MobilitApp: Analysing mobility data of citizens in the metropolitan area of Barcelona

TL;DR

MobilitApp is a platform that collects and analyzes urban mobility data in Barcelona to enhance transportation services for citizens and authorities, providing route, traffic, and environmental insights.

Contribution

The paper introduces MobilitApp, a mobile platform that captures and analyzes real-time mobility data to improve urban transportation planning and citizen services in Barcelona.

Findings

Mobility patterns of Barcelona citizens identified.

Enhanced traffic and incident alerts provided.

Insights used to optimize transport services.

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 o er 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.