Future directions in human mobility science

L Pappalardo, E Manley, V Sekara… - Nature computational …, 2023 - nature.com
We provide a brief review of human mobility science and present three key areas where we
expect to see substantial advancements. We start from the mind and discuss the need to …

How do street attributes affect willingness-to-walk? City-wide pedestrian route choice analysis using big data from Boston and San Francisco

R Basu, A Sevtsuk - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2022 - Elsevier
This study adds to the nascent but growing literature on the use of big data for pedestrian
route choice analysis. We explore behavioral preferences for various route attributes in …

A global feature-rich network dataset of cities and dashboard for comprehensive urban analyses

W Yap, F Biljecki - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Urban network analytics has become an essential tool for understanding and modeling the
intricate complexity of cities. We introduce the Urbanity data repository to nurture this …

Urbanity: automated modelling and analysis of multidimensional networks in cities

W Yap, R Stouffs, F Biljecki - npj Urban Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Urban networks play a vital role in connecting multiple urban components and developing
our understanding of cities and urban systems. Despite the significant progress we have …

A Novel Method for Extracting and Analyzing the Geometry Properties of the Shortest Pedestrian Paths Focusing on Open Geospatial Data

R Hosseini, D Tong, S Lim, QC Sun, G Sohn… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unlike car navigation, where almost all vehicles can traverse every route, one route might
not be optimal or even suitable for all pedestrians. Route geometry information, including …

The impact of street network connectivity on active school travel: Norway's HUNT study

P Schön, E Heinen, V Rangul… - … and Planning B …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Active travel to school (ATS) is promoted due to its benefits for health, mental well-being and
the environment. Although the impact of the urban form on ATS has been extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to greenery during children's home–school walks: Socio-economic inequalities in alternative routes

M Khanian, E Łaszkiewicz, J Kronenberg - Transportation Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
Children's home–school walks are a perfect opportunity for green routes and active
transportation. However, the availability of greenery along them likely varies among different …

[HTML][HTML] Hot and bothered: Exploring the effect of heat on pedestrian route choice behavior and accessibility

R Basu, N Colaninno, A Alhassan, A Sevtsuk - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Although many cities are incentivizing non-auto modes of transportation in response to the
climate crisis, their sustainable mobility transition efforts are being challenged by the rising …

A sidewalk-level urban heat risk assessment framework using pedestrian mobility and urban microclimate modeling

N Colaninno, R Basu, M Hosseini… - … and Planning B …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Climate change and the associated increase in heat-related hazards pose a pressing threat
to urban residents' health and well-being. People, when walking in particular, are at risk of …

A centrality measure for grid street network considering sequential route choice behaviour

S Tabata - Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study proposes a novel centrality measure for a grid network based on pedestrians'
sequential route choices, which we call sequential choice betweenness centrality (SCBC) …