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Beijing's Transport Data Fusion Reveals Surprising Travel Patterns and Demands.

16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and ServicesITS AmericaERTICOITS Japan
Data Fusion and Validation of Beijing Comprehensive Urban Transport Data
Kai Xian, Dexin Zhang, Jinchuan Chen, Danny Kwok

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The Beijing municipal government conducted various transport surveys in 2005/06 to understand travel demands in the city. They interviewed over 80,000 households and conducted additional surveys like taxi and metro surveys. The goal was to create a comprehensive transport database for Beijing. The researchers combined all the survey data into one detailed description to analyze travel patterns in the city.