Impacts of on-street parking regulations on cooperative, connected, and automated mobility - a traffic microsimulation study

Sha, Hua; Haouari, Rajae; Singh, Mohit Kumar; Papazikou, Evita; Chaudhry, Amna; Thomas, Pete; Quddus, Mohammed; Morris, Andrew

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the mobility impacts of on-street parking regulations for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) under mixed traffic fleets. A calibrated and validated network model of the city of Leicester in the UK was selected to test the implementation under various deployment scenarios. The modelling results indicated that replacing on-street parking with driving lanes, cycle lanes and public spaces can potentially lead to better traffic performance (27% to 30% reduction in travel time, 43% to 47% reduction in delays) compared to the other tested measures. The less significant impact of replacement with pick-up/drop-off points is due to increased stop-and-go events while vehicles pick-up and drop-off pabengers, consequently leading to more interruptions in the flow and increased delays. The paper provides examples of interventions that can be implemented for on-street parking during the implementation of CAVs for regional decision-makers and local authorities.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: TRA Lisbon 2022
• Start Date: Nov 14, 2022
• End Date: Nov 17, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Jun 12, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Dec 13, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 13, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 14, 2024
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 72
• Pages: 3062-3069
• Series Title: TRA Lisbon 2022 Conference Proceedings Transport Research Arena (TRA Lisbon 2022),14th-17th November 2022, Lisboa, Portugal
• Book Title: Transportation Research Procedia
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.855
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12044269