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In everyday life, the process of commuting to work from home happens every now and then. And the research of commute characteristics is useful for urban function planning. For humans, the commute of an individual seems revealing no regular…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Hongyan Cui , Yuxiao Wu , Stanislav Sobolevskv , Shuai Xu , Carlo Ratti

Improving accessibility is one of the major issues in rural and suburban transportation. With the recent technological improvement of automated vehicles, it is expected that automated demand responsive transit and automated demand…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-04-17 Young-Jae Lee , Amirreza Nickkar , Mana Meskar

In transportation planning, Zero-Vehicle Households (ZVHs) are often treated as a uniform group with limited mobility options and assumed to rely heavily on walking or public transit. However, such assumptions overlook the diverse travel…

Understanding individual mobility behavior is critical for modeling urban transportation. It provides deeper insights on the generative mechanisms of human movements. Emerging data sources such as mobile phone call detail records, social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Jiechao Zhang , Samiul Hasan , Xuedong Yan , Xiaobing Liu

Modern transportation planning relies heavily on accurate predictions of person and vehicle trips. However, traditional planning models often fail to account for the intricacies and dynamics of travel behavior, leading to less-than-optimal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Kojo Adu-Gyamfi , Sharma Anuj

This study leverages mobile phone data to analyze human mobility patterns in developing countries, especially in comparison to more industrialized countries. Developing regions, such as the Ivory Coast, are marked by a number of factors…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-01-23 Alexander Amini , Kevin Kung , Chaogui Kang , Stanislav Sobolevsky , Carlo Ratti

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

We study the analysis of all the movements of the population on the basis of their mobility from one node to another, to observe, measure, and predict the impact of traffic according to this mobility. The frequency of congestion on roads…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-11-14 Henock M. Mboko , Mouhamadou A. M. T. Balde , Babacar M. Ndiaye

It is well-accepted that the ability to go from one place to another, or mobility, contributes significantly to one's wellbeing. The need for mobility is universal, but the demand for mobility shows a great variation on a country basis.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-08-05 Peetak Mitra , Suhrid Deshmukh

Understanding the variability of people's travel patterns is key to transport planning and policy-making. However, to what extent daily transit use displays geographic and temporal variabilities, and what are the contributing factors have…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Sui Tao , Francisco Rowe , Hongyu Shan

Remote work has expanded dramatically since 2020, upending longstanding travel patterns and behavior. More fundamentally, the flexibility for remote workers to choose when and where to work has created much stronger connections between…

Applications · Statistics 2023-03-14 Nicholas S. Caros , Xiaotong Guo , Yunhan Zheng , Jinhua Zhao

Children's travel behavior plays a critical role in shaping long-term mobility habits and public health outcomes. Despite growing global interest, little is known about the factors influencing travel mode choice of children for school…

General Economics · Economics 2025-04-15 Hannes Wallimann , Noah Balthasar

Access to reliable public transportation is essential for addressing socio-economic disparities, particularly in low-income communities that rely heavily on transit for accessing jobs, healthcare, and essential services. This study…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Sanaz Sadat Hosseini , Mona Azarbayjani , Jason Lawrence , Hamed Tabkhi

This paper introduces an agent-based simulation model aimed at understanding urban commuters mode choices and evaluating the impacts of transport policies to promote sustainable mobility. Crafted for developing countries, where utilitarian…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Kathleen Salazar-Serna , Lorena Cadavid , Carlos J. Franco

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between the built environment and travel in Austin, Texas, over a 20-year period. Using three waves of household travel surveys from 1997, 2006, and 2017, the research employs a repeated…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Niaz Mahmud Zafri , Ming Zhang

Bikes are among the healthiest, greenest, and most affordable means of transportation for a better future city, but mobility patterns of riders with different income were rarely studied due to limitations on collecting data. Newly emergent…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-06-11 Tianli Gao , Zikun Xu , Chenxin Liu , Yu Yang , Fan Shang , Ruiqi Li

Dockless bike-sharing (DBS) users often encounter difficulties in finding available bikes at their preferred times and locations. This study examines the determinants of the users' mode shifts in the context of bike absence, using survey…

Econometrics · Economics 2025-03-19 Hongjun Cui , Zhixiao Ren , Xinwei Ma , Minqing Zhu

Access and egress trips constitute a substantial part of a train trip in minds of travellers, often being the deciding factor whether to travel by train at all. Despite a host of studies analysing individual legs within a multimodal trip…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-03-20 Nejc Geržinič , Mark van Hagen , Hussein Al-Tamimi , Niels van Oort , Dorine Duives

The transport sector is witnessing unprecedented levels of disruption. Privately owned cars that operate on internal combustion engines have been the dominant modes of passenger transport for much of the last century. However, recent…

General Economics · Economics 2019-04-12 Akshay Vij

Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life. However, transportation planners often overlook transit investments in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-05-11 Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri , Steven Farber , Anna Kramer , Hadi Jahanshahi , Jeff Allen , Eda Beyazit