Planning Method for Urban Subway Park-and-Ride Station and Parking Berth

Authors

  • Yi Cao
    Affiliation

    Department of Traffic Engineering, School of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, 116028 Dalian, 794 Huanghe Road, People's Republic of China

  • Yi-xiao Wang
    Affiliation

    Department of Traffic Engineering, School of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, 116028 Dalian, 794 Huanghe Road, People's Republic of China

  • Zhong-zhen Yang
    Affiliation

    Department of Logistics management, Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, 818 Fenghua Road, People's Republic of China

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.15812

Abstract

For satisfying the growing demand of parking in urban area and relieving traffic congestion in downtown, under the condition of urban subway park-and-ride (P&R), the methods of site selection and scale calculation of parking lots are studied. Selecting Xi'an Rd. business circle in Dalian as study object, both survey and analysis of parking demand were conducted. Based on the principle of random equilibrium selection, the logit model of P&R demand was constructed. Then the forecasting models of parking demand both in downtown and peripheral zones were proposed respectively. Using the minimum travel distance of vehicles as the objective function, site selection optimization model of P&R station was constructed. The calculation methods of scale for parking lots in both downtown and P&R station were also processed. For the case of Xi'an Rd. business circle, not only the site of P&R station was planned, but the scale of parking berth was calculated. According to the plan and calculation, the total number of parking berth has increased from 3380 to 4011. Among the planned berths, 75.7 % are in the business circle and 24.3 % in P&R stations are outside downtown. Thus, the number of planned berths in the business circle has actually decreased by about 8 %. The research indicates that, for downtown with subway system, by reducing parking berths in downtown and increasing them in P&R stations outside the urban area, this planning method is more beneficial to relieve the problems of parking and traffic congestion in downtown than traditional method.

Keywords:

traffic engineering, planning method, park-and-ride station, parking berth, logit model

Published Online

2021-12-20

How to Cite

Cao, Y., Wang, Y.- xiao, Yang, Z.- zhen (2022) “Planning Method for Urban Subway Park-and-Ride Station and Parking Berth”, Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 50(1), pp. 79–87. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.15812

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