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This paper looks at the parking violation behavior of commercial vehicles that has been widely overlooked in the literature. Two types of analyses were conducted based on a geo-coded violation location data obtained in New York City (NYC) for March 2010. The spatial intensity indices of violations were calculated to identify the “hot spots” of commercial vehicle violations in terms of road function class and land use type. As found, road segments with special characteristics are more likely to have violations, followed by highways and arterials. Commercial and industrial areas, as the main generators of freight and service activities, are more prone to intensive violations. Individual vehicles’ violation trajectories and frequency patterns were also examined to gain behavioral insights. As both the average behavior and the extreme case confirm, commercial vehicles, particularly the frequent violators, tend to make repetitive violations with the same types in the same areas. These results, combined, indicate the “inevitable” nature of commercial vehicle violations and the imbalance between demand and supply relation as the fundamental contribution factor. As suggested, advanced parking management strategies are urgently needed, such as the metering strategies and price incentive mechanisms to foster the fast turnover in parking space.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT025 Urban Freight Transportation.

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15-5958

English

15p

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Commercial vehicles; Freight transportation; Land use; Parking; Parking violations

New York (New York)

Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-5958

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 1:59PM