Sensing urban mobility with taxi flow

  • Authors:
  • Marco Veloso;Santi Phithakkitnukoon;Carlos Bento

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal;Newcastle University, United Kingdom, Cambridge, MA;Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The analysis of taxi flow can help better understand the urban mobility. In this work, we analyze 177, 169 taxi trips collected in Lisbon, Portugal, to explore the relationships between pick-up and drop-off locations; the behavior between the previous drop-off to the following pick-up; and the impact of area type in taxi services. We also carry out the analysis of predictability of taxi trips given history of taxi flow in time and space.