Where is my car? Examining wayfinding behavior in a parking lot

Auteurs

  • Rodrigo Mora Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
  • José Manuel Allard
  • Carola Zurob

Mots-clés:

wayfinding, parking lot, inbound and outbound paths

Résumé

This article examines wayfinding behavior in an extended parking lot belonging to one of the largest shopping malls in Santiago, Chile.  About 500 people were followed while going to the mall and returning from it, and their trajectories were mapped and analyzed. The results indicate that inbound paths were, in average, 10% shorter that outbound paths, and that people stopped three times more frequently when leaving the mall than when accessing it. It is argued that these results are in line with previous research on the subject, which stress the importance of environmental information in shaping people`s behavior.

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2014-08-31

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