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Public Space and

Public Life on the


16th Street Mall

baseline
Sunday
pedestrian
counts are
rising

Tourist and locals are coming to the Mall in


greater numbers, another possible MITS ripple
effect

Baseline (typical) Sunday pedestrian


counts have increased from 2015 to 2016

2015

2016

1419

1795

pedestrians/hour
(Baseline Sunday 2015)

pedestrians/hour
(Baseline Sunday 2016)

+27
%

more pedestrians on
Sundays this Summer
That is an average of

376

extra people/hour

There are no more people staying on


Baseline Sundays in 2016 than in 2015

Baseline Sunday 2015


average of

Baseline Sunday 2016


average of

49 = 49
people staying at
any point in time

people staying at
any point in time

(10am-4pm)

(10am-4pm)

same amount of
people staying
despite the rise of
pedestrian counts

The lack of increase in staying activities, despite the


increase in pedestrians, reveal a need for more
invitations for people to stay (seating, activities, etc.)
and more space for pedestrians.

Stationary Activities Vary block to block


(baseline weekend averages - people staying per block per hour 10am-8pm)

categories
physical activity
cultural activity

69

commercial activity
playing
movable sitting
caf sitting
secondary sitting

50
46

bench sitting

48

waiting for transport

relative scale

standing

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38

39
34
26

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Place-mapping block to block


(faade high quality/spacing % of overall per block)

82
%
72
%
62%

relative scale

52%
41
%

39
%

21
%

4%

Gehl Making Cities for People

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People Stay by the Active Facades


high

high

relative scale

active
facade
s
people
staying
low

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Solicitation

(normal weekend averages - people/block)

2.5
2.3

relative scale

1.6
1.4

1.3
1.2

0.8

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0.8

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More Staying Activity Discourages Solicitors


high

relative scale

active
facades
low
low

Gehl Making Cities for People

people
staying

solicito
rs

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The right
elements
can
activate a
faade.

During MITS
the Welton to
Glenarm block
had more than
257 people
staying

The right
spaces
generate
activation
organically.

Next Steps
We are still
learning
from the
2016
findings.
Goal to
release
findings Q1
2017

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