Towards a Smart, Safe, and Sustainable Sidewalk: A Quantitative Analysis on How Sidewalk Infrastructure Affect Personal Delivery Devices

Details

• Creators:
  Zhao, Ding ; Wu, Zhiwei Steven
• Corporate Creators:
  Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Communities
  • Data collection
  • Delivery service
  • Equity (Justice)
  • Infrastructure
  • Pricing
  • Residents
  • Robotics
  • Sidewalks
  • Sustainable development
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Pennsylvania;United States
• Edition:
  Final Research Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University
• Abstract:
  The study team aims to investigate how the sidewalk infrastructure affects Person Delivery Devices (PDDs) and residents. To this end, the team plans to collect data of the sidewalk ecosystem in Pittsburgh using a robot and establish a multi-model simulator for PDDs at the city scale. The study team will analyze PDD's disparate impact on different communities in simulation and explore pricing mechanisms to mitigate the disparate impact and promote equity. The project is of great interest to both the government and industry.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747111
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63170/dot_63170_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 409.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:36c5c23771d10b7338878c064f0104c0db97fb49f432fa730896d92bd89041a5ae674117a646085f2998967814d28cc2388b6c1605d7308cc3d2eee7ed25736f