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I was going to do exactly that until Google maps said otherwise. Bon Air ends at Huguenot Rd, according to our Google overlords. Apparently it’s not even Stony Point, it’s “Huguenot” which I never considered it.

(Throws up hands) I just know it’s not Midlo, lol.

That’s a bummer.

Also, for future reference, there ain’t no Trader Joe’s in Midlothian, bub. It’s in Stony Point within city bounds.

Regardless of what happens, VCU needs to step up and engage with Richmond City to diligently work on this. I think a committee/task force made up of area residents and students should also be included to keep both governmental entities engaged and held accountable.

Using Cumberland is an interesting idea but that would likely just heavily jam up the stretch of Harrison between Cumberland and and Main, or Meadow between Parkwood and Main. It’s not an easy fix.

Here’s why: Parkwood (which Cumberland turns into west of Harrison) is single lane so people would default to heading to Main to either hit up any businesses on Main or as through traffic through the fan. The other option is to take Parkwood to Meadow. And anybody who uses Meadow regularly knows that turning left into Main can be impossible at times due to current traffic volumes and thus it would also jam up. If folks use Parkwood for through traffic, then the 4-way stop intersection at Randolph will likely become dangerous and they’ll need to install a raised crosswalk there to slow things down (only if less than 9,000 vehicles use that stretch) or they’ll need to put a light there. The alternative to taking Parkwood would be Main from Harrison, and you can go a lot faster on Main (which people undoubtedly do and will continue to do unless other traffic measures are implemented).

I’m also curious if Parkwood and Harrison can handle the trucks and increased car traffic that would be rerouted from Main. I think Parkwood could be a serious challenge due to the narrowness of the street, the bump out curbs at Harrison and Randolph, the curves after Fifth Baptist, and possibly the right turn onto Meadow. In fact, these factors are likely an issue for car traffic, as well. Parkwood was not engineered to handle a high volume of traffic and won’t be able to unless lots of changes are made. The side streets towards Cary and Main weren’t meant to handle a higher volume, either.

Edit: for clarity

The average weekday traffic on that stretch of Main is 17,000 vehicles, and it’s 35,000 on Cary (which is 10,000 more vehicles per day than 195 going east). Closing off Main to commuters and rerouting them via a two-way Cary would create a lot of problems. I agree something has to be done, but that is not the solution.

Richmond and VCU need to really work together on traffic measures to make it safer for students. I suggest that they communicate with other college towns that successfully make it safer to travel around their campuses and find what infrastructure and measures work best for the VCU area. I think they can learn a lot from those who have a good thing going for pedestrians and cyclists.

That makes makes more sense at face value than anything else I can come up with. The stolen car-joyride-dump scenario happens often enough, but why drown the car instead of abandoning it somewhere random? Is it just for kicks and/or to ruin any chance of finding evidence?

I really want to know HOW this happened according to bystanders and the person(s) operating the car/in possession of it. I’m curious about how people tell the story of such an incident to themselves and others regarding control (or lack of it), responsibility, and accountability/blame.

Good call. I just bought their three-pack deal after seeing that their prices are $4 lower per container compared to 4 months ago. Your comment lead me to check on their prices again, so thanks!

Edit: clarification

They inadvertently brought it on themselves, to some extent, and it is poetic justice. Huy Fong screwed over one of its most important pepper suppliers, Underwood Ranches, in 2017 by deciding not to use them out of the blue after about 30 years of partnering with them. So when you leave yourself without your most dependable supplier, then throw in how COVID affected pepper production and supply, and top it off with weather conditions affecting quality of the pepper supply, you get less sriracha.

I would suggest finding other sriracha or pepper sauces in the meantime. Underwood makes one but it is pricy.

You can read more here about the Huy Fong and Underwood legal battle here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/sriracha-maker-must-pay-23-million-to-pepper-farm-in-fraud-suit