10 papers
Spatial Pricing in Ride-Sourcing Markets under a Congestion Charge
Sen Li, Hai Yang, Kameshwar Poolla +1
This paper studies the optimal spatial pricing for a ride-sourcing platform subject to a congestion charge. The platform determines the ride prices over the transportation network…
Off-Street Parking for TNC Vehicles to Reduce Cruising Traffic
Sen Li, Junjie Qin, Hai Yang +2
This paper considers off-street parking for the cruising vehicles of transportation network companies (TNCs) to reduce the traffic congestion. We propose a novel business that inte…
Safety Challenges for Autonomous Vehicles in the Absence of Connectivity
Akhil Shetty, Mengqiao Yu, Alex Kurzhanskiy +3
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are promoted as a technology that will create a future with effortless driving and virtually no traffic accidents. AV companies claim that, when fully dev…
Impact of Congestion Charge and Minimum Wage on TNCs: A Case Study for San Francisco
Sen Li, Kameshwar Poolla, Pravin Varaiya
This paper describes the impact on transportation network companies (TNCs) of the imposition of a congestion charge and a driver minimum wage. The impact is assessed using a market…
Large-Scale Traffic Signal Offset Optimization
Yi Ouyang, Richard Y. Zhang, Javad Lavaei +1
The offset optimization problem seeks to coordinate and synchronize the timing of traffic signals throughout a network in order to enhance traffic flow and reduce stops and delays.…
A Queuing Approach to Parking: Modeling, Verification, and Prediction
Hamidreza Tavafoghi, Kameshwar Poolla, Pravin Varaiya
We present a queuing model of parking dynamics and a model-based prediction method to provide real-time probabilistic forecasts of future parking occupancy. The queuing model has a…