A city’s network of pavements, paths and roads, designed to support its inhabitants in their daily activities, is central to urban communities. To make such a network functional, the needs of pedestrians, cyclists as well as automobiles have to be adequately accounted for. Indeed, urban traffic network functionality is critical to the community’s economy and the social, physical and mental well-being of its users alike.

In many cases, public places are unavoidably shared between the different moving entities (e.g. pedestrians and cyclists). While sharing is highly beneficial at times, it can be problematic and dangerous at others; a factor as yet difficult to predict. Communities often report `spots of danger’, where sharing spaces results in increased risk, stress, and anxiety for the more vulnerable users with a range of negative consequences. This project will investigate how space is shared between mobile entities within Bristol, identify examples of shared spaces perceived as good or bad, and explore what kind of monitoring could provide a better understanding of opportunities and risks in these spaces.