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Own_Potential8144 OP t1_j5uzb0o wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Richmond’s most dangerous intersections. Source: Axios by Own_Potential8144

Can we talk about how insane it is that there’s a crosswalk on a 95 on-ramp on Broad near MCV? I wonder how many med students have been plowed down there. Serious need for a pedestrian bridge there.

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3FoxInATrenchcoat t1_j5vb968 wrote

Oh ya know, they put a big mirror there so the pedestrians and cars can see each other so problem solved!

/s

And then on the other side of the coin it causes long backs down Broad and causes frustration, swerving in and out, and cutting off drivers ahead who are trying to slow down and stop to let pedestrians cross. VCU has plenty of fucking money they can and should build a pedestrian overpass or tunnel and work with the City and VDOT (who are literally across the street looking at this) on a viable solution…yesterday.

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Round_Calligrapher79 t1_j5yto50 wrote

What would be really awesome would be rebuilding the bridge that apparently used to exist on Marshall Street and making it for pedestrians and bikes only. Seems like a perfect solution, but it looks like that path has been obstructed by a building. Maybe that could still work out as a simple pedestrian bridge for people going to and from the MCV campus though, which does seem to be the origin of most of the foot traffic.

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