Mobility Data Sharing: Challenges and Policy Recommendations

Dynamic and responsive transportation systems are a core pillar of equitable and sustainable communities. Achieving such systems requires comprehensive mobility data, or data that reports the movement of individuals and vehicles. Such data enable planners and policymakers to make informed decisions and enable researchers to model the effects of various transportation solutions. However, collecting mobility data also raises concerns about privacy and proprietary interests. Oversharing and undersharing mobility data are both problematic. We argue that a middle-ground approach, in which data are shared in specific contexts and managed by a trusted third party, can capture the benefits of data sharing while minimizing risks.

• Record URL:
  • https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gw8g9ms
• Corporate Authors:

  Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy

  2208 Kausen Drive, Suite 300
  Davis, California  United States  95758

  Institute of Transportation Studies

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Authors:
  • D’Agostino, Mollie
  • Pellaton, Paige
  • Brown, Austin
• Publication Date: 2019-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 28p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data sharing; Mobility; Mobility applications; Policy; Privacy; Ridesourcing; Standards
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01721390
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 2019 5:02PM