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RESEARCH THEME 2
Parking Management
PARKING MANAGEMENT
URBAN PARKING
PARKING SOLUTIONS
SMART PARKING
PRICING MODELS
ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING
PARKING SIMULATION
PARKING SPACE CHOICE
PARKING SEARCH PATTERNS
BEHAVIOURAL MODEL
PARKING POLICY
PARKING DATA
ILLEGAL PARKING
Project
Research has demonstrated the significant impacts of urban parking on traffic congestion and behaviour. This project focused on parking solutions in urban areas in the context of supply and demand of on-street parking, road congestion, transportation networks and traffic flows, parking by-laws, “smart parking”, pricing models and other factors. It built on previous research that analysed the relationships between parking supply, demand and the incidence of illegal commercial vehicle parking and developed a prototype traffic simulation tool that incorporates the driver decisions of parking space choice, and simulates the effects of parking search patterns on traffic congestion. This project expanded upon these preliminary efforts to deliver:

1. Enhanced behavioural models of parking choice.
2. A traffic simulation model of downtown Toronto and the Waterfront Area with auto and truck parking features.
3. Parking policy scenario analysis.
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Urban Parking Dilemma
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On-Street Parking Stated Preference Game Simulation Survey

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PUBLICATIONS
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"Illegal Parking and Optimal Enforcement Policies with Search Friction", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2020. (In Press)
M. Nourinejad and M.J. Roorda
"Parking Survey Design Using Gamification", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020. (submitted)
B. Wang, M. Nourinejad, O. Bascuñán, M. J. Roorda
"Cruising for Parking with Autonomous and Conventional Vehicles", Transportation, 2020. (submitted)
M. Nourinejad and M. J. Roorda
"Autonomous Vehicle Parking Policies: A Case Study in the City of Toronto", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020. (submitted)
S. Bahrami and M. J. Roorda
S. Bahrami and M. J. Roorda
M. Nourinejad, S. Bahrami, M. J. Roorda
M. Nourinejad and M. J. Roorda
M. Nourinejad and M. J. Roorda
A. Rosenfield, J. Lamers, M. Nourinejad, M. J. Roorda
A. Ramandan and M.J. Roorda
A. Wenneman, K. M. Nurul Habib, M. J. Roorda
M. Nourinejad, A. Wenneman, K. Nurul Habib, M. J. Roorda
PRESENTATIONS
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"Implications of automation on parking", Invited presentation, Transformative Transportation '19, Toronto, June 26, 2019.
S. Bahrami and M. J. Roorda
"Commercial Vehicle Parking: Congestion Impacts and Solutions", Invited presentation, Quarterly Meeting of the GTHA and Ontario TDM Program Leads, Toronto Parking Authority, Feb 27, 2019.
M. J. Roorda
"Urban Commercial Vehicle Parking in Toronto", Invited presentation, 2018 Transportation Podium Research Day, University of Toronto, December 13, 2018
M. J. Roorda
"Urban Commercial Vehicle Parking in Toronto", Invited presentation, 2018 Ministry of Infrastructure, Toronto, May 3, 2018.
M. J. Roorda
"Urban Commercial Vehicle Parking in Toronto; Illegal Parking Issues, Impacts, Analysis Methods and Policy Interventions", Invited presentation, 2018 City of Toronto Transportation Research Podium Series, Toronto City Hall, March 23, 2018.
M. J. Roorda
"Urban Commercial Vehicle Parking in Toronto; Illegal Parking Issues, Impacts, Analysis Methods and Policy Interventions", Invited presentation Dalhousie University seminar; Dalhousie University, Halifax, November 3, 2017.
M. J. Roorda
"An Integrated Traffic Microsimulation Model of Illegal On-street Parking in Downtown Toronto", Invited presentation, Mobility Chair Meeting, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, May 1-3, 2017.
M. J. Roorda
"Urban Commercial Vehicle Parking in Toronto; Illegal Parking Issues, Impacts, Analysis Methods and Policy Interventions", Invited presentation to ITS-Davis seminar, UC Davis, California, January 27, 2017.
M. J. Roorda
"Impacts of Illegal Parking on CBD Congestion", Invited panelist at the Transportation Association of Canada, Toronto, September 25-28, 2016.
M. J. Roorda
"On-street Parking Choice Models based on a Stated Preference Game Simulation Survey", 12th International Conference on Travel Survey Methods, Lisbon, Portugal, 2020.
B. Wang, M. Nourinejad, O. Bascuñán, D. Kasraian, M. J. Roorda
"An Agent-based Simulation Model for Evaluation of Parking Policies in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles", 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 12-16, 2020.
S. Bahrami and M. J. Roorda
"Optimal Operations of an Automated Vehicle Parking Lot", Paper presented at the CTRF 54th Annual Conference, Vancouver, May 26-29, 2019. (This paper was awarded the runner up to best conference paper award).
S. Bahrami and M. J. Roorda
"Design of Parking Facilities for Autonomous Vehicles", Paper presented at the 53rd Annual conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Gatineau, QC, June 3-6, 2018.
M. Nourinejad, S. Bahrami, M. J. Roorda
"Geometric Design of Parking Facilities for Autonomous Vehicles", 22nd International Conference Of Hong Kong Society For Transportation Studies, Hong Kong, December 9-11, 2017.
M. Nourinejad, S. Bahrami, M. J. Roorda
"An Integrated Traffic Microsimulation Model of Illegal On-street Parking in Downtown Toronto", Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 8-12, 2017.
A. Ramadan and M. J. Roorda
"Parking Enforcement Policies for Commercial Vehicles", Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 8-12, 2017.
M. Nourinejad and M. J. Roorda
A. Ramandan and M.J. Roorda
"Using a virtual game to collect parking data", iCity-ORF First Annual Student Presentations.
Mehdi Nourinejad
“A ‘Gamification’ Survey Approach to Assessing Parking Behaviour”, iCity Urban Informatics Research Days Webinar Series, 2020.
Mehdi Nourinejad, Bo Wang
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