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TRIPZOOM: a System to Motivate Sustainable Urban Mobility

Authors:
Paul Holleis
Marko Luther
Gregor Broll
Cao Hu
Johan Koolwaaij
Arjan Peddemors
Peter Ebben
Martin Wibbels
Koen Jacobs
Sebastiaan Raaphorst

Keywords: sustainable traffic; urban mobility; personal mobile sensing; incentives; social networks.

Abstract:
The accelerating growth of cities provides new chal-lenges for urban planning, especially related to transportation. Many existing infrastructures already operate at their limits during rush hours or large events. They need to be used more efficiently as they often cannot be extended without considera-ble negative effects for citizens such as increasing pollution or travel costs. We describe a framework that enhances mobility data from existing urban infrastructure with data from partic-ipatory sensing. Based on derived mobility patterns and direct feedback via social networks, a dynamic incentive system is provided to positively influence mobile behavior on a personal and city-wide scale beyond regular urban planning. We pre-sent the design and architecture of such a system and point out critical issues and proposed solutions in an initial implementa-tion aimed towards real world tests in several cities.

Pages: 101 to 104

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: May 27, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-225-7

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Dates: from May 27, 2012 to June 1, 2012