City observer

1. Choose a public place and a time

   A street, stop, market, park or crossing. Spend 15–30 minutes and note the date, time and weather.

2. Write what you can see, count or hear

   People waiting, vehicles, queues, water, shade, noise, barriers. Use numbers and durations where you can.

3. Keep three kinds of statements apart

   “I observed”, “I was told” and “I think”. Label each one so a reader can tell them apart.

4. Name what you could not see

   What happens at night, in other districts, or for people who were not there? Gaps are useful evidence.

5. Add a source if you read something

   A link, the date and the publisher. Do not rely on memory or on a screenshot without its origin.

Copy this into the feedback form. Only the first three lines are needed.

Place (district or public place, not a private address):
Date and time:
What I observed (counts, durations, what I saw or heard):
What I could not observe or do not know:
Source, if I read something (link and date):
My interpretation (my own view, labelled as such):
May this be published anonymously after review? yes / no

• Photograph or identify people, or write their names.
• Give the address of a private home; name the district or public place instead.
• Put yourself in danger or enter private or restricted areas.
• Use this form for emergencies. Contact local emergency services; the form is not monitored in real time.
• Send anything you cannot stand behind as your own observation.

Messages are read by the project operator. Nothing is published without review and without your yes. Published observations are anonymised and labelled as citizen observations, not verified findings.