scholarly journals Stochastic bottleneck capacity, merging traffic and morning commute

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 48-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Ling Xiao ◽  
Ronghui Liu ◽  
Hai-Jun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Morning Commute ◽  
Bottleneck Capacity

Morning commute problem with queue-length-dependent bottleneck capacity

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 184-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Yong Chen ◽  
Rui Jiang ◽  
Xin-Gang Li ◽  
Mao-Bin Hu ◽  
Bin Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Queue Length ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Bottleneck Capacity

scholarly journals Congestion Behavior under Uncertainty on Morning Commute with Preferred Arrival Time Interval

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
LingLing Xiao ◽  
Ronghui Liu ◽  
HaiJun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Arrival Time ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Fixed Time ◽  
User Equilibrium ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Work Schedule ◽  
Schedule Delay ◽  
Departure Time ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Bottleneck Capacity

This paper extends the bottleneck model to study congestion behavior of morning commute with flexible work schedule. The proposed model assumes a stochastic bottleneck capacity which follows a uniform distribution and homogeneous commuters who have the same preferred arrival time interval. The commuters are fully aware of the stochastic properties of travel time and schedule delay distributions at all departure times that emerge from day-to-day capacity variations. The commuters’ departure time choice follows user equilibrium (UE) principle in terms of the expected trip cost. Analytical and numerical solutions of this model are provided. The equilibrium departure time patterns are examined which show that the stochastic capacity increases the mean trip cost and lengthens the rush hour. The adoption of flexitime results in less congestion and more efficient use of bottleneck capacity than fixed-time work schedule. The longer the flexi-time interval is, the more uniformly distributed the departure times are.

scholarly journals Early Bird Scheme for Parking Management: How Does Parking Play a Role in the Morning Commute Problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8531
Author(s):  
Zipeng Zhang ◽  
Ning Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
User Equilibrium ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Early Bird ◽  
Schedule Coordination ◽  
Parking Management ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Bottleneck Capacity ◽  
Parking Pricing

This paper extended the Vickrey’s point-queue model to study the early bird parking mechanism during morning commute peak hours. We not only investigated how commuters choose departure times in view of morning commute traffic congestion and the discounted early bird parking fee, but also analyzed the conditions which are determined for the existence of the user equilibrium in the analysis model provided in this paper. Moreover, the tendency of the total queuing time and the incremental parking pricing revenue was derived along with the different choice strategy between early bird parkers (ERPs) and regular parkers (RPs). The results showed that the number of commuters was jointly determined by the desired time and the bottleneck capacity for different schedules. Additionally, the method of fare incentive showed a better effect on reducing queue than the initial no-incentive method with the instantaneous travel demand. Most importantly, the incremental parking revenue can be increased by properly adjusting the parking pricing gap between ERPs and RPs. Our research not only provided several important propositions for the early bird parking mechanism but also included the optimal solutions for optimal parking pricing and schedule gap in two groups of parkers. This work is expected to promote the development of early bird parking to mitigate morning commute traffic congestion and motivate the related research of schedule coordination for regulating parking choice behavior in morning peak hours.

scholarly journals Temporal-spatial allocation of bottleneck capacity for managing morning commute with carpool

2021 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 177-200
Author(s):  
Ling-Ling Xiao ◽  
Tian-Liang Liu ◽  
Hai-Jun Huang ◽  
Ronghui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Bottleneck Capacity

scholarly journals The Morning Commute Problem with Ridesharing When Meet Stochastic Bottleneck

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6040
Author(s):  
Zipeng Zhang ◽  
Ning Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Property ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Work Pattern ◽  
Schedule Coordination ◽  
Queue Model ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Analysis Models

This paper extends Vickrey’s point-queue model to study ridesharing behavior during a morning commute with uncertain bottleneck location. Unlike other ridesharing cost analysis models, there are two congestion cases and four dynamic departure patterns in our model: pre-pickup congestion case and post-pickup congestion case; both early pattern, both late pattern, late for pickup but early for work pattern, and early for pickup but late for work pattern. Analytical results indicate that the dynamic property of the mixed commuters equilibrium varies with the endogenous penetration rates associated with ridesharing commutes, as well as the schedule difference between pickup and work. This work is expected to promote the development of ridesharing to mitigate the traffic congestion and motivate related research of schedule coordination for regulating the ridesharing travel behavior in terms of the morning commute problem.

scholarly journals Study on Profitable Shared Parking Management Based on Day-to-Day Evolution Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-33
Author(s):  
Duo Xu ◽  
Huijun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Evolution Model ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Parking Lots ◽  
Morning Commute ◽  
Quantity Control

Parking problems are getting increasingly serious in the urban area. However, the parking spots in the urban area are underutilized rather than really scarce. There is a large number of private spots in the residential areas that have the potential of being shared. Due to its private nature, shared parking is usually operated by a profitable mode. To study the utilization of shared parking and its impact on the morning commute, this paper proposes an evolution model. The supply side is a profit-chasing manager who decides on the selling prices and the business scale, while the demand side refers to travellers who respond to costs and choose the trip mode. By analysing the behaviour (strategy) of both sides, the study covers: 1 - the attraction and competition between parking lots and trip modes, 2 - the utilization and user composition of the parking lots. By inducing two numerical examples, the conclusions are that 1 - managers can achieve maximum profit and optimal allocation through price adjustment and quantity control; 2 - publicity (system cost minimization) and profitability (profit maximization) are consistent under certain threshold conditions; 3 - competition exists between parking lots as well as trip modes; some parking lots are even in short supply; profitable management does not create a market monopoly.

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