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Technology enabled data for sustainable transport policy

Grant-Muller, Susan M.; Abdelrazek, Mahmoud; Budnitz, Hannah; Cottrill, Caitlin D.; Crawford, Fiona; Choudhury, Charisma F.; Cunningham, Teddy; Harrison, Gillian; Hodgson, Frances C.; Hong, Jinhyun; Martin, Adam; O’Brien, Oliver; Papaix, Claire; Tsoleridis, Panagiotis

Authors

Susan M. Grant-Muller

Mahmoud Abdelrazek

Hannah Budnitz

Caitlin D. Cottrill

Charisma F. Choudhury

Teddy Cunningham

Gillian Harrison

Frances C. Hodgson

Jinhyun Hong

Adam Martin

Oliver O’Brien

Claire Papaix

Panagiotis Tsoleridis



Contributors

Roger Vickerman
Editor

Abstract

The explosive growth of New and Emerging Data Forms (NEDF) has enabled profound new insights into human behavior, especially related to mobility. NEDF are facilitated by technologies such as smartphones, sensor networks and distributed computing architectures, which are all becoming increasingly advanced and widespread. NEDF, which may offer large sample sizes of high resolution data, offer great potential for informing sustainable transport policy, as well as the development of crosssectoral policies, covering public-health, environment, land-use, and social equity. However, many challenges in exploiting NEDF exist including accessing data in public/private ownership; understanding the representativeness, measuring/accommodating biases/missing data; and the integration of traditional data with new forms to maximize overall utility. Questions remain on whether NEDF can be used to actively influence travel choice/behavior, the new skills and additional resources needed by stakeholders to realize data potential and the ethical challenges for all engaging with the data.

Online Publication Date May 17, 2021
Publication Date Jan 1, 2021
Deposit Date Aug 6, 2021
Pages 135-141
Book Title International Encyclopedia of Transportation
ISBN 9780081026724; 9780081026717
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102671-7.10627-X
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7605655