Sensing the baby boomers : tracking older adults' travel behavior using android-based smartphones.

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• Creators:
  Zegras, P. Christopher ; Ben-Joseph, Eran
• Corporate Creators:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aged
  • Travel behavior
  • Smartphones
  • Pilot studies
  • Travel surveys
  • Data collection
  • Activity choices
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MITR23-9
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  This project intends to demonstrate the possibilities for using smartphones to obtain highly ; resolved behavioral information for older adults, especially leading edge baby boomers. ; Towards this end, we are implementing a pilot study which will help to establish the ; foundation for larger-scale, widely-applicable, and more-reliable smartphone-based travel and ; activity data collection efforts for the baby boomer cohort, and beyond. The ultimate ; objectives are to: ; • draw upon innovations in communications technologies to enhance travel data collection; ; • develop a non-intrusive tool that may be widely used for travel survey purposes; and ; • demonstrate the usefulness of the technology in gathering data that can be especially ; helpful to understanding particular behavioral- and built environment-related ; characteristics that might influence older adult travel behavior (e.g., safety risks).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26606/dot_26606_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 70.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ffa1c2d90f1dc570cec369eca31f922e2127fd9e50ee56a3c3286a648c6803a7