03-09-2023, 01:32 PM
(03-09-2023, 11:39 AM)ZEBuilder Wrote: Charles drops down to 40 again at Stirling so in front of Cameron Heights it's 40. The amount of people jaywalking is really insane, it happens in front of KCI as well and it was only really a matter of time before a tragic situation like this occured. In Europe they have similar systems yet don't have the same problems so it seems like one of the strange North American problems.
Only a matter of time before the ION was involved, but it has already happened with cars. I went to CHCI before the ION existed and when Charles St was 4 lanes wide. When the school let out for lunch, hundreds of students would stream across Charles St with only about 5% using the signalized crossing directly out front. Many didn't care or notice if there was oncoming traffic, they would bully their way across with their numbers. As a result, students got hit many times while I went there.
I don't know if there are infrastructure changes that can accommodate the cavalier attitude of teenagers, but I can say that a huge number of students have no respect for the previous (and presumably current) infrastructure and rules of the road.