My investigation

The following link is for a pdf that has a lot of information about pedestrian crossings in NZ. It includes information on signal phasing, waiting times and clearance times at intersections. It also details the actual laws to do with the green/red/red flashing man signals.

www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/research/reports/440/docs/440.pdf

It might sound a bit boring, but it provides a good framework for deciding what I should look at myself.

and on that note, here's what i've decided to do:

I shall look at 3 intersections on willis st, lampton quay and guhznee street. I've chosen these based on them being acknowledged in the previous news articles as being dangerous intersections, as well as the fact that they are intersections I travel through everyday, which makes them relevant to me.

I will record in 15 minute blocks the number of people who:
- cross legally when the green man is presented on the traffic lights
- cross illegally by either crossing when a non-flashing man is present, or by starting to cross after the red flashing man has begun (you're meant to only cross when it's flashing if you've already begun to cross because of the previous green man).

I will also record at each intersection the approximate waiting time between two green signals, and the clearance time for crossing once the green man has appeared.

I will do this across 4 different times of day, so that i have a good amount of data to compare and hopefully make an interesting visualisation about.

The times I am choosing are:

-between 8.30am and 9.30am
-between 12 and 1pm
-between 4pm and 5.30pm
-between 6.30pm and 7.30pm

I choose these times because I wanted to see if different times of day produce a different likeliness of people wanting to ignore the traffic signals (i.e being in a rush).

My hypothesis is that the most jwalking will occur between 8.30 and 9.30am, as people will be rushing to get to work on time.