Impact of Smartphone Applications on Trip Routing and Congestion Management
Proliferation of mobile devices with routing apps such as Google Maps, Waze, INRIX, TomTom, etc. has made possible congestion avoidance through real-time re-routing of vehicles for any mobile-enabled driver. However, to date, the real impacts of these routing apps on system and local traffic across the roadway infrastructure are largely unknown. There is a limited amount of research that has broadly investigated issues such as the impact of social media on transportation policy (Gal-Tzur et al., Bregman and Watkins), usage patterns of smartphone apps (Jones et al.), and use of gaming concepts to influence driver behavior (McCall and Koenig, Wang et al.). However, there is a dearth of research investigating the impact of routing apps on trip routing or travel behavior. This study attempts to fill this gap and gather evidence and quantify the relationship between routing app usage and propensity of alternative route choices by routing app users.
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $206661
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747104
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
University of Florida
365 Weil Hall
Gainesville, FL United States 32611 -
Project Managers:
Tucker-Thomas, Dawn
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Performing Organizations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA United States 30332-0355Jackson State University, Jackson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jackson, MS United States 39217-0168Florida International University
Division of Research
11200 SW 8th St, MARC 430
Miami, FL United States 33199 -
Principal Investigators:
Guin, Angshuman
- Start Date: 20180315
- Expected Completion Date: 20200615
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Congestion management systems; Drivers; Impacts; Mobile applications; Route choice; Routing; Smartphones; Surveys; Traffic congestion; Travel behavior
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01659456
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747104
- Files: UTC, RiP
- Created Date: Feb 6 2018 11:32AM