Public Transit Access to Major League Ballparks

This paper provides a comprehensive summary of public transit service characteristics, special operations, and usage to the 30 major league baseball (MLB) ballparks that existed in 2007. An interesting array of different public transit services are described and analyzed. Game attendance, generalized ballpark location, public transit access features, and ballpark architectural style are examined in this paper as influences on transit mode split. Conclusions are drawn on the primary influences that contribute to higher transit usage to MLB games. Finally, based upon the analyses, general planning guidelines are proposed to help planners design new ballparks in order to attract higher percentages of event attendees to use public transit.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The table of contents on the DVD lists the title of this paper as “Characteristics and Usage Related to Transit Access to Ballparks”.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Boyle, Daniel
  • Larwin, Thomas Frank
• Conference:
  • ITE 2007 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: Pittsburgh PA, United States
  • Date: 2007-8-5 to 2007-8-8
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: 2007 Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Modal split; Public transit; Ridership; Stadiums; Transit riders
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01363312
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 2012 8:20AM