Exploring Linkages between Travel Behavior and Health with Person-Level Data from Smartphone Applications

dc.contributor.advisorZhang, Leien_US
dc.contributor.authorVemulapati, Sapeksha Virinchien_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T06:32:51Z
dc.date.available2014-02-04T06:32:51Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the past, scholars have explored different variables and linked them with the individual's travel behavior. This study explores the linkages between an individual's health and his/her everyday travel behavior. In order to capture accurate and comprehensive travel behavior information, a smartphone application is developed that can track user location for long periods without the need of user intervention. Focus is placed on designing the application to have minimum respondent burden and long-standing battery life of the smart device. Subjects are recruited through a web survey designed to collect information about the individual's healthy living habits. Data from the application is regressed against the health measure data acquired from the survey. Results show that active modes of travel are positively associated with the person's general health measures. The feasibility of this platform as a data collection method is highlighted while explaining the limitations due to the sample distribution and size.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14788
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTransportation planningen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledInformation technologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHealthy Livingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSmartphone Applicationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSurvey Designen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTravel Behavioren_US
dc.titleExploring Linkages between Travel Behavior and Health with Person-Level Data from Smartphone Applicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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