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Traffic moves way too fast for people on foot, people on bikes, for people on scooters to feel safe crossing Riverside Drive or actually even walking alongside, she said. It feels too much like an expressway on Riverside Drive.
To counter that, speed tables will be put in, speed humps will be put before and after the speed tables, pedestrian signals will be put at all the crossings, a lane of parallel parking will be added to the west of the south-bound lanes, and the speed tables will also serve as pedestrian islands. So essentially, you ve got this combination of design mechanisms that slow, that force traffic to slow down, Coletta said.
But first we re focusing on the race to vaccinate children as a path toward herd immunity.
As COVID-19 vaccinations progress, one key demographic remains largely unvaccinated: children. Globally, and in Memphis, kids make up about a quarter of the population, our Laura Testino and Corrine Kennedy report in this story.
Until that key population is inoculated, reaching herd immunity already a fluid and elusive target will be almost impossible, medical experts said. Getting safe and effective vaccines for younger age groups will be essential to ending the pandemic and returning to any sense of normal, they reported.
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After removal, communities must face the enormous challenge of remaking divisive public spaces into places that promote healing and reconciliation. We suggest that communities confronting these issues and seeking a way forward look at the recent experience in the city of Memphis.
As part of a national, multicity effort, a collaboration of public and non-profit partners in Memphis has transformed a six-city block area adjacent to downtown and the Mississippi River called the Fourth Bluff into a series of connected, vibrant and dynamic spaces that include a library, a trail and two parks. This transformation included changing the names of parks and the dramatic removal of Confederate monuments, but the work didn’t stop there.