Analysing the influence of a farmers’ market on spatial behaviour in shared spaces

ABSTRACT

Temporary street activities influence pedestrian movement in public spaces, yet there is no evidence of their influence in shared space environments. Therefore, this paper presents a comparative analysis of the spatial behaviour of pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles in two different shared space schemes in Germany. Their trajectories were extracted from video recordings to evaluate the use of space and speed. The results indicate that a farmers’ market could be considered an influential factor in extending pedestrian movement in the circulation zone and potentially increasing their dominance in the shared space while reducing the speed of all road users.

KEYWORDS:

• Temporary market
• urban street
• movement patterns
• speed distribution

Acknowledgments

The authors cordially thank the municipalities of Schönebeck (Elbe) and Königslutter am Elm for collaborating with the video recordings, Dr.-Ing. Stephan Hoffmann for preparing the legal formalities and contacting the municipalities, Aleksandar Trifunović for the helpful advice and support on data collection and processing, and Riklas Häbel for helping during the video recordings.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (57450037) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).