desire line

desire line
A path that pedestrians take informally, rather than taking a sidewalk or set route; e.g. a well-worn ribbon of dirt that one sees cutting across a patch of grass, or paths in the snow.

Study participants also drew charts of pedestrian traffic to take note of what are delightfully termed "desire lines"- paths actually made by walkers as opposed to those created on the drawing board.


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