Estimating and Mitigating the Congestion Effect of Curbside Pick-ups and Drop-offs: A Causal Inference Approach. (arXiv:2206.02164v1 [cs.LG])

Curb space is one of the busiest areas in urban road networks. Especially in
recent years, the rapid increase of ride-hailing trips and commercial
deliveries has induced massive pick-ups/drop-offs (PUDOs), which occupy the
limited curb space that was designed and built decades ago. These PUDOs could
jam curb utilization and disturb the mainline traffic flow, evidently leading
to significant societal externalities. However, there is a lack of an
analytical framework that rigorously quantifies and mitigates the congestion
effect of PUDOs …

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