This study looks at the potential for a shift away from curb use focused on street parking to more flexible allocation that includes pick-up and drop-off zones for passengers and freight. It presents the results of quantitative modelling of alternative curb-use scenarios and discusses their relative efficiency, contribution to wider policy objectives and implications on city revenues. The work builds on a workshop held in September 2017, and outreach to numerous experts. It also provides insights from a modeling exercise to quantify the impact of re-allocating curb space from parking to pick up and drop off zones.

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In many cities across the globe, the curb is an increasingly contested piece of urban real estate.

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Giving more room to ride services at the curb will initially have mixed impacts that must be managed.

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Knowledge of the curb is generally poor. Appropriate metrics and data collection to support decisions about the (re-)allocation of curb space are generally lacking. Where data exist, they are often generated and collected by non-public actors. This limits the ability of public authorities to assess whether allocation mechanisms are effective or how this space could be made available to uses that are more efficient.

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