2.4Theme 2: Shade dictates movement, not distance

Shade dictates movement, not distance

MORNING 10:00–12:00

EVENING 16:00–18:00

Figure 2.4.1HWhere people walked, morning and evening. Schematic: each dot sits at random in its zone.

WHAT WE COUNTED

In the morning, with about 15% of the route shaded, 73 people (82%) walked in the sun and 16 in shade. In the evening, with 70 to 80% shaded, 291 (90%) walked in shade and 31 in the sun.

Shade on about 15% of the street

ACTIVITY COUNT

16

shade

Morning

10:00–12:00

Figure 2.4.2HPedestrians in shade and in the sun.

Shade on 70 to 80% of the street

291

73

31

sun

shade

sun

Evening

16:00–18:00

WHERE PEOPLE WALK (TOOLKIT 5)

Pedestrian in shade

Pedestrian in the sun

Shade on the street

Street in the sun

One dot is about 10 people.

OBSERVED COUNTS

Morning, 10:00–12:00

16

73

In shade (18%)

In the sun (82%)

Evening, 16:00–18:00

291

31

In shade (90%)

In the sun (10%)

WHAT IT MEANS

The idea holds most clearly here. The routes did not get shorter, so distance cannot explain the change. More shade also brings more people out: 322 in the evening against 89 in the morning.