Agent-Based Analysis of Urban Parking Space Reservation by Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication
The aim of this paper is to study the impacts of a reservation system for on-street parking. Such a system provides drivers looking for on-street parking with information on available parking places, thereby possibly reducing the need to cruise for parking. The authors apply an agent-based model to study the impacts of such a reservation system in detail, for a range of situations. The results of the simulations show that users of a reservation system benefit in terms of reduced search time and reduced walking distance under all simulated circumstances. Furthermore, users of the reservation system have a substantially higher chance of finding a vacant parking spot within 10 minutes search time than regular cars. However, societal benefits are not as clear-cut. The benefit in search time for the users of the system comes at a cost for the regular drivers, which see a nearly identical increase in search time. In contrast, the positive impact on walking distance hardly influences walking distance for regular drivers. Hence, the introduction of a reservation system for on-street parking results in a more efficient distribution of available parking places among drivers searching for parking.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE50 Standing Committee on Transportation Demand Management.
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Authors:
- Tasseron, Geert
- Martens, Karel
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
- Date: 2016
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 15p
- Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Distance; On street parking; Reservation systems; Time; Vehicular ad hoc networks
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01592750
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 16-2704
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 4 2016 5:05PM