Why We Should Have No Bike Lanes On Campus

The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand

The wide use of transportation contributes to how society is increasingly turning away from walking. Since, the majority of people drive either their own cars or a form of public transportation regularly they have lost the sense of distance. People may never even know that the daily commute they may take to work is faster to walk to then it is to wait in traffic for. For example, recently my roommate invited me along so she should get a tattoo at a parlor in our hometown. We had to take a bus to get near to the location because it is a bit far away from UCR, but once we got off at a bus stop instead of walking the short distance that would take about 15 minutes we decided to call an Uber. We both haven’t been in our hometown in a while, so instead of enjoying it we decided to take a car. At my high school, students were allowed to drive themselves to the campus beginning junior year. I never got my license during high school, so I would either be picked up by one of my parents or a friend who drove to themselves to school would. However, whenever one of my parents would pick me up they would refuse to pick me up directly in front of the school because of the ridiculous amount of traffic. They had me walk a little over half a mile each day after school to the exact same spot. Even though, half a mile wasn’t a long walk I realized a difference between taking that small walk and being driven home by

Beyond the road reconstruction, in 2012, out of all traffic death, pedestrians accounted for 16.16% which is the 5th highest in the nation and 3rd highest in the child pedestrian fatality rate.3 This indicates that the state and city developers need to take in account more pedestrian and cycling safety measures in their city planning and

One of the few financial costs that commuters have to pay is gas money. A huge disadvantage to commuting is transportation. When one dorms, everything is located in walking distance. Plus, many college campuses have buses that transport you from one side of the campus to the other. Commuters, however, have to drive to school every day. This means they have to get up earlier to navigate through traffic every day. This puts them at risk of getting in a car accident or worse: being late to

In 2007, 32 students and teachers die after being held at gunpoint on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by a student, Seung Hui Cho, who attended the school later on dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In all 27 students and 5 faculty members died. I really think that guns shouldn't be allowed on college campuses at all because it will cause a distraction from the learning environment, would lead to an increased number of suicides by college students, a gun might go off by accident, most college students are too young to carry a concealed handgun license, and school shootings don't happen that often and college campuses are very safe so, therefore, there is no need to carry a concealed weapon on a campus.

As always, we have the crowded hallways, lines, and classrooms. More students mean more cars in the parking lot, which leaves most students late in the morning, and often upset when looking for parking. No one wants to spend all of their time searching for a parking spot!

While reading, “Nervous Nellies” and “Allowing Guns on Campus Will Prevent Shootings, Rape" I noticed that both writing had a very clear thesis statement. To me these writings appear that they used the same format. They both got their readers attention at the beginning of their writing. At the end of their paper they re-enforce their thesis statement by restating it. In essay, “Allowing Guns on Campus Will Prevent Shootings, Rape" the writer shows the other point of view to re-enforce her point of view. All the writings were very interesting to me, except for “How Many Zombies Do You Know?” I tried to focus on it and skim through it but I could not get motivated. That writing was a little more serious and had more examples and graphs to support

People need a way to make it to appointments and school as well (Castillo, 2013). When it comes to safety; Hispanic pedestrians suffer a higher death rate than anyone else. This could be because most families live without a car and walk to get from location to location. If there are other means for families to transport they spend 42% of their total income doing so (TLC, 2016).

Therefore while they are distracted and driving their focus must alternate between whatever other task is at hand and driving. This draws their attention away from the road, which can potentially lead to an accident. A crosswalk is generally designed to provide a safe path for pedestrians to cross by marking the designated path that people can cross and in which motorist should be able to see. “Should” is the keyword, because as the paint fades, chips, and wears from traffic; the path becomes harder for motorist to see. The consequence of this is a driver will be less aware that someone may step into the road trying to cross at these points. Laws and legislation are beginning to crack down on these drivers but the roads are still a dangerous place for a person to be.

New York City has always had issues with overpopulation and congestion. As of July 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau has estimated New York City’s population at 8,537,673. That's an increase of 362,500 residents (or 4.4 percent) over the April 2010 decennial census count of 8,175,133. The city has not witnessed such a robust pace of growth in over a half-century. And, as New York's population continues to upsurge, so does its problems with overcrowding and congestion.

Picture yourself having to sit next to someone for a whole class period without knowing that they actually have a gun inside their bag and can pull it out at any time they wish to do so. Guns have always been known as a weapon of violence: basically, all they’re really used for is to cause harm. Of course, it can make someone feel as if they’re safe from any type of harm but to anybody else it could cause fear. Campuses should make feel students feel safe, as if it was their own home, not fear. Allowing a weapon on college campuses can only cause great harm to others, emotionally and physically.

Yes. There are more and more clogging up our roads. Most are cycling for leisure and not transport. Cyclists on busy transport roads are slowing traffic and must be restricted to cycling paths off the main roads. It is dangerous to move around cyclists when double white lines are present and difficult to slow,down in time.

One thing I see that my community lacks is the disrespect of driver to a bike lane and the way they consider it as part of the street and when you are there they honk their horn on you telling you to get off the road when they are actually who are doing the wrong thing. They use their power against you because they got a life taker car and we got a small little bike that is power by your feet. It had happened to me a lot where I am one the bike lane cars just honk and then goes over the bike lane which is really unfair.

Watch Out! Did you see that car? Did that driver see you? We need a safe place to ride our bikes. This calls for a Neighborhood Bike Path.

The authors Elliot Fishman, Simon Washington, and Narelle Haworth looked for a solution to our sustainable transportation. Three of them are currently the professor in Queensland University, Australia. Dr. Elliot Fishman graduated from Queensland university on 2014 and he has been working on many publications and projects. Prof. Simon Washington graduated from UC Davis with civil engineering as his major degree. Throughout his career, he has already working in Arizona state university and UC Berkeley as a professor there. Prof. Narelle Haworth was graduated from Monash University where she has been focusing on many research about road safety for more than 25 years. The author’s main goal of this research is to prove that the bike share is actually