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Passive Participation Using mobile devices to understand travel patterns Paul Supawanich @tweetsupa
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Passive Participation
Using mobile devices to understand travel patterns
Paul Supawanich
@tweetsupa
Passive Participation: reliance on
observed preferences to help shape
planning decisions.
Example:
tomato sauce
preference
data!
preference
data?
How do we currently
obtain preferences from
our communities?
public meetings
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.
Tuesday Evening: 6:15 PM You’ve got dinner plans elsewhere. Attracting people to a public meeting is challenging
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Your feedback is here.
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Or here.
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This is your study area.
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Challenge: Audience bias Audience bias
Dislike! Dislike! Dislike! Dislike!
Dislike! Dislike! Dislike!
Dislike!
Dislike!
Awesome!
What’s your
opinion?
Who are we missing
and how can we better
engage them in the
planning process?
Passive Participation: The Tools
■ Aggregated mobile phone data
■ GPS
– On-board vehicle
– Self-reported (Fitbit, mobile apps)
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privacy disclaimer*
Passive Participation: Tradeoffs
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Benefits
Does not require people’s time or
direct participation
Large, quantifiable, sample
Actual travel behavior by…
Time of day
Trip type
Travel volume
Route preferences
Drawbacks
No direct interaction with
constituents
Tradeoff between great sample size
(mobile phone) and accuracy (GPS)
Does not eliminate biases
Full capabilities still being tested
examples
Passive Participation: Express Buses (Atlanta, GA)
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Traditional transit demand analysis techniques to identify “high potential” new markets
Identified 10-15 zones to further analyze mobile phone data by origin/destination
Outputs: O-D pairs with demand based on time of day and trip type
Information used to plan and refine transit service options
Passive Participation: GRTA
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Lines = Travel Demand
Passive Participation: CycleTracks
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For more information:
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
http://www.sfcta.org/modeling-and-travel-forecasting/cycletracks-iphone-
and-android
Passive Participation: Activity Trackers
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Passive Participation: Activity Trackers
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Lines = bicycle and
pedestrian activity
is this the future?
Copyright: The Matrix (2004)
perhaps, part of it.
Public engagement and participation is not a one
size-fits-all activity.
Mobile based, “passive” participation tools can be
used to capture feedback from a broader audience.
Mobile based, “passive” participation tools can be
used to capture feedback from a broader audience
Leading to a process that is more informed and more
inclusive to all.
