Model-Based Assessment of__the__Cruising Traffic and Environmental Impact of__Parking Restrictions

2025/11/17 by Nicolas, Alexandre, Dutta, Nilankur, Bulckaen, Léo
#FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2511.13350

Abstract

In many large metropolitan areas, cars cruising for parking significantly contribute to congestion and pollution. At the same time, parking restrictions are contemplated to encourage the use of greener transport alternatives. We give a short overview of a versatile modelling framework for parking search, which can be solved by both numerical simulations and theoretical developments, and we illustrate its applicability in Lyon, France. Then, we show how this framework can be leveraged to assess the environmental impact of parking restrictions, weighing the antagonistic effects of the thus-induced excess cruising vs. mode shift.

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