Current countries

Mobility has built-in data preparation for France and Switzerland.

The tables below list the data sources used by the package today. They are a reference for modellers adding another country.

France

Input	Source used today	Prepared in	Notes
Local admin units	IGN ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO	FrenchAdminUnits	Communes and municipal arrondissements.
Local admin unit categories	INSEE urban units	FrenchLocalAdminUnitsCategories	Converted to Mobility urban categories.
Legal population	INSEE legal population	FrenchCityLegalPopulation	Prepared by local admin unit.
Population groups	INSEE census localized individuals	FrenchPopulationGroups	Joined to regions, cantons, and transport zones.
Mobility survey	EMP mobility survey	project survey object	Used for daily activity, time, and mode patterns.
Work opportunities	INSEE 2019 jobs and active population	FrenchWorkOpportunities	Jobs and active population by local admin unit.
Work flows	INSEE MOBPRO 2019	FrenchWorkFlows	Home-work flows by local admin unit and mode.
Study opportunities	French education directory and 2023 higher education atlas	FrenchStudyOpportunities	Schools and universities as point opportunities.
Study flows	INSEE MOBSCO 2020	FrenchStudyFlows	Home-study flows by local admin unit and school type.
Shopping opportunities	INSEE BPE 2024 and ESANE turnover ratios	FrenchShoppingOpportunities	Shop proxy based on equipment and turnover ratios.
Public transport	transport.data.gouv.fr GTFS metadata	FrenchGTFS	Filtered by the selected study area when possible.

Switzerland

Input	Source used today	Prepared in	Notes
Local admin units	swisstopo swissBOUNDARIES3D	SwissAdminUnits	Municipalities.
Local admin unit categories	BFS municipality typology 2020	SwissLocalAdminUnitsCategories	Converted to Mobility urban categories.
Legal population	BFS municipal population table	SwissCityLegalPopulation	Prepared by local admin unit.
Population groups	User-provided Swiss census parser	SwissPopulationGroups	Required when Swiss transport zones are present.
Mobility survey	Project survey object	project survey object	Must have survey_name and country.
Work opportunities	BFS jobs and active population table	SwissWorkOpportunities	Jobs and active population by local admin unit.
Work flows	BFS commuting table	SwissWorkFlows	Home-work flows by local admin unit.
Study opportunities	OpenStreetMap schools and Swiss student totals for 2023/24 and 2024/25	SwissStudyOpportunities	Estimated from school building area.
Study flows	Missing	SwissStudyFlows	Mobility fails clearly if Swiss study flows are requested.
Shopping opportunities	BFS STATENT 2022 and INSEE/NAF bridge	SwissShoppingOpportunities	Shop proxy based on employees and turnover ratios.
Public transport	opentransportdata.swiss GTFS metadata	SwissGTFS	Uses Swiss national GTFS source metadata.