Online and in-person activity logging using a smartphone-based travel, activity, and time-use survey

•A smartphone-based platform to capture online/offline activities and expenditures.•A pilot survey during the pandemic to test the expanded functions of the platform.•Results of the pilot allow measuring travel behaviour and time allocation changes. With increased internet connectivity, there are mo...

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Published in:Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives 2022-03, Vol.13, p.100524, Article 100524
Main Authors: Alho, André, Cheng, Cheng, Hieu, Dao Trung, Sakai, Takanori, Zhao, Fang, Ben-Akiva, Moshe, Cheah, Lynette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data collection
E-commerce
Travel demand
Travel survey
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Summary:•A smartphone-based platform to capture online/offline activities and expenditures.•A pilot survey during the pandemic to test the expanded functions of the platform.•Results of the pilot allow measuring travel behaviour and time allocation changes. With increased internet connectivity, there are more opportunities to substitute physical, or “in-person”, activities with online activities. With this, changes to household and individual travel/activity patterns are to be expected. For example, the increased adoption of e-commerce can affect individual travel destinations and frequency. To study these shifts, we enhance an existing smartphone-based travel/activity diary to capture online activities, with a focus on activities that can replace passenger trips. Furthermore, we expand the options to report shopping details, to better understand the influence of e-commerce on in-person shopping. In this paper, we detail the data collection tool development strategy and user-experience findings. Moreover, we provide insights from a pilot deployment in Singapore during 2020, which allowed measuring travel/activity behavior, expenditure, and time allocation changes during various COVID-19 pandemic travel restriction periods.
ISSN:2590-1982
2590-1982
DOI:10.1016/j.trip.2021.100524