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Title: CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE COMMUTE PROGRAM: CASE STUDY OF BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Accession Number: 00715573
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Boston Logan International Airport, a major trip generator, contributes to and is impacted upon by traffic congestion in the Greater Boston area. Located about 3 km from downtown Boston, Logan is the fifth largest airport in the United States in terms of origin-destination air passengers. Logan origin-destination passengers begin or end their air travel in the Boston region and affect the Boston regional transportation system. Because air passenger growth must be accommodated within the existing airport boundaries and regional roadways, restrictions imposed by the Logan Airport Parking Freeze, and by a responsibility to help reduce regional environmental impacts, it has become increasingly important to find feasible ways to reduce the vehicle trip generation rates of the various Logan Airport user groups. The commuting patterns of the 16,000 Logan employees, who account for about 20% of average annual weekday traffic, are characterized in this paper. Data presented in the paper are based on the results of an airport employee survey conducted in 1990. Commute profiles of both flight crews (who exhibit travel characteristics similar to those of air passengers) and non-flight crew employees are highlighted. Since the airport is staffed 24 hours a day with various types of workers, feasible solutions to reduce airport employee trips will be different from measures tailored to influence commute habits of the traditional office workers. In this paper available alternatives to the single-occupant private automobile are discussed, and their effectiveness relative to employee demand is assessed. There is a small employee market for most alternatives currently available, although each service was developed primarily for air passengers or downtown commuters. Finally, a summary is presented of the initiatives that the Massachusetts Port Authority (owner and operator of Logan International Airport) has taken in the past and is considering in the future to encourage employees to use higher-occupancy commute modes.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1506. Airport and Air Transportation Issues. 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 #: 01399818
Language: English
Authors: Ricard, Diane MPagination: p. 70-81
Publication Date: 1995
Serial: Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Highways
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 4 1996 12:00AM
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