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physics.soc-ph2023★ 2 cited

Speed Limit: Obey, or Not Obey?

Zhengbing He, Mirco Nanni, Luca Pappalardo +2

It is commonly expected that drivers maintain a driving speed that is lower than or around the posted speed limit, as failure to obey may result in safety risks and fines. By takin…

physics.soc-ph2022

The 15-Minute City Quantified Using Mobility Data

Timur Abbiasov, Cate Heine, Edward Glaeser +4

Americans travel 7 to 9 miles on average for shopping and recreational activities, which is far longer than the 15-minute (walking) city advocated by ecologically-oriented urban pl…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 6 cited

The universality in urban commuting across and within cities

Lei Dong, Paolo Santi, Yu Liu +2

Commuting is a key mechanism that governs the dynamics of cities. Despite its importance, very little is known of the properties and mechanisms underlying this crucial urban proces…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 33 cited

The effect of co-location on human communication networks

Daniel Carmody, Martina Mazzarello, Paolo Santi +5

The ability to rewire ties in communication networks is vital for large-scale human cooperation and the spread of new ideas. We show that lack of researcher co-location during the…

physics.soc-ph2021

Travel distance, frequency of return and the spread of disease

Cate Heine, Kevin P. O'Keeffe, Paolo Santi +2

In 2020 and 2021, the spread of COVID-19 was globally addressed by imposing restrictions on the distance of individual travel. Recent literature has uncovered a clear pattern in hu…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 1 cited

The darkweb: a social network anomaly

Kevin P. O'Keeffe, Virgil Griffith, Yang Xu +2

We analyse the darkweb and find its structure is unusual. For example, of darkweb sites \emph{never} link to another site. To call the darkweb a "web" is thus a misno…