Bayshore Trippinâ: Tampa promotes open streets with hippie theme
Mayor Jane Castor agrees to longstanding requests by transportation advocates to shut down Bayshore Boulevard to traffic on Saturday afternoon.
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Walkers, runners, and joggers make their way along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa. Mayor Jane Castor s administration has agreed to long-standing requests by bike and pedestrian advocates to close Bayshore Boulevard for four hours this Saturday for an Open Streets demonstration. [ CHRIS URSO | Times (2012) ]
The concept of Open Streets isnât cutting edge anymore.
Transportation advocates have been making presentations to city councils around Tampa Bay for years on the concept: shutting down major streets on a weekend day, then gradually expanding the street shutdowns to a regular weekly or monthly event.
Tampaâs University Mall COVID-19 vaccine site clogged by long lines, seniors turned away
Some seniors reported waiting hours in line at the state-supported vaccination site.
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Motorists wait in line to enter a COVID-19 vaccination site at the University Mall parking garage in Tampa on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The traffic was backed up for at least one mile onto Fowler Street. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
Updated Feb. 12
TAMPA â Confusion and long lines marred vaccinations Thursday at the state-supported site at University Mall, where people waited for hours and some seniors were turned away before they could get their second dose.
The line of idling cars stretched more than two miles at one point, the latest illustration of how Floridaâs vaccine rollout over the past two months has gone awry. The unprecedented logistical challenge to give Floridians access to the vaccines has continuously been hindered by unclear, contradictory or changing distribution