Introducing ridesharing into parking problems

authored by

Yaoli Wang, Fabian Bock, Christian Koetsier, Stephan Winter, Monika Sester

Abstract

High demand for parking exists in many urban centres, contributing to traffic congestion and driver frustration. Various approaches to relieve parking pressure are implemented already in practice, which, despite their positive influence, have not yet eliminated the fundamental challenge. This paper presents a significant contribution - a conceptual model of park-and-ridesharing that reduces parking pressure by applying last-mile ridesharing in return for managed parking. We will demonstrate that ridesharing only for the last mile controls effectively for the general unwillingness in the public of ridesharing. Results show that a significant ratio of travellers, considering their utility function, would use such a ridesharing system. In addition to fewer vehicles entering the urban centre, park-and-ridesharing also reduces the waiting and searching time for parking in high travel demand scenarios. Thus, it has potential to reduce traffic and parking burden in urban centres.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics

External Organisation(s)

University of Melbourne

Type

Conference contribution

Pages

365-370

No. of pages

6

Publication date

2018

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Transportation

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities