TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Cruising for parking around a circle
JO  - Transportation research part B: methodological
A1  - Arnott, Richard
A1  - Williams, Parker
SP  - 357
EP  - 375
VL  - 104
IS  - 
N2  - Several recent papers have used the approximation that the number of curbside parking spaces searched before finding a vacant space equals the reciprocal of the expected curbside vacancy rate. The implied expected cruising-for-parking times are significantly lower than those that have been obtained through observation and simulation. Through computer simulation of cars cruising for parking around a circle in stochastic steady state, this paper shows that the approximation leads to underestimation of expected cruising-for-parking time and, at high occupancy rates, considerable underestimation. The paper also identifies several "effects" that contribute to the approximation being an increasingly poor one as the occupancy rate increases.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0191-2615
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2017.07.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -