2. Those which try 10 deep 8 Theory of « Space on the bass of parcepion PYSCMORSGS 2ain(ei.cari) SHOULDER ATH o> f LATERAL PASSAGE © -Booy ELLIPSE Fo. HEsTRICTED tustration of Fruin’s “touch zone’ based on a “body ellipse” Buffer zone: fan a minor axis related to body depth and a major axis related fo shoulder breadth, allow- Jig queuing aree of 3 2g. f.0F 0.2989. m. per person. Below this boundary the frequency ‘of body contact between pedestrians is |. Figure B adapted from Fruin, Pe- Gestrian Planning and Design, 1971. Figure C ight). Mlustration of Fruin's “no to ing of 36 in., 91.4 cm. and a 7 sq. ft. oF 0.6 ‘fone,’” based on an expanded interperson zone are per person Fruin contends thet body contact can be avoided between 3 $a, ft. of 0.29 to 0.65 sa. m. per person. Figure A (left).