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Yes, let's make Carytown's pedestrian and cycling experience safer and enhance the visitor experience. But closing the area to traffic — given what Cary Street is and what's around it — seems like extreme medicine for a shopping, dining and entertainment district that the New York Times, less than a year ago, described as "bustling."

The idea is to close Carytown to vehicle traffic, theoretically making it safer and easier for pedestrians to enjoy. But some merchants and residents aren't so sure.

The deaths of two VCU students in one semester have left many Richmonders wondering what is being done about pedestrian safety in the city.

While the idea to make the retail corridor a pedestrian-only thoroughfare has been floated casually for years, it has gained some traction of late through an ongoing online survey conducted by the city.