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Tracking Cyclists and Walkers: Will it Change Planning and Policy Processes?

Authors:
João Bernardino
Predrag Živanović
Mafalda Lopes
Slaven Tica
Branko Milovanović
Stanko Bajčetić
Giacomo Lozzi

Keywords: walking; cycling; GPS; mobility; tracking; transport planning, transport policy.

Abstract:
Tracking cyclists and walkers may open a new window of opportunities for urban planning and policy. Data analytics about where, when, how, why, how far, how fast and from and to where people walk or cycle, will be available cheaply and quickly. It is our hypothesis that this will cause a change in transport planning and decision making processes. How, and to what extent, will this happen? Through what actors? With what kind of information? For what types of action? Who will want it and why? Will it generate a positive outcome? We approach some of these questions by elaborating on the technical potential of tracking data towards cycling and walking planning and policy analysis, interpreting the results of a stakeholder consultation and observing the approaches and outcomes of some cases of application. We conclude that tracking data analysis is likely to become a relevant part of cycling and walking planning and policy processes in the near future, not only for the efficiency gains in technical analysis, but also crucially in the communication between actors.

Pages: 18 to 28

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: October 9, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4464

ISBN: 978-1-61208-510-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 9, 2016 to October 13, 2016