Measuring individuals' travel behaviour by use of a GPS-based smartphone application in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Joseph, Lucy; Neven, An; Martens, Karel; Kweka, Opportuna; Wets, Geert; Janssens, Davy

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102477

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“…Thus, the vital role of IPT modes in supporting livelihood activities and reducing the risk of exclusion for residents of these neighborhoods should not be underestimated. This is also in line with the literature (2,(50)(51)(52).…”

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Activity Participation and Perceptions on Informal Public Transport and Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam

Joseph

Neven

Martens

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Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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This paper seeks to understand participation in out-of-home activities by inhabitants in Dar es Salaam, and their perceptions toward informal public transport (IPT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) in supporting these activities. Without fixed schedules, IPT (e.g., minibuses, motorcycles, and tricycles) is used as a means of transport for different trips. However, IPT is burdened by poor roads, traffic congestion, and high transport demand. Many developing cities are seeking to replace IPT with formal BRT lines. However, little is known in relation to the ability of IPT and BRT to support out-of-home activity participation of the inhabitants. This paper reports on a study in Dar es Salaam exploring the relative contribution of each type of service. The study took place before the opening of BRT, and encompasses focus group discussions, participatory geographical information systems, and questionnaires carried out in two study zones: one close to a BRT corridor and the other in a peri-urban location. The findings show that IPT was used to support participation in daily activities like work, education, shopping, and social matters; and was perceived to be flexible in providing access to both high and low density unplanned settlements. The BRT was viewed to benefit specific groups of people, especially individuals working in permanent offices in and around the city center, particularly professional workers. This paper sheds light on how the two systems were perceived by the local people and can inform policy makers about possible improvements in public transport systems to support activity participation of their inhabitants.

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confidence: 93%

Activity Participation and Perceptions on Informal Public Transport and Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam

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Neven

Martens

et al. 2020

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“…Such limitations can be minimized by using other tools to collect data regularly, such as the information from surveys [3], transportation ticketing systems, GPS or smartphones of individual vehicles [86,88], and the generation of new indicators using other methodologies, such as multicriteria analysis, geographic modeling, spatial analysis, scenarization, and PCA considering context indicators, other scales, or a large number of territorial characteristics [54,64,82].…”

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From Livable Communities to Livable Metropolis: Challenges for Urban Mobility in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal)

Louro

Costa

2021

IJERPH

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Urban mobility plays an important role in addressing urban livability. The complexification and dispersion of travel due to the improvement of transport and the multiplication of our daily living places underline the relevance of multilevel territorial planning, recognizing that the knowledge of local differences is essential for more effective urban policies. This paper aims (1) to comprehend conceptually how urban mobility contributes to the urban livability from the local to metropolitan level and (2) to assess the previous relation toward a livable metropolis based on the readily available statistics for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Hence, a triangulation between conceptual, political/operative, and quantitative/monitoring approaches is required. The methodology follows four steps: (1) literature review focusing on the quantification of urban mobility within the urban livability approach; (2) data collection from the Portuguese statistics system; (3) data analysis and results, using principal component analysis (PCA) followed by cluster analysis (CA); (4) discussion and conclusions. In Portugal, although it is implicit, consistency is evident between the premises of recent urban mobility policies and respective planning instruments, such as the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), and the premises of urban livability as an urban movement. Focusing on the national statistics system, the available indicators that meet our quality criteria are scarce and represent a reduced number of domains. Even so, they allow identifying intra-metropolitan differences in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) that could support multilevel planning instruments. The results identified five principal components related to commuting at the local and intermunicipal level, including car use as well as social and environmental externalities, and they reorganized the 18 LMA municipalities into eight groups, clearly isolating Lisbon, the capital, from the others. The identification of sensitive territories and respective problems based on urban livability principles is fundamental for an effective urban planning from livable communities to livable metropolis.

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“…The use of GPS also contributes towards generating many travel behavior data, that eventually leveraged for strategic urban planning. For instance, Dar es Salaam travel behavior data is generated using citizen GPS to help Tanzanian government in improving public transport policies and infrastructure [47]. TBM help processing these GPS data to generate insights on effective planning for street infrastructures, landmarks, and land use [48].…”

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Travel Behavior Modeling: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Opportunities

Sharma¹,

Gani²,

Asirvatham³

et al. 2021

IJACSA

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Personal daily movement patterns have a longitudinal impact on the individual's decision-making in traveling. Recent observation on human travel raises concerns on the impact of travel behavior changes on many aspects. Many travel-related aspects like traffic congestion management and effective land-use were significantly affected by travel behavior changes. Existing travel behavior modeling (TBM) were focusing on assessing traffic trends and generate improvement insights for urban planning, infrastructure investment, and policymaking. However, literature indicates limited discussions on recent TBM adaptation towards future technological advances like the integration of autonomous vehicles and intelligent traveling. This survey paper aims to provide overview insights on recent advances of TBM including notable classifications, emerging challenges, and rising opportunities. In this survey, we reviewed and analyzed recently published works on TBM from high-quality publication sources. A taxonomy was devised based on notable characteristics of TBM to guide the classification and analysis of these works. The taxonomy classifies recent advances in TBM based on type of algorithms, applications, data sources, technologies, behavior analysis, and datasets. Furthermore, emerging research challenges and limitations encountered by recent TBM studies were characterized and discussed. Subsequently, this survey identified and highlights open issues and research opportunities arise from recent TBM advances for the future undertaking.

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Measuring individuals' travel behaviour by use of a GPS-based smartphone application in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Cited by 29 publications

References 42 publications

Activity Participation and Perceptions on Informal Public Transport and Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam

Activity Participation and Perceptions on Informal Public Transport and Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam

From Livable Communities to Livable Metropolis: Challenges for Urban Mobility in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal)

Travel Behavior Modeling: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Opportunities

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