Welcome to Blog Two
Sidewalks
While walking around the campus I found that most of the sidewalks around the campus are a perfect size and they are in good condition. However, when I got into the residential side of the campus there were some sides walks that were too wide almost two cars can fit in that sidewalk. I feel like that is not well use of the space because they could use that space to put more green spaces or they could have made the houses bigger. But other than that, all sidewalks were good.
Street width
All streets are the appropriate size and the traffic flow was not bad at all. There were max two-line roads or one-way street. This was the perfect size for the roads and if they added wider it will not make a difference instead it will create more problems and traffic because people will keep changing lines to go ahead. But, it will not just create more traffic.
Street safety
The roads were very safe for pedestrians to walk around and every street has safe crossing. Most people were following the safety rules and use waiting for the walking sign to show then they cross the road. There is nothing that needs to change for street safety it good the way it is.
Traffic flow
There was a mix of one-way and two-way roads. In the main streets lines like North High is a two-way road and street in the residential area like ninth Ave were one way. This is was perfect street division because int tow ways the street is a high traffic area so not many people are parking on the side while in one-way streets people are parked on both sides because traffic is not bad in that area. Also, they are using the space most effectively.
Setbacks
The setbacks of properties seemed appropriate. In the new residential buildings, there was not much space between them and there were not many commercial areas and in the housing areas there was little space between the house compared to the buildings
Building use
Most buildings around the campus make sense and I did not find any building which was which did not sync with other buildings around them. Most buildings are appropriate for the locations but one thing could change is that changes the house to a big building where more people can stay and the rent can go down too for the students.
Parking
Around the campus, there are lots of parking spaces that are available to the public and its configuration is appropriate and functional. However, all parking garages are expensive for students to park. Most students want to save money, so they park far so most to garages not even half full. If they drop the price, then it will be efficient
Accessibility
While walking around I found that a person with disabilities will have a hard time going around. Even though some places have ramps, but most places don’t and the road crossing is not safe for a person with disabilities because there is no sign says watch out for walking people. People just have to follow the signs and if a person in a wheelchair and a driver doesn’t see it the situation can get very ugly. So, there are lots of improvements needs around to provide full safety to people with disabilities
Green Space
Around the campus, there are lots of green space to hang out as a group or an individual to seat and do their work. So, most of the areas around the campus look very green and environment friendly. But when moving toward off-campus there is very little space between buildings and there are not many green spaces. Not having green spaces in those areas make looks less friendly to live.
