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Title:

UbiActive: Smartphone-Based Tool for Trip Detection and Travel-Related Physical Activity Assessment
Cover of UbiActive: Smartphone-Based Tool for Trip Detection and Travel-Related Physical Activity Assessment

Accession Number:

01476780

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Utilizing the computing, communication, and sensing capabilities of smartphones, we developed an Android phone application—named UbiActive—to monitor travel behavior, assess travel-related physical activity, and generate daily activity summaries for smartphone users. We tested the application in the lab setting on three types of Android phones including HTC Magic, HTC MyTouch 4G, and SamSung Nexus S, as well as among a small group of real smartphone users who used a wide range of Android phones. Results from the tests confirmed that UbiActive worked well in collecting real-time travel behavior and physical activity data, assessing travel-related physical activity, and making participants more aware of their travel behavior and travel-related physical activity. The tests also revealed rooms for improvement when it came to UbiActive’s trip detection function and its impact on batter consumption. All of these findings provide useful insights into future improvement of UbiActive and other smartphone-based applications.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-4250

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fan, Yingling
Chen, Qian
Liao, Chen-Fu
Douma, Frank

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I70: Traffic and Transport; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-4250

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:49PM