Path Finding by Use of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) To Increase Public Health In Active Travel

Emerging Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) provides a promising data source with a high spatial and temporal resolution for studying active travel. This study aims to examine the positive and negative aspects of cycling by harnessing cycling trajectory data. For this purpose, exposure to air pollution as a negative effect of cycling was computed. Also, associations of environmental characteristics with cycling were investigated and cycling count was modeled as the popularity function based on the effective parameters. Finally, a pathfinding model was developed with the popularity as the benefit parameter and the inhalation of air pollution as the cost parameter. The results of this study give insights into identifying high-priority areas suitable for developing cycling infrastructure which can help decision-makers in urban planning

Path Finding by Use of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) To Increase Public Health In Active Travel Keywords:

Motor Vehicles , Active Travel , Volunteered Geographic Information , Environmental Characteristics , Path Finding