Walking and Talking: The Effect of Smartphone Use and Group Conversation on Pedestrian Speed

Lexie Reynolds Walsh, Tingsen Xian, David Levinson () and Hema Rayaprolu
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David Levinson: TransportLab, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney

No 169, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: By testing the walking speed of groups of pedestrians and of phone users, followers of groups and of phone users, and of people uninfluenced by phone users and groups, from different sites it could been seen that groups of people and phone users, and often followers of phone users, walk significantly slower than people uninfluenced by phone. In a narrow path people in groups and phone users not only slow themselves down but also slow the people behind. The rise of the smartphone correlates with a reduction in walking speed.

Keywords: walking speed; pedestrian behaviour; phone use; distracted walking; group behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 L96 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in TeMA – Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. 12(3), 283-294.

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DOI: 10.6092/1970-9870/6088

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