2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Economic Distance Structures Urban Mobility in 109 U.S. Cities
Wei-Peng Nie, Xiao-Yong Yan, Bin Jia +4
Urban mobility promises social integration, yet daily movement is systematically constrained by socioeconomic hierarchies. Introducing "economic distance"--the continuous income ga…
physics.soc-ph2025
Urban transport systems shape experiences of social segregation
Yitao Yang, Erjian Liu, Bin Jia +1
Mobility is a fundamental feature of human life, and through it our interactions with the world and people around us generate complex and consequential social phenomena. Social seg…