Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. Second International Summit, IoT 360° 2015, Rome, Italy, October 27-29, 2015. Revised Selected Papers, Part I

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MobilitApp: Analysing Mobility Data of Citizens in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_23,
        author={Silvia Puglisi and \^{A}ngel Moreira and Gerard Torregrosa and M\^{o}nica Igartua and Jordi Forn\^{e}},
        title={MobilitApp: Analysing Mobility Data of Citizens in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona},
        proceedings={Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. Second International Summit, IoT 360° 2015, Rome, Italy, October 27-29, 2015. Revised Selected Papers, Part I},
        proceedings_a={IOT360},
        year={2017},
        month={1},
        keywords={Smart cities Smart mobility Mobility pattern recognition Privacy Android application},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_23}
    }
    
  • Silvia Puglisi
    Ángel Moreira
    Gerard Torregrosa
    Mónica Igartua
    Jordi Forné
    Year: 2017
    MobilitApp: Analysing Mobility Data of Citizens in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
    IOT360
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4_23
Silvia Puglisi1,*, Ángel Moreira1,*, Gerard Torregrosa1,*, Mónica Igartua1,*, Jordi Forné1,*
  • 1: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
*Contact email: silvia.puglisi@entel.upc.edu, angel.torres.moreira@gmail.com, gmarrugat@gmail.com, monica.aguilar@entel.upc.edu, jforne@entel.upc.edu

Abstract

MobilitApp is a platform designed to provide smart mobility services in urban areas. It is designed to help citizens and transport authorities alike. Citizens will be able to access the MobilitApp mobile application and decide their optimal transportation strategy by visualising their usual routes, their carbon footprint, receiving tips, analytics and general mobility information, such as traffic and incident alerts. Transport authorities and service providers will be able to access information about the mobility pattern of citizens to offer their best services, improve costs and planning. The MobilitApp client runs on Android devices and records synchronously, while running in the background, periodic location updates from its users. The information obtained is processed and analysed to understand the mobility patterns of our users in the city of Barcelona, Spain.