There is a considerable body of academic research as to how to most effectively integrate individuals moving at different speeds by providing “acceleration” and “deceleration” lanes, metering entry into the moving traffic etc. No reason we couldn’t adopt the same concepts into hakofos with perhaps a slow lane for the older members of the shul moving clockwise around the bimah/guy holding the sefer torah and counterclockwise for the more nimble daveners moving at a higher RPM. There could also be a rest area where truly ehrliche yidden can daven with real kavanah while standing still. Obviously, the biggest tzadikim (aka the guys with the loudest “UUMeeeins” who back into you when they complete their shmoneh esreh) may require a special hakofos area
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