Smart Right-of-Way Permitting System for the City of Pittsburgh: Coordination, Pricing and Enforcement

Public roads, streets, and sidewalks are managed by the City of Pittsburgh and those public space are used by all residents. The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) is responsible for issuing and enforcing permits for occupancy of the public right-of-way (ROW) in the City of Pittsburgh, such as for construction projects and utility line repair and installation. Presently, DOMI charges limited administrative fees for each right-of-way permit, regardless of the work’s impact on the social welfare. The objective of this project is to (1) analyze current the Right-of-Way permitting fee structure for city of Pittsburgh, and introduce a dynamic pricing strategy that more accurately captures the marginal impact of social costs incurred; and (2) develop a prototype web application for visualizing and analyzing ROW permits.

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• Summary URL:
  https://ppms.cit.cmu.edu/projects/detail/311
• Dataset URL:
  https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/right-of-way-permits
• Dataset URL:
  https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/port-authority-transit-stop-usage
• Dataset URL:
  https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop20028/index.htm
• Record URL:
  https://ppms.cit.cmu.edu/media/project_files/Final_Report_-_311.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60112
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Supporting datasets available at: https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/right-of-way-permits; https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/port-authority-transit-stop-usage; https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop20028/index.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Mobility21 (University Transportation Center)

  Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
  5000 Forbes Ave, Hamburg Hall
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213-3890

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Qian, Sean
  • 0000-0001-8716-8989
  • Ma, Wei
  • Choudhry, Arnav
  • Cho, Sarah
  • Jia, Jerry
  • McHugh, Jimmy
  • Pathare, Saurabh
  • Rebovich, Nik
  • Rikhy, Mohit
  • Yuan, Mingjia
• Publication Date: 2021-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Research Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Law enforcement; Permits; Right of way (Land); Social impacts; Web applications
• Geographic Terms: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01779808
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747111
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 25 2021 5:18PM