This project aims to develop a city-scale dynamic curb use simulation tool and an open-source curb management platform. The envisioned simulation and management capabilities will include dynamically and concurrently controlling price, number of spaces, allowed parking duration, time of use or reservation, and curb space use type (e.g., dynamic curb space rezoning based on supply and demand). Researchers will design, implement, and test a curbside resource usage platform for fleet vehicles communications at commercial vehicle load zones (CVLZs), passenger load zones (PLZs), and transit stops, and perform demonstrations with stakeholder agencies and provide pathways to practice for promising curb allocation policies.
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Andisheh Ranjbari, Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $500,000
Project Timing: November 2020 to November 2023
Project Funder: Urban Freight Lab
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $180,000
Project Timing: January 2022 to January 2024
The Urban Freight in 2030 project will explore emerging urban freight trends, their impacts on local and global sustainable development, and propose our future course of action. We'll use the expertise of the Urban Freight Lab members and partners, supported by up-to-date research and subject specialists, to create a shared vision of the future of urban delivery in 2030, and produce vision documents to be shared publicly, outlining and detailing the Urban Freight Lab’s vision of the future of urban freight. See the project website: Goods Movement 2030, An Urban Freight Lab Blog.
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant program
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Anne Goodchild
Project Budget: $1,996,000
Project Timing: August 2023 to August 2025
Since 2010, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been a national leader in data-driven curbside management by using parking occupancy data to set on-street parking rates. Our proposal requested $2 million to extend our performance data-driven pricing and curb literacy to a new use: designated commercial vehicle load zones (CVLZ) and the commercial vehicle permit (CVP). Our plan is to establish new CVP policies in close collaboration with urban freight companies, adjacent businesses, and other critical stakeholders; implement a digital CVP built on the Curb Data Specification (CDS) that enables capture of curb utilization measurements and communicates demand management policies; and transform our legacy digital curb inventory to the national CDS standard.