Red Brick Road Research Paper

Unstable, red, bumpy brick roads causing student bikers and drivers daily mayhem as they can feel every pot hole and dip in the street. Not to mention the horrendous condition of the sidewalks as well. The students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln already have enough stress put on them to excel in classes, they should be given beautiful, safe, pot hole free sidewalks and streets to enjoy. One would think with the amount of tuition the students pay here, the university could at least provide decent travel paths. “It is time for a change”. (University of Nebraska student) Over the past couple weeks, I have conducted research and asked multiple sources about their thoughts on the sidewalk and street conditions we have here at the University of …show more content…
The red brick road leading up to Memorial Stadium was built in the early 1900s and since then has done nothing but erode, causing huge pot holes and cracks on both sides of the street. When I went for an analytical walk to investigate in detail the condition of not only the red brick roads, but also the sidewalks around the village and Abel/Sandoz residence halls, I discovered many problems lurking in the cement. First, concerning the red brick road, I noticed places all …show more content…
Before the interview, I was completing unaware of his situation when I asked him his opinion on the university’s sidewalks. “I cannot stand how beat up the sidewalks are here. I just started long boarding a little over a month ago before one of the huge cracks on the sidewalk right outside Abel residence hall shattered the wood holding my wheel into place, leaving me doing summersaults on the concrete.” When the interview was finished, I felt bad for the student because he had just spent $150 on a new longboard that because of the sidewalk condition, left him slowly walking like most students on