There are 4 article(s) tagged pedestrian activity:

• January 2020

  • Driver hits pedestrian in heavily marked crosswalk

    Video shows a Jeep motoring through the new Highland Strip crosswalk, and striking and hurling a schoolteacher through the air. Police did not charge the driver, raising questions about how serious the city takes pedestrian safety. 

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020

• November 2019

  • Planners, St. Jude compromise over Pinch building design

    Plans for a new St. Jude building with security fencing and a windowless, ground-floor wall ignited a planning board's concern that it would deaden street life in the resurgent Pinch District. But ALSAC/St. Jude officials won concessions, saying safety of its ill children is a priority.

    By Tom Bailey November 21, 2019

• April 2019

  • Beefed-up crosswalk taking shape at the Highland Strip

    Construction crews are building a substantial crosswalk where University of Memphis students cross a busy, five-lane street to reach the revived Highland Strip's popular hang-outs. 

    By Tom Bailey April 04, 2019

• September 2018

  • Downtown sensors keeping tabs on feet on the street

    More feet on the street has long been a mantra in the Downtown Memphis Commission’s effort to attract development and improve quality of life Downtown.

    By Wayne Risher September 28, 2018