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Hitchhiking Rides Dataset: Two decades of crowd-sourced records on stochastic traveling
Till Wenke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21946 https://

Hitchhiking Rides Dataset: Two decades of crowd-sourced records on stochastic traveling
Hitchhiking, a spontaneous and decentralized mode of travel, has long eluded systematic study due to its informal nature. This paper presents and analyzes the largest known structured dataset of hitchhiking rides, comprising over 63,000 entries collected over nearly two decades through platforms associated with hitchwiki.org and lately on hitchmap.com. By leveraging crowd-sourced contributions, the dataset captures key spatiotemporal and strategic aspects of hitchhiking. This work documents the…

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