Smartphone app usage analysis: datasets, methods, and applications

T Li, T **a, H Wang, Z Tu, S Tarkoma… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As smartphones have become indispensable personal devices, the number of smartphone
users has increased dramatically over the last decade. These personal devices, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the role of public transport information sources on perceived service quality in suburban rail

C Romero, C Zamorano, A Monzón - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Information is a powerful tool to enhance the perceived service quality of public
transport. Online information sources have become very popular and coexist with traditional …

The impact of COVID-19 on smartphone usage

T Li, M Zhang, Y Li, E Lagerspetz… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The outbreak of Covid-19 changed the world as well as human behavior. In this article, we
study the impact of Covid-19 on smartphone usage. We gather smartphone usage records …

Citizen sensors for smart city planning and traffic management: crowdsourcing geospatial data through smartphones in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

M Aljoufie, A Tiwari - GeoJournal, 2022 - Springer
With more than 84% of the population residing in cities, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is
among the highly urbanized countries in the world. New strategic policies support the …

Assessing the effects of traffic information to passengers: a literature review

A Ait-Ali, A Peterson - Transportation Research Procedia, 2025 - Elsevier
The use of information systems in the rail sector has recently accelerated thanks to
increasing innovations in digitalization and information technology in different transport …

Investigating the potential of data science methods for sustainable public transport

C Keller, F Glück, CF Gerlach, T Schlegel - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The planning and implementation of public transport involves many data sources. These
data sources in turn generate a high volume of data, in a wide variety of formats and data …

[HTML][HTML] Travel survey recruitment through Facebook and Transit App: lessons from COVID-19

Y Zhang, M Palm, J Scheff, S Farber, M Widener - Findings, 2020 - findingspress.org
We compare the results of a survey of transit riders during COVID-19 against a regional
household travel survey. The Facebook sample over-represents women and car-less …

Effects from usage of pre-trip information and passenger scheduling strategies on waiting times in public transport: an empirical survey based on a dedicated …

U Berggren, K Brundell-Freij, H Svensson… - Public Transport, 2021 - Springer
Waiting times are important indicators of the degree of travel time optimisation and other
behavioural traits among public transport (PT) passengers. As previous studies have shown …

Real-time riders: A first look at user interaction data from the back end of a transit and shared mobility smartphone app

C Brakewood, N Ghahramani, J Peters… - Transportation …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
A fundamental component of transit planning is understanding passenger travel patterns.
However, traditional data sources used to study transit travel have some noteworthy …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of combining passenger rail with freight: A New York City case study

P Bacher, JM Klopp, M Ortbauer, M Lackner - Journal of Public …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing passenger rail, including subways, to transport goods can have advantages over
trucking in terms of efficiency and emissions. While some experimentation is ongoing in this …