ensure that the campus shuttles are getting back to the Irwin Street lot as quickly as possible, to prevent students from being in the parking lot alone for too long.
    As a reminder to the officers on duty in the lot, make sure you identify yourselves as an officer to the students you speak to.
    I also think that crosswalks would be a much-needed improvement for the walk to Irwin. As of right now, students have to judge the time it takes to run across the street taking into account the two lanes of speeding traffic and whatever cars are turning at the intersection with limited visibility!
    The problem is also compounded by students wearing dark clothing and crossing the street, anywhere late at night. A crosswalk would give students a safer path across the street and give drivers a heads up to watch out for students crossing the road.

Respectfully,
Christy Clark
Undeclared
Freshmen

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Oct 6 2006. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry