Crowdsourcing Pedestrian and Cyclist Activity Data

This paper considers how crowdsourcing applications and crowdsourced data are currently being applied, as well as potential new uses for active transportation research and planning efforts of various types. The objectives of this white paper are to review crowdsourced bicycle and pedestrian data resources and crowdsourcing tools; discuss potential planning implementations of crowdsourced data for a variety of bicycle and pedestrian project types; and provide examples of how crowdsourcing is currently being used by the planning community. Due to software application turnover, many of the examples provided describe tools that may no longer be in use, have evolved significantly, or have been/will eventually be depreciated with the advance of new technologies. This paper is not intended to be a comprehensive outline of crowdsourcing applications in the transportation planning profession or a dictionary of crowdsourcing system types, but rather a resource for those interested in using crowdsourcing systems in active transportation planning and research.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/PBIC_WhitePaper_Crowdsourcing.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Fehr & Peers

  ,    

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information
  730 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, CB 3430
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599-3430

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Smith, Amy
• Publication Date: 2015-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: White Paper
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 35p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crowdsourcing; Cyclists; Data collection; Data quality; Decision making; Pedestrians; Research projects; Transportation planning; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01557291
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFHGI-11-H-00024
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 19 2015 12:05PM