Project

Great Britain Trip Database Portal (GBDP)

Connected Places Catapult is providing free access to anonymised and aggregated Mobile Network data, provided by O2.
RISE Agent-based model (North East, 2022)
June 4, 2024

The system provides a database of trip records derived from mobile phone data. The database has been built by Telefónica UK (O2) and relates to all motorised road and rail trips throughout Great Britain (the UK mainland) during 2016 or 2019.

The data is available free of charge for research purposes, supporting academia and SMEs via a web interface that allows users to obtain anonymised and aggregated origin/destination data for those research projects.

The GBDP can support both Academia and SMEs by providing insights into past and current travel patterns:

  • To develop research, study travel behaviours across the UK mainland and assess novel use cases;
  • To validate business models and to support testing and demonstrators for new products and services, tailored around users’ needs.
Access here

A guide for the data request process, and methodology on how Mobile Network Data is pre-processed, are both available by contacting the Connected Places Catapult project lead, here.

Each data request will be approved by Connected Places Catapult and subject to acceptance of Ts&Cs.

Use Cases

These previous use cases display how Mobile Network Data has been used to understand travel patterns and users’ behaviour.

Several yellow electric vans, critical for decarbonising last mile road freight, are parked in a row and connected to charging stations in an outdoor setting.
Report
Rural innovation for sustainable environments – decarbonising last mile road freight
In 2020, domestic transport carbon dioxide emissions fell by 19.6% against 2019 levels due to reduced transport usage in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. However, contribution from vans to the UK’s total emissions reached 19% in 2020, an increase of 2% from 2019.
View of the Tyne Bridge and Swing Bridge over the River Tyne at dusk, with traffic lights forming trails and city lights illuminating the buildings on either side.
Case Study
Large scale agent-based modelling to support shared mobility – the DeMAND project
Travel behaviour is gradually getting more difficult to predict, hence the increased complexity of travel demand models to fit modern lifestyle, and the increased demand to include autonomy and flexibility. As a direct consequence, we can notice diverse travel patterns as well as the reduced availability of private transport for certain population groups. The “Demand […]
A car drives on a winding road lined with white and red bollards through a hilly, green landscape with mountains in the background.
Case Study
Assessing sustainable transport solutions for rural mobility
Rural environments are often perceived as areas of low demand for travel. Urban areas are thriving in trialling more connected and digital new mobility services, yet rural areas often struggle to attract investments in this area.
A white van with an open door is parked on a cobblestone street, with several other vehicles and people visible in the background near a park.
Case Study
The laboratory for mobility on demand
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is challenging the balance between private cars and public transport. Ride-sharing services and mobility on demand have shown that car ownership can decline when travellers’ needs are satisfied.

Further references

More information is also available on the O2 website.

Transforming Bristol’s Urban Mobility

Travel Demand in rural areas

Combining transport and emissions models

Assess demand for shared mobility services in urban areas

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