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Implementation of demand-based pricing parking management to San Francisco on-street and off-street parking resulted in a 43 percent decrease in time searching for a parking space and a 30 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions.

METHODOLOGY This pilot involved demand-based parking pricing to on-street and off-street spaces in the pilot area. Hourly rates were adjusted based on the occupancy rate of the parking area. The…
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Benefit
Date Posted
01/25/2024
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Parking Space Management (PM01), Regional Parking Management (PM04), Loading Zone Management (PM06)
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San Francisco, California, United States

An Agent-Based Simulation Model of Automated Vehicles in San Francisco Estimated That Shared-Ride Home Pick-Up Services Would Result in a Cost Savings Benefit for 33 Percent of Trips With Human Drivers and 73 Percent of Trips With Fully Automated Vehicles

METHODOLOGY Six simulation scenarios were considered, assuming 100 percent market penetration of personal AV in the same horizon year as the base case scenario for the MTC-ABM: (i) Doubled highway…
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Benefit
Date Posted
09/29/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)
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San Francisco, California, United States

Evaluation of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit’s Carpooling App Revealed that 88 Percent of Scoop Trips Either Reduced or Caused no Change in Vehicle Miles Traveled.

METHODOLOGY This study considered 13 hypotheses (e.g., carpooling to stations increases) for the purpose of evaluating the BART Carpool to Transit Access Program pilot project facilitated through a…
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Benefit
Date Posted
09/29/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Parking Space Management (PM01), Multi-modal Coordination (PT14), Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)
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San Francisco, California, United States

Understand Time-Intensive Data Requirements for Valid Carpool Verification and Enforcement at Transit Station Parking Lots.

Understand time-intensive data requirements for valid carpool verification and enforcement. In this pilot, the vendor found it challenging and time-intensive to meet the data requirements for…
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Lesson
Date Posted
09/29/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Parking Space Management (PM01), Multi-modal Coordination (PT14), Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)
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San Francisco, California, United States

Simulation Study Assessing the Impacts of Automated Vehicles on Parking Demand in San Francisco’s City Center Saw a 72 Percent Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to a No-Automated Vehicles Scenario.

METHODOLOGY An open-source microscopic traffic simulation software was used to model the study area. The simulation model used the local travel activity data from the San Francisco Bay Area’s…
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Benefit
Date Posted
08/28/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Parking Space Management (PM01)
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San Francisco, California, United States

Consider Third-party Accessibility Testing to Enhance Digital Accessibility and Ensure Compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Screen Readers.

Consider third-party accessibility testing to enhance digital accessibility and ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and screen readers. Valley Metro employed a third-…
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Lesson
Date Posted
06/30/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)
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Simulation Study Implementing Transit Signal Priority on a Major Transit Corridor with Two Transit Lines on a Bus Only Lane in San Francisco Reduced Total Travel Time up to Nine Percent and Control Delay by 20 Percent.

METHODOLOGY The following three strategies were tested:  Strategy 1, Arterial timing optimization without private vehicles; Strategy 2 - Transit signal priority (TSP) at signalized…
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Benefit
Date Posted
06/28/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Signal Priority (PT09)
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San Francisco, California, United States

Provide More Protected Bike Lanes and Bike Parking to Improve Safety and Support the Integration of Public Transit and Micromobility.

Provide more protected bike lanes and bike parking to improve safety and support the integration of public transit and micromobility.  Based on the survey results, having more protected bike…
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Lesson
Date Posted
05/30/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)
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San Francisco, California, United States   |   Emeryville, California, United States   |   Oakland, California, United States
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