Outdoor social distancing behaviors changed during a pandemic: A longitudinal analysis using street view imagery.

ABSTRACT: Social distancing, defined as maintaining a minimum interpersonal distance (often 6 ft or 1.83 m), is a non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce infectious disease transmission. While numerous quantitative studies have examined people's social distancing behaviors using mobile phone data, large-scale quantitative analyses of adherence to suggested minimum interpersonal distances are lacking. We analyzed pedestrians' social distancing behaviors of using 3 years of street view imagery collected in a metropolitan city (Seattle, WA, USA) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We employed computer vision techniques to locate pedestrians in images, and a geometry-based algorithm to estimate physical distance between them. Our results indicate that social distancing behaviors correlated with key factors

SUBMITTER: Martell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620612 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature