Designated pick-up and drop-off areas work as hoped
Boston has used a pilot program to study the impact of designated areas for ride-share and low and behold it was a huge success.
https://www.boston.gov/departments/t...passenger-cars
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We learned a great deal from the pilot and have drafted an initial assessment report after collecting four months of data. We relied on both quantitative and qualitative methods. A few of the findings are listed below:- Huge increase in curb productivity. The utilization rate of the curb increased by more than 350 percent in the pick-up/drop-off zone.
- Parking incidents decreased. We saw an eight percent drop in overall parking citations in the area.
- Safer behaviors observed. Observation data found a notable decrease in pick-up/drop-off activity happening in the travel lane after the zone was installed.
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Who wouldathunk that common sense really works.