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Paul Holleis, Marko Luther, Gregor Broll, Hu Cao, Johan Koolwaaij, Arjan Peddemors, Peter Ebben, Martin Wibbels, Koen Jacobs, Sebastian Raaphorst
TRIPZOOM: A System to Motivate Sustainable Urban Mobility
In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Smart Systems, Devices and Technologies (SMART 2012), Stuttgart, Germany, May 27 - June 01, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-61208-225-7

The accelerating growth of cities provides new challenges for urban planning, especially related to transportation. Many existing infrastructures already operate at their limits during rush hours or large events. They need to be used more efficiently as they often cannot be extended without considera-ble negative effects for citizens such as increasing pollution or travel costs. We describe a framework that enhances mobility data from existing urban infrastructure with data from partic-ipatory sensing. Based on derived mobility patterns and direct feedback via social networks, a dynamic incentive system is provided to positively influence mobile behavior on a personal and city-wide scale beyond regular urban planning. We pre-sent the design and architecture of such a system and point out critical issues and proposed solutions in an initial implementa-tion aimed towards real world tests in several cities.