Whereas, East Campus was designed for the automobile first. Now it's time to focus on the pedestrian. That will be remedied in a big way if the master plan for East Campus is implemented. Add a small coffee house and a pizza place, and East Campus will be the place. The more students that live on campus, the more they're tapped into the pulse of campus life.
Studies show that students who live on campus make better grades.
They also have less reliance on cars. The master plan calls for D.W. Brooks Drive to become a pedestrian mall up to Conner Hall. A pedestrian bridge would take you from the science complex area to the colonnade on the Student Learning Center. For example, Jackson Street is already being revamped from Broad Street to Baldwin with new sidewalks and bike lanes. We want to take down the chain link fence and make Reed Alley a great new space to congregate and socialize before football games.