An Atlas of Public Life in Downtown Saskatoon

Saskatoon just got to know itself real well. A new report on the Canadian city intimately profiles the downtown, its assets, its problems and the ways that people use and move through the area. It’s being called the "downtown atlas," and it’s phase one of a plan to rethink the city center.

The report [pdf] provides a detailed and data-rich look at the city’s downtown. Included are tidbits like this - there are 2,600 residents downtown, but only 25 of them are children. The city center has fewer people per square kilometer than another other downtown in Canada. The city's downtown sees about 4,000 less pedestrians per day in the winter compared to the summer.