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Characterization of Public Transit Mobility Patterns of Different Economic Classes

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Author(s):
Santin, Priscila [1] ; Gubert, Fernanda R. [1] ; Fonseca, Mauro [1] ; Munaretto, Anelise [1] ; Silva, Thiago Henrique [1, 2]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Tecnol Fed Parana, Programa Posgrad Engn Eletr & Informat Ind, BR-80230901 Curitiba, PR - Brazil
[2] Univ Toronto, Sch Cities, Toronto, ON M5S 0C9 - Canada
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: SUSTAINABILITY; v. 12, n. 22 NOV 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

This paper analyzes public transit mobility of different economic classes of Curitiba, Brazil, exploring an official smart card dataset provided by the city. With the population divided into subsets corresponding to economic strata, we characterized vital spatial-temporal transit usage patterns, such as departure times and destinations reached by different economic classes. We also constructed a network representing the common origin and destination of public transit users, enabling discovering distinct patterns. Among the results, we observe that with the increase in wealth, the morning activity is postponed (on average for 2 h), and the spatial distribution of the trips becomes more localized compared with lower classes. We also show that our model captures fairly well realistic mobility patterns exploring a cheaper and larger-scale data source by comparing our results with a household travel survey from Curitiba. Understand how people in different economic classes appropriate urban spaces help to provide subsidies for, e.g., more sustainable economic development propositions. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/23011-1 - GoodWeb: use of social sensing to improve quality of life in cities and leverage new services
Grantee:Thiago Henrique Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants