Economic Analysis of Curb Parking with Urban Delivery
Speaker:
Prof. Zhengtian Xu
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, George Washington University, USA
Date: Aug 19, 2024 (Monday)
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Room 612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong
Abstract
The surge in online shopping has dramatically increased the demand for short-term curb access for package pickups and deliveries, leading to heightened competition for limited curb space. This talk addresses how the unique parking demand of deliverers, particularly their endogenous parking durations, affects the dynamics of urban curb parking systems. Continuum models of curb parking systems are developed, and analytical analyses are performed to understand the system dynamics and steady-state properties under the influence of increased urban deliveries. Theoretical capacity of three prevalent curb management strategies, including pricing, parking duration caps, and dedicated delivery bays, are examined and compared. Our findings offer valuable insights into the unique properties that deliverers introduce to curb parking dynamics, highlighting the need for a strategic reevaluation of status-quo managerial measures.
About the Speaker
Dr. Zhengtian Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University and directs the Sustainable Urban Mobility Lab. His research focuses on developing novel models, tools, and data-driven quantitative analyses to understand, enhance, and regulate urban mobility systems and services. Dr. Xu’s work has been featured in leading transportation research journals, including Transportation Research Part B/C and Transportation Science. Notably, one of his papers received the Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award and the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award at the Transportation Research Board’s 95th Annual Meeting. His doctoral dissertation, which addressed the critical issues of empty miles in app-based ride-hailing services, was recognized with the TSL Dissertation Award from INFORMS and the HKSTS Outstanding Dissertation Award with the Gordon Newell Memorial Prize from the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. He is currently guest editing a special issue on “the Economics of Platform-Based Mobility and Logistics Services” at Transportation Research Part C. Dr. Xu earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2020, his M.S. from the University of Florida in 2016, and his B.S. from Tsinghua University, China, in 2014.
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