Why We Should Have No Bike Lanes On Campus

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

Different cultures and societies have their story of how the world began. These stories vary in the process, but they all share one common theme. All of the stories begin with nothing or chaos, that is until one being creates light, time, earth and its occupants. One common thing all myths share is the role and status of women and men. In the Greek myth women were less dominant, Hindu myth women are not even mentioned, and in Cherokee myth women are shown to be inferior.

The great debate on whether the death penalty is truly necessary in the United States is a great debate still today. This debate would have to supported by whether or not it deters crimes in the United States. The reason for this would be that if the death penalty truly did deter crime than it would greatly be necessary in the United States compared to if it did not deter crime or had little to no effect on the crime would result in the case that it would not be necessary. There were studies given by scientists such as White and other studies given by Robert Dann to determine whether or not capital punishment deterred crime. Just like White and Dann my method of purpose would be to study whether or not capital punishment deterred crime. The study I would use would be a qualitative study. The

In the face of a government rampant with injustices, Henry David Thoreau refused to support an unjust war and was forced into prison. Over one hundred years later, Martin Luther King Jr. rebelled against the very same government, which was now stripping African Americans of their rights, and was also thrown in jail. Both men learned immensely about themselves during this time in prison and were inspired to push harder against oppression. Although in drastically different situations, Thoreau and King implemented the same forms of protest and supported very similar ideas. Had Thoreau been alive during the Civil Rights Movement, he would have advised King on the importance of a moral law that is higher than civil government and that individuals must decide this moral law and work towards it.