Sensing the pulse of urban refueling behavior

Authors:
Fuzheng Zhang;David Wilkie;Yu Zheng;Xing Xie
Affiliations:
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China;Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Urban transportation is increasingly studied due to its complexity and economic importance. It is also a major component of urban energy use and pollution. The importance of this topic will only increase as urbanization continues around the world. A less researched aspect of transportation is the refueling behavior of drivers. In this paper, we propose a step toward real-time sensing of refueling behavior and citywide petrol consumption. We use reported trajectories from a fleet of GPS-equipped taxicabs to detect gas station visits, measure the time spent, and estimate overall demand. For times and stations with sparse data, we use collaborative filtering to estimate conditions. Our system provides real-time estimates of gas stations' waiting times, from which recommendations could be made, an indicator of overall gas usage, from which macro-scale economic decisions could be made, and a geographic view of the efficiency of gas station placement.