A tale of two cities

Sibren Isaacman; Richard Becker; Ramón Cáceres; Stephen G Kobourov; James Rowland; Alexander Varshavsky

doi:10.1145/1734583.1734589

A tale of two cities

Sibren Isaacman, Richard Becker, Ramón Cáceres, Stephen G Kobourov, James Rowland, Alexander Varshavsky

Computer Science

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Abstract

An improved understanding of human mobility patterns would yield insights into a variety of important societal issues such as the environmental impact of daily commutes. Location information from cellular wireless networks has great potential as a tool for studying these patterns. In this work, we use anonymous and aggregate statistics of the approximate locations of hundreds of thousands of cell phones in Los Angeles and New York City to demonstrate different mobility patterns in the two cities. For example, we show that Angelenos have median daily travel distances two times greater than New Yorkers, but that the most mobile 25% of New Yorkers travel six times farther than their Los Angeles counterparts.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HotMobile 2010: The 11th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications
Pages	19-24
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1734583.1734589
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	11th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, HotMobile 2010 - Annapolis, MD, United States Duration: Feb 22 2010 → Feb 23 2010

Other

Other	11th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, HotMobile 2010
Country	United States
City	Annapolis, MD
Period	2/22/10 → 2/23/10

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Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Human-Computer Interaction
Software

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Isaacman, S., Becker, R., Cáceres, R., Kobourov, S. G., Rowland, J., & Varshavsky, A. (2010). A tale of two cities. In HotMobile 2010: The 11th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (pp. 19-24) https://doi.org/10.1145/1734583.1734589

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