2.4Theme 2: Shade dictates movement, not distance

Shade dictates movement, not distance

MORNING 10:00–12:00

EVENING 16:00–18:00

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

WHAT WE COUNTED

We counted 14 pedestrians in the morning, when 30% of the street was shaded, and 28 in the evening, when all of it was. In the morning 12 of the 14 walked in shade.

ACTIVITY COUNT

12

shade

Morning

10:00–12:00

Figure 2.4.2VPedestrians in shade and in the sun.

Shade on 30% of the street

Shade on 100% of the street

28

2

0

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 2 people.

OBSERVED COUNTS

Morning, 10:00–12:00

12

2

In shade (86%)

In the sun (14%)

Evening, 16:00–18:00

28

0

In shade (100%)

In the sun (0%)

WHAT IT MEANS

The idea holds, on small counts. With shade on less than a third of the street, 86% of walkers chose it.

In the evening everyone is in shade, so no choice can be seen, but twice as many people walk.