Citation

NCHRP Res Rep. 2018; (868): 1-152.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP); National Academies Press)

DOI

10.17226/25189

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

NCHRP Research Report 868: Cell Phone Location Data for Travel Behavior Analysis presents guidelines for transportation planners and travel modelers on how to (1) evaluate the extent to which cell phone location data and associated products accurately depict travel; (2) identify whether and how these extensive data resources can be used to improve understanding of travel characteristics and the ability to model travel patterns and behavior more effectively; and (3) support practitioners' evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of anonymized call detail record locations from cell phone data.


The report includes guidelines for transportation practitioners and agency staff with a vested interest in developing and applying new methods of capturing travel data from cell phones to enhance travel models. This is an emerging field of interest subject to complexities linked to acquiring data and applying these data while maintaining privacy in a complex legal and practical framework. The emergence of these data constitutes a significant opportunity for change in the travel modeling community, with access to detail and volume not previously available. A better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these data is an important step in this direction.

Language: en