How I Do My Study
By now you might be aware of the fact that my ongoing street study looks at how people behave in streets during rush hour when not traveling inside a car. However, I haven't talked very much about the method behind it. Therefore I thought it was about time to do so, especially as I'm about to start my fourth one in Glasgow this week.
I have tried to write out what I do step by step and I hope it will make sense and be relatively interesting. So, here we go!
- Choose what street and what block on the street I like to go to. I have a few different "types" of streets that I try to find in each city. Ex. a street with plenty of residential buildings leading to major public transportation station.
- 08.00-08.30 observe and count the people and their behavior. More specifically these ones: people walking, people walking with headphones, phone, both, food, dog, or company, people biking, people exercising, people on a skateboard, people with a personal mobility device, and people who are sitting down.
- 08.30-09.00 count physical objects in the street. Ex. benches, trees traffic lights etc.
- 09.00-09.30 observe and count people.again
- 09.30-10.00 take pictures, write down general observations
- Go home and type up the data, count the percentages, analyze the map of the area and write out the general observations.
- Make some sort of conclusion and write a post for the blog
Below is a picture describing the data from Singapore and LA.
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