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Park visits up, grocery store trips down -- Data from Google shows where people are going during COVID-19 pandemic
Read full article: Park visits up, grocery store trips down -- Data from Google shows where people are going during COVID-19 pandemicDETROIT – Google reports generated from tracking cell phone movement show where people have been during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a time where social distancing is crucial to stopping the spread of the virus, the reports offer insight into where people are going. It then compared trends over the past several weeks to that data. Fifty-five percent less people have been visiting transit stations, including bus and train stations, and 43 percent less people went to workplaces. According to the data, 15 percent more people are visiting parks, while residences increased by 12 percent.