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This study examines the behavioral and environmental implications of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems, focusing on autonomous bicycles and their integration with transit in the U.S. While prior research has addressed operational and…

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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 this paper, we present a three-step methodological framework, including location identification, bias modification, and out-of-sample validation, so as to promote human mobility analysis with social media data. More specifically, we…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Yilan Cui , Xing Xie , Yi Liu

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

As a newly-emerging travel mode in the era of mobile internet, ride-hailing that connects passengers with private-car drivers via an online platform has been very popular all over the world. Although it attracts much attention in both…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-04-13 Zhengbing He

Climate change mitigation in urban mobility requires policies reconfiguring urban form to increase accessibility and facilitate low-carbon modes of transport. However, current policy research has insufficiently assessed urban form effects…

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

Taxi services are an integral part of urban transport and are a major contributor to air pollution and traffic congestion, which adversely affect human life and health. Sharing taxi rides is one way to reduce the unfavorable effects of cab…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-09-15 Maximilian Kaufmann , Jan Nagler

This paper investigates the influencing factors in passengers' multimodal traffic choice behaviors and provides a decision-making basis and improvement strategies. By collecting large individual-level data through a comprehensive field…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-12-03 Xiaowei Li , Xiaojiao Hu , Junqing Tang , Wei Wang

Ridesplitting, which is a form of pooled ridesourcing service, has great potential to alleviate the negative impacts of ridesourcing on the environment. However, most existing studies only explored its theoretical environmental benefits…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Wenxiang Li , Yuanyuan Li , Ziyuan Pu , Long Cheng , Lei Wang , Linchuan Yang

Assessing the emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) operations is crucial for accelerating the carbon-neutral transition in the passenger car sector. This study is the first to adopt a bottom-up model to measure the real-world…

General Economics · Economics 2024-08-20 Yanqiao Deng , Minda Ma , Nan Zhou , Zhili Ma , Ran Yan , Xin Ma

In spring 2022, the German federal government agreed on a set of measures that aim at reducing households' financial burden resulting from a recent price increase, especially in energy and mobility. These measures include among others, a…

Tourism affects not only the tourism industry but also society and stakeholders such as the environment, local businesses, and residents. Tourism Recommender Systems (TRS) can be pivotal in promoting sustainable tourism by guiding travelers…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Ashmi Banerjee , Tunar Mahmudov , Emil Adler , Fitri Nur Aisyah , Wolfgang Wörndl

The article revisits spatial interaction and distance decay from the perspective of human mobility patterns and spatially-embedded networks based on an empirical data set. We extract nationwide inter-urban movements in China from a check-in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-04-01 Yu Liu , Zhengwei Sui , Chaogui Kang , Yong Gao

Climate change, which is now considered one of the biggest threats to humanity, is also the reason behind various other environmental concerns. Continued negligence might lead us to an irreparably damaged environment. After the partial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Karthik Ramakrishnan , Gokul P , Preet Batavia , Shreesh Tripathi

The development of public transportation networks and associated transit oriented development policies are efficient tools to mitigate urban sprawl and its negative environmental impacts, especially in terms of commuting emissions. We study…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-30 Juste Raimbault

Location Based Services (LBS) provide a new perspective for spatiotemporally analyzing dynamic urban systems. Research has investigated urban dynamics using GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPS (Global Positioning System), SNS…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-09-25 Ying Long , Jean-Claude Thill

Based on the panel data of 283 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2019, this paper measures the extent and mechanism of the impact of RMB real effective exchange rate fluctuations on carbon emission intensity. The results show…

General Economics · Economics 2023-05-03 Chen Fengxian , Lv Xiaoyao

Beijing Daxing International Airport has been promoted as a model of green infrastructure under China's ecological modernization agenda. Featuring energy-efficient design, renewable energy systems, and smart environmental controls, the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-08-27 Haorui Wang , Bo Zhao

From ride-hailing to car rentals, consumers are often presented with eco-friendly options. Beyond highlighting a "green" vehicle and CO2 emissions, CO2 equivalencies have been designed to provide understandable amounts; we ask which…

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