My school is one big safety hazard

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I go to a college that is basically situated on a giant hill, which is quite steep at some points.

I have a class on Thursday evenings, and it officially lasts until 9:15pm. However, my school's bus system, which takes students across campus, end for the evening at 8:25pm.

And parking is so scarce at my school, and the non-restricted parking spaces are almost always at capacity. So I ended up walking all the way across campus to my apartment. It takes 30 minutes to get across campus on foot (compared to less than 10 minutes to get across campus at my previous school).

And there are no sidewalks on the street I am on most of the time, and lighting is scarce. So I am, at times, walking on the curb of a street with very little lighting, no sidewalks, curves on a steep hill, and a guardrail is the only thing separating the curb from a deep drainage ditch. At one point, I fell into a 3 or 4-foot deep ditch. Miraculously, there was a point with a gentle slope where I could get out.

I did scrape my leg, and there is a huge scratch on my left leg, almost the whole length below my knee. But I feel it was a miracle that I wasn't more seriously injured on my walk home.

I am glad you made it back!

Sounds pretty crap and unsafe to me. With the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lessen pollution and get some physical exercise back into the daily lives of obesity-prone modern Western populations, it's somewhat absurd to make no provision to keep pedestrians safe.

Choosing the pedestrian option should be encouraged, but if that is too much to ask, it should at least be safe enough to not discourage (potential pedestrians).

I'm sorry about your leg, and I agree that the situation did have the scope for a much worse injury.

A lot of schools have chauffeur services for such services that they don't readily advertise. Typically they are used so woman don't have to walk across campus alone but guys can use the service just the same. You should contact public safety about it if you are concerned

I think the terrain may be a factor in why they are unable to make improvements.

Yikes, Tim!

Bring a flashlight (preferably a heavy one that you can hit someone with if you need to), and walk carefully! And don't carry a lot of money or other valuables with you to that class.

I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt.

A flashlight, of course!

Great idea CelticRose!

Wow, Tim, sounds like your life is turning into a South Park episode.

wow mm flash ligth...and maybe climbing harness and rope needed when walking in home

Maybe a scooter/moped, something small?
thinking about the parking-thing. Not very
safe in traffic but easy to handle and a time
saver

I found a bus route that runs until 11:00pm, so no more life-risking.

or a bicycle?

It's only 30 minutes. Just avoid the ditch from now on.

I didn't know the ditch was there. It was very hard to see at night, with no lighting.