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Abstract editorial illustration accompanying the article: Foot traffic in Fukuoka shifts with weather and COVID rules, study finds

Foot traffic in Fukuoka shifts with weather and COVID rules, study finds

A study using computer vision to track pedestrians in a busy shopping district in Fukuoka, Japan, found that walking speed changes with both temperature and COVID emergency restrictions. The effects varied by time of day and by why people were walking, with night-time pedestrians showing more varied responses and a younger nighttime population during emergency periods.

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