Adams Morgan

On 18^th St. in Adams Morgan at about 11:30am on a Sunday, over the course of fifteen minutes thirty-eight people were observed using cellphones. Of these, twenty-seven were speaking and eleven were looking at the screen (presumably text messaging or looking up a number). Five of these people appeared to be walking with one or more other people, and the rest were obviously alone. Twenty-three kept their eyes fixed on the ground, while fifteen looked forward. None acknowledged any other person on the street. The majority of cellphone users actually talking on them seemed to walk faster than the flow of pedestrian traffic, while those that were looking at their screens walked slower.