Gathering travel behaviour via a smartphone: a pilot study of the Dutch mobile mobility panel

Objective: With the rise of Smartphone use, a new method of travel behaviour data acquisition arises as well. The Smartphone, carrying numerous sensors including GPS, may allow for registered data acquisition instead of reported data from the traditional travel diary surveys. In this research, we use an automated trip registration procedure via a Smartphone application in contrast to self-registration. This survey design may cater for a reduction in under registration of trips in comparison to self-registration and therefore provides a benchmark for the quality of the traditional travel diary... Mehr ...