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Recent mobility scaling research, using new data sources, often relies on aggregated data alone. Hence, these studies face difficulties characterizing the influence of factors such as transportation mode on mobility patterns. This paper…

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In recent years, cities have increasingly reduced speed limits from 50 km/h to 30 km/h to enhance road safety, reduce noise pollution, and promote sustainable modes of transportation. However, achieving compliance with these new limits…

The study of human mobility is crucial due to its impact on several aspects of our society, such as disease spreading, urban planning, well-being, pollution, and more. The proliferation of digital mobility data, such as phone records, GPS…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-02 Massimiliano Luca , Gianni Barlacchi , Bruno Lepri , Luca Pappalardo

Despite the long history of modelling human mobility, we continue to lack a highly accurate approach with low data requirements for predicting mobility patterns in cities. Here, we present a population-weighted opportunities model without…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-10-03 Xiao-Yong Yan , Chen Zhao , Ying Fan , Zengru Di , Wen-Xu Wang

Understanding how people move in the urban area is important for solving urbanization issues, such as traffic management, urban planning, epidemic control, and communication network improvement. Leveraging recent availability of large…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-05-27 Yuren Zhou , Billy Pik Lik Lau , Chau Yuen , Bige Tunçer , Erik Wilhelm

The massive digital footprints generated by bike-sharing systems in megacities like Shanghai offer a novel perspective on the urban socio-economic fabric. This study investigates whether these daily mobility patterns can quantitatively map…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-10-13 Yingche Liu , Mengyang Li

Walking and cycling are known to bring substantial health, environmental, and economic advantages. However, the development of evidence-based active transportation planning and policies has been impeded by significant data limitations, such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Meead Saberi , Tanapon Lilasathapornkit

Nowadays as the world population has become more interconnected and is relying on faster transportation methods, simplified connections and shorter commuting times, we witness a rapid increase in human mobility. In this situation unveiling…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Karim Keramat Jahromi

As cities struggle to adapt to more ``people-centered'' urbanism, transportation planning and engineering must innovate to expand the street network strategically in order to ensure efficiency but also to deter sprawl. Here, we conducted a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-11-16 Gabriel L. Maia , Caio Ponte , Carlos Caminha , Lara Furtado , Hygor P. M. Melo , Vasco Furtado

Understanding the drivers of urban mobility is vital for epidemiology, urban planning, and communication networks. Human movements have so far been studied by observing people's positions in a given space and time, though most recent models…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-02-21 Raja Jurdak

In face of the threat of a climate catastrophe and the resulting urgent need for decarbonization together with the widespread emergence of the sharing economy, shared pooled mobility has been suggested as an alternative to private vehicle…

Applications · Statistics 2023-08-31 Alexander Schmaus , Felix Creutzig , Nicolas Koch , Nora Molkenthin

Understanding the usage patterns for bike-sharing systems is essential in terms of supporting and enhancing operational planning for such schemes. Studies have demonstrated how factors such as weather conditions influence the number of…

Applications · Statistics 2023-10-24 Andreas Piter , Philipp Otto , Hamza Alkhatib

Crime has been previously explained by social characteristics of the residential population and, as stipulated by crime pattern theory, might also be linked to human movements of non-residential visitors. Yet a full empirical validation of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-04-20 Cristina Kadar , Stefan Feuerriegel , Anastasios Noulas , Cecilia Mascolo

Recent years have witnessed an explosion of extensive geolocated datasets related to human movement, enabling scientists to quantitatively study individual and collective mobility patterns, and to generate models that can capture and…

The Citi Bike deployment changes the landscape of urban mobility in New York City and provides an example of a scalable solution that many other large cities are already adopting around the world. Urban stakeholders who are considering a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-08-22 Stanislav Sobolevsky , Ekaterina Levitskaya , Henry Chan , Marc Postle , Constantine Kontokosta

The 15-minute city concept, which advocates for cities where essential services are accessible within a 15-minute walk or bike ride, has gained significant attention in recent years. However, despite being celebrated for promoting…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-29 Francesco Marzolla , Matteo Bruno , Hygor Piaget Monteiro Melo , Vittorio Loreto

Mobility is a fundamental feature of human life, and through it our interactions with the world and people around us generate complex and consequential social phenomena. Social segregation, one such process, is increasingly acknowledged as…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-05-23 Yitao Yang , Erjian Liu , Bin Jia , Ed Manley

Urban rail transit provides significant comprehensive benefits such as large traffic volume and high speed, serving as one of the most important components of urban traffic construction management and congestion solution. Using real…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-05 Yiming Hu , Yangchuan Huang , Shuying Liu , Yuanyang Qi , Danhui Bai

Individual-level human mobility prediction has emerged as a significant topic of research with applications in infectious disease monitoring, child, and elderly care. Existing studies predominantly focus on the microscopic aspects of human…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Yueyang Liu , Lance Kennedy , Ruochen Kong , Joon-Seok Kim , Andreas Züfle

Bicycle infrastructure networks must meet the needs of cyclists to position cycling as a viable transportation choice in cities. In particular, protected infrastructure should be planned cohesively for the whole city and spacious enough to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-02-06 Alessandro Lonardi , Michael Szell , Caterina De Bacco