City Pedestrians Are Moving Faster, New MIT Study Finds

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
New research shows pedestrian walking speed in Boston, New York,
and Philly increased by fifteen percent between nineteen eighty and
twenty ten. This is while the time we lingered in
public spaces decreased by fourteen percent. That's according to new
findings after video footage from that period was analyzed with AI.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Honestly, I have a special needs son. We don't really
go out much at all. So usually if I'm out,
I'm just going to a specific place and coming right back.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
They're reinviting the public spaces to be less inviting just
for you know, obviously like to make like business boom,
but it's not necessarily like spiking like personal interests, family interests.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
MIT researchers hope these findings lead to better designs and
redesigns of public spaces in downtown Boston. James Rojas WBZ
boston' SNOOS Radio