PATH+System+-+PACT+Analysis

People

 * Equal Gender
 * 25-50 years old
 * Middle-Upper Class
 * Most of the people who use it are familiar (Use it daily)
 * Business employees/Corporate Workers, Tourists, Travelers/commuters, Shoppers, retailers

Activities

 * Traveling (mostly centered around Union Station)
 * Shopping (Large concourse levels with shops scattered throughout)
 * Eating (mostly Lunch)
 * Gathering
 * socializing
 * Business Preparations

Context

 * Physical Context
 * Narrow Walkways with Large Gathering Hubs
 * Shops
 * Food courts
 * Banking
 * Businesses (financial district)
 * Social Context
 * Private in the sense that it's Underground and goes unnoticed
 * Public in the eyes of the people who use it
 * Public space for activities
 * Organizational context
 * each building has it's own signage/route paths (not all connected in a system)
 * Buildings are privately owned, therefore cater to their own needs

Technologies

 * Majority of users have cellphones, PDAs
 * Lot's of electronic signage and advertising
 * Screen Based information
 * payphones only in subways
 * ABMs
 * Lack of Input and Output

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