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SUMMARY:Evaluation Long-Distance Travel Patterns in Israel by Tracking Cel
 lular Phone Positions
DTSTART:20100602T110000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Shlomo Bekhor\, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engin
 eering\, Technion\, Israël\nLong-distance trips are generally under-repor
 ted in typical household surveys\, because of relative low frequency of th
 ese trips. This paper proposes to utilize location data from cellular phon
 e systems in order to study long-distance travel patterns. The paper prese
 nts the results of a study that applies cellular phone technology to asses
 s trips at the national level. The method was specifically designed to cap
 ture long distance trips\, as part of the development of a national demand
  model conducted for the Economics and Planning Department of the Israel M
 inistry of Transport. The method allows the construction of Origin-Destina
 tion tables directly from the cellular phone positions. The paper presents
  selected results to illustrate the potential of the method for transporta
 tion planning and analysis. Biography Shlomo Bekhor is Associate Professor
  in the Transportation and Geo-Information Department\, Faculty of Civil a
 nd Environmental Engineering at the Technion. He has a B.Sc. in Aeronautic
 al Engineering at the aeronautical Institute of Sao Jose dos Campos\, Braz
 il\, and M. Sc. And Ph.D in Transportation Engineering at the Technion. He
  teaches and conducts research in transportation planning\, discrete choic
 e and network equilibrium models. His main area of interest includes route
  choice modeling\, large-scale equilibrium models\, and innovative transpo
 rts systems. He has extensive experience in transportation master plans\, 
 economic evaluations\, and traffic and transit assignments. Prof. Bekhor i
 s currently spending 6 months in the IVT at ETH Zurich\, hosted by Prof. A
 xhausen.
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