Integrating Travel Behavior Forecasting and Generative Modeling for Predicting Future Urban Mobility and Spatial Transformations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21158v1
• Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:52:33 GMT
• Title: Integrating Travel Behavior Forecasting and Generative Modeling for Predicting Future Urban Mobility and Spatial Transformations
• Authors: Eugene Denteh, Andrews Danyo, Joshua Kofi Asamoah, Blessing Agyei Kyem, Twitchell Addai, Armstrong Aboah,
• Abstract summary: Transportation planning plays a critical role in shaping urban development, economic mobility, and infrastructure sustainability.<n>Traditional planning methods often struggle to accurately predict long-term urban growth and transportation demands.<n>This study integrates a Temporal Fusion Transformer to predict travel patterns from demographic data with a Generative Adversarial Network to predict future urban settings.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Transportation planning plays a critical role in shaping urban development, economic mobility, and infrastructure sustainability. However, traditional planning methods often struggle to accurately predict long-term urban growth and transportation demands. This may sometimes result in infrastructure demolition to make room for current transportation planning demands. This study integrates a Temporal Fusion Transformer to predict travel patterns from demographic data with a Generative Adversarial Network to predict future urban settings through satellite imagery. The framework achieved a 0.76 R-square score in travel behavior prediction and generated high-fidelity satellite images with a Structural Similarity Index of 0.81. The results demonstrate that integrating predictive analytics and spatial visualization can significantly improve the decision-making process, fostering more sustainable and efficient urban development. This research highlights the importance of data-driven methodologies in modern transportation planning and presents a step toward optimizing infrastructure placement, capacity, and long-term viability.

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