The influence of parallel curb parking on traffic capacity at an intersection
Qi Zhao,
Yu-xuan Zhan,
Lili Zhang,
Lichen Su,
Li Wang
Affiliations
Qi Zhao
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Intelligent Traffic Control Technology, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China; Corresponding author.
Yu-xuan Zhan
China Academy of Transportation Science, Beijing 100029, China
Lili Zhang
The College of Information Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Lichen Su
School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering Beijing, Beihang University 100083, China
Li Wang
Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Intelligent Traffic Control Technology, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China
In this paper, we propose a model based on traffic flow theory to quantify the influence of curb parking on traffic capacity at a road intersection. The model takes into account vehicles parked at the curb and those that perform parking maneuvers, under three different saturation scenarios at the intersection. We apply the model to three input data sets and compare the results with those obtained from a traffic simulation. The model calculation and traffic simulation errors (MAPE and RMSE) are within an acceptable range (smaller than 10 %), which shows the effectiveness of the proposed model.
