2024 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Civic Innovation Challenge Study

# 2024 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Civic Innovation Challenge Study
The 2024 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Study provided insight into the travel patterns and associated energy consumption of participants.

Study results helped researchers identify opportunities for the development of shared mobility strategies—such as collaborative ride-sharing programs—that could address the mobility needs of rural communities in Puerto Rico.

The Civic Innovation Challenge is a multiagency, federal government research and action competition that funds ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects that have the potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities.

## Data Collection Agency
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez conducted the study.

## Survey Methodology
The study was conducted in Spanish.

Data collection was enabled via the open-source [NREL OpenPATH platform](https://www.nrel.gov/transportation/openpath). The resulting dataset consists of partially automated travel diaries—combining sensed and surveyed data reflecting patterns of multimodal, end-to-end, individual human mobility—as well as demographic and socioeconomic information from the 31 participants.

## Survey Records, Data, and Documentation
Survey records include 31 participants. The total number of trips was 1,373 and the total non-air-miles traveled was approximately 8,260.