2019 Wayne Shackelford Scholarship Winners

Ziyi Dai Seyed Etezady Kathryn Popp Ziyi Dai

As curbsides continuously to serve more and more functions, there has risen a curbside congestion crisis. As an ITS consultant, the solution I would propose to handle this crisis is a comprehensive dynamic management of curbside use with the support of advanced information technologies. Detailed solutions include building database for existing curbsides facilities, setting up flex zones along curbsides, providing real-time curbside availability information and implementing demand-based dynamic pricing and congestion pricing. Detailed discussion include how to implement these strategies, their potential impacts, involved stakeholders and metrics to conduct performance measures.

Seyed Etezady

With the introduction of new mobility modes and changing travel behavior, the urban curb has turned into a contested public asset. Several cities have started to come up with new curb management plans, while Atlanta has yet to start. I argue that the City needs to use ITS to digitize the curb, engage with the stakeholders and users to collect data and build a real-time platform akin to the Smart City pilot on North Avenue, build curb demand models, evaluate the performance of the devised policies, and further use ITS to enforce the regulations.

Kathryn Popp

This essay proposed three ITS-based solutions that would mitigate the curbside congestion issues in Atlanta. The solutions include automated enforcement using license-plate readers, establishing a database of information including surveys and parking occupancy, and create a city-wide “smart park” system. A few of these technologies have already been implemented in other cities across the United States and it is important to acknowledge their success and adapt the methods to construct an ITS solution unique to the different communities within Atlanta.