Suburban commuting and activity spaces
Using Smartphone Tracking Data to Understand the Spatial Extent of Travel Behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4643668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guillem Vich (0000-0002-6419-1913, Geography Department Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain, corresponding author), Oriol Marquet (0000-0002-7346-5664, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 USA, corresponding author), Carme Miralles‐guasch (0000-0003-4821-9776, Geography Department Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 183 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 426-439 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12220 |
| OpenAlex | W2746664463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study explores the spatial extent of daily mobility by analysing the activity spaces of suburban commuters. It deepens knowledge of the transport-related consequences of functionally segregated areas within metropolitan regions, detecting the most significant factors (personal and environmental) affecting the size of activity spaces of people with a suburban commute. Additionally, a comparison between new and traditional calculation methods of activity spaces has been carried out. To enable this, an app was developed for smartphones enabled with a global positioning system (GPS) in order to obtain accurate tracking data for 233 members of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, Spain. Results show that spatio-temporal factors together with socioeconomic factors, such as the professional role, are strong determinants of the size of activity spaces. Moreover, differences between public and private transport modes of commuting were minimal, proving the potential of public transport as a non-restricting means of transport even in suburban environments. Finally, the comparative analysis between calculation methods highlight that new methods produce more realistic representations of the spatial extent of everyday life, and different sets of explanatory factors emerge for activity spaces measured in different ways
Economic geography · Everyday life · Geography · Global Positioning System · Metropolitan area · Political science · Public transport · Regional science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Telecommunications · Tracking (education · Transport engineering · Computer Science · Demography · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 2,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |