How Smartphones are Revealing the True Patterns of Urban Movement
When I started my Ph.D. in Boston, I quickly realized how limited and outdated our data is on urban mobility. We often talk about “car dependence,” “walkable neighborhoods,” or “transit equity,” but self-reported surveys that people complete—often outdated by years—usually provide the information behind these terms. These surveys typically ask people to remember every trip […]
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