Approximate optimum curbside utilisation for pick-up and drop-off (PUDO) and parking demands using reinforcement learning
Author(s)
Ye, Qiming
Feng, Yuxiang
Qiu, Jingshuo
Stettler, Marc
Angeloudis, Panagiotis
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
With the uptake of automated transport, especially Pick-Up and Drop-Off (PUDO) operations of Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs), the valet parking of passenger vehicles and delivery vans are envisaged to saturate our future streets. These emerging behaviours would join conventional on-street parking activities in an intensive competition for scarce curb resources. Existing curbside management approaches principally focus on those long-term parking demands, neglecting those short-term PUDO or docking events. Feasible solutions that coordinate diverse parking requests given limited curb space are still absent. We propose a Reinforcement Learning (RL) method to dynamically dispatch parking areas to accommodate a hybrid stream of parking behaviours. A partially-learning Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm is trained to approximate optimum dispatching strategies. Modelling results reveal satisfying convergence guarantees and robust learning patterns. Namely, the proposed model successfully discriminates parking demands of distinctive sorts and prioritises PUDOs and docking requests. Results also identify that when the demand-supply ratio situates at 2:1 to 4:1, the service rate approximates an optimal (83\%), and curbside occupancy surges to 80%. This work provides a novel intelligent dispatching model for diverse and fine-grained parking demands. Furthermore, it sheds light on deploying distinctive administrative strategies to the curbside in different contexts.
Date Issued
2022-10-08
Date Acceptance
2022-06-16
Citation
2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2022, pp.2628-2633
ISBN
978-1-6654-6880-0
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
2628
End Page
2633
Journal / Book Title
2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
Copyright Statement
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Identifier
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7haYvj8AAAAJ&hl=en
Source
2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
Subjects
Curbside Management
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Autonomous Vehicles
Parking Model
Smart City
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2022-10-08
Finish Date
2022-10-12
Coverage Spatial
Macau, China
Date Publish Online
2022-07-17