01020896

Component

This paper describes how the provision of car parking is an essential element of airport operations. As airports grow, more pressure is placed on the surface access system and car parking meaning congestion becomes a major issue. The number of employees who daily commute to the airport represents one quarter to one half of the daily number of passengers. At UK airports it is rare for employees to pay for their car parking, with most employers absorbing the charges imposed by the airport operator. Offering free parking to staff creates certain problems, however, because employees do not calculate the true cost of driving to work. A literature review was undertaken to identify employee car parking issues at airports. The problems with offering free parking to employees are highlighted and a comparison is undertaken between a selection of case studies and the airport sector with the aim of enabling airports to learn from best practice elsewhere. A survey and a series of focus groups were conducted with employees at a large SE England airport to gauge the attitudes, acceptability and likely behavioral effects of the introduction of potential parking management strategies. Key findings are presented to suggest how airports may be able to learn from the experiences of others. The paper concludes that there are a number of lessons that airports could learn from if they were to introduce a parking charge for employees, not least in the areas of consultation and acceptance.

01020180

06-2033

English

15p

2006

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Appendices (1) ; References; Tables (2)

Airport ground transportation; Airport operations; Airport parking; Commuters; Daily; Employee benefits; Employee relations; Parking fees; Traffic congestion

Aviation; Finance; Passenger Transportation; Terminals and Facilities

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-2033

TRIS, TRB

Mar 3 2006 10:51AM