Parking Spaces in the Age of Shared Autonomous Vehicles: How Much Parking Will We Need and Where?

The world is on the cusp of a new era in mobility given that the enabling technologies for autonomous vehicles (AVs) are almost ready for deployment and testing. Although the technological frontiers for deploying AVs are being crossed, transportation planners and engineers know far less about the potential impact of such technologies on urban form and land use patterns. This paper attempts to address those issues by simulating the operation of shared AVs (SAVs) in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, by using the real transportation network with calibrated link-level travel speeds and a travel demand origin–destination matrix. The model results suggest that the SAV system can reduce parking land by 4.5% in Atlanta at a 5% market penetration level. In charged-parking scenarios, parking demand will move from downtown to adjacent low-income neighborhoods. The results also reveal that policy makers may consider combining charged-parking policies with additional regulations to curb excessive vehicle miles traveled and alleviate potential social equity problems.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2651-09
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309442046
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Wenwen
  • Guhathakurta, Subhrajit
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 80–91
• Monograph Title: Public Transportation, Volume 5: Planning, Demand Management, and Parking
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2651
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous intelligent cruise control; Land use; Mobility; Parking; Travel demand; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01630360
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309442046
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-05399
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 27 2017 9:35AM