Title: The use of mobile phone data in transport planning

Authors: Shin Lee

Addresses: International School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, South Korea

Abstract: The paper offers a historical review of the emergent use of individual location data from mobile phones in the field of transport planning that occurred over the past two decades. It identifies four key areas of development: 1) providing traffic information, 2) replacing the traditional data for transport planning, 3) enhancing our understanding of travel behaviour, and 4) validating transport models. It assesses the appropriate roles for mobile phone data in transport planning and suggests that the extraction of traffic information, the construction of origin-destination data, and transit route design have particularly practical implications for cities in the developing countries.

Keywords: mobile phone data; four stage transport planning; transport data for developing countries; non-traditional transport data.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2020.104867

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 2020 Vol.20 No.1, pp.54 - 69

Received: 15 Feb 2018
Accepted: 29 Jun 2018
Published online: 05 Feb 2020 *

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