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Title: AIRPORT DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING FREEWAY OPERATIONS
Accession Number: 00225545
Record Type: Component
Abstract: FUNCTIONS OCCURRING AT AIRPORTS ARE: (1) A MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTER, (2) TRANSPORTATION TRANSFER TERMINAL, AND (3) A PLACE OF COMMERCE, SALES, SERVICES, AND RECREATION. FREEWAY DEMAND LEVELS AT AIRPORTS MUST RECOGNIZE THESE FUNCTIONS. AIRPORT DEMAND STUDIES SHOULD ALSO BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: (1) THE PRESENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DAILY AIR PASSENGER AND CARGO VOLUMES AT INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS AND THE VOLUMES OF VEHICLES REQUIRED TO SERVE THOSE ACTIVITY LEVELS, (2) THE TIME DISTRIBUTION OF TRAVEL TO AIRPORTS AND THE RELATION OF THE TIME DISTRIBUTION TO OVERALL AVIATION PATTERNS AND AIR TRIP PURPOSES, (3) THE POSSIBILITY OF SEPARATING AIRPORT FUNCTIONS SPATIALLY, TO DISTRIBUTE VEHICLE DEMANDS TO MORE THAN ONE INTERCHANGE OR FREEWAY FACILITY, AND (4) THE SENSITIVITY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO NEW AVIATION TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING JUMBO AIRCRAFT, VSTOL DEVELOPMENT, SUPERSONIC TRAVEL, AND IMPROVED TICKETING AND BAGGAGE HANDLING. THE GROWTH IN AIR TRAVEL HAS MADE AIRPORTS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAFFIC GENERATORS IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS. EVEN THOUGH INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS WILL VARY IN THEIR DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS, PARAMETERS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BASED ON CONTINUING RESEARCH THAT WILL ENABLE FREEWAY PLANNERS TO BETTER FORESEE THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Freeway Operations. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410219
Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
Authors: Bay, Paul NPagination: p 155
Publication Date: 1969
Serial: Media Type: Print
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 21 1994 12:00AM
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