Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome
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Calabrese, Francesco
Colonna, Massimo
Lovisolo, Piero
Parata, Dario
Ratti, Carlo
Date Issued
March 2011
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IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Calabrese, Francesco, Massimo Colonna, Piero Lovisolo, Dario Parata, and Carlo Ratti. “Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 12, no. 1 (March 2011): 141–151.
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Abstract
This paper describes a new real-time urban monitoring system. The system uses the Localizing and Handling Network Event Systems (LocHNESs) platform developed by Telecom Italia for the real-time evaluation of urban dynamics based on the anonymous monitoring of mobile cellular networks. In addition, data are supplemented based on the instantaneous positioning of buses and taxis to provide information about urban mobility in real time, ranging from traffic conditions to the movements of pedestrians throughout the city. This system was exhibited at the Tenth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. It marks the unprecedented monitoring of a large urban area, which covered most of the city of Rome, in real time using a variety of sensing systems and will hopefully open the way to a new paradigm of understanding and optimizing urban dynamics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SENSEable City Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2010.2074196
