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TRANSPORT FINDINGS
Changes in the Representativeness of Strava Bicycling Data during
COVID-19
Jaimy Fischer
1 a , Trisalyn Nelson
2 , Meghan Winters
1
1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2 Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara
Keywords: active transportation, bicycling, big data, crowdsourced, COVID-19, Strava
https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.33280
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Corresponding author: Corresponding author:
Jaimy Fischer
jaimyf@sfu.ca
778-676-7773
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Fischer, Jaimy, Trisalyn Nelson, and Meghan Winters. 2022. “Changes in the
Representativeness of Strava Bicycling Data during COVID-19.”
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https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.33280.
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City City B.C. B.C. Canada Canada
City of
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