"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.