Mobile Communications and Transportation in Metropolitan Regions

.............................................................................................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 5 METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................... 7 DATA ACCESSIBILITY ............................................................................................................................... 8 MOBILE NETWORK STRENGTH.............................................................................................................. 16 DEMOGRAPHICS OF SMARTPHONE USERS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS ........................................... 20 COMPOSITE RANKING .......................................................................................................................... 25 CONCLUSIONS & POLICY IMPLICATIONS............................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................................. 30 REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 44 1