Citation

Arnott R, Williams P. Transp. Res. B Methodol. 2017; 104: 357-375.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.trb.2017.07.009

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Several recent papers have used the approximation that the number of curbside parking spaces searched before finding a vacant space equals the reciprocal of the expected curbside vacancy rate. The implied expected cruising-for-parking times are significantly lower than those that have been obtained through observation and simulation. Through computer simulation of cars cruising for parking around a circle in stochastic steady state, this paper shows that the approximation leads to underestimation of expected cruising-for-parking time and, at high occupancy rates, considerable underestimation. The paper also identifies several "effects" that contribute to the approximation being an increasingly poor one as the occupancy rate increases.

Language: en

Keywords

Curbside parking; Poisson process; Steady state; Stochastic simulation