AIRPORT PARKING DEMANDS BOLD NEW CONCEPTS
REDUCED TO ITS SIMPLEST TERMS, AIRPORT PARKING CONSISTS OF STORING CARS AND MOVING PEOPLE. AND WHILE BIGGER PLANES AND MORE FREQUENT DEPARTURES AND LANDINGS INCREASE THE PASSENGER LOAD, THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR PARKING DISAPPEARS UNDER A TIDAL WAVE OF CARS. AT MANY U.S. AIRPORTS, THERE IS 1000 TO 1500 FEET BETWEEN THE FARTHEST PARKING SPACE AND THE SIDEWALK BAGGAGE CHECK POINT. A PARTIAL SOLUTION TO THE DISTANCE PROBLEM IS THE SHUTTLE BUS, WHICH IS USED AT MANY AIRPORTS. THE LEAST CUMBERSOME WAY TO GET THE DRIVING PASSENGER AND THE TERMINAL CLOSER TOGETHER IS TO STACK THE PARKING LOTS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN A PARKING DECK WHICH IS LOCATED EITHER ABOVE, BELOW OR BESIDE THE TERMINAL. IF ANY TREND IN AIRPORT PARKING CAN BE SEEN IN NEW AIRPORT PLANS THUS FAR ANNOUNCED, IT IS THAT PARKING WILL FIND ITS NICHE EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW THE TERMINALS. THE PASSENGER WHO WILL BE GONE SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE INDUCED, THROUGH MORE ATTRACTIVE RATES, TO PARK HIS CAR AT THE OPEN LOTS AT THE END OF THE TERMINAL COMPLEX AND RIDE A SHUTTLE TRAIN TO HIS TICKET COUNTER. /AUTHOR/
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Air Transport World
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Authors:
- Rich, R C
- Publication Date: 1968-8
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 49-52
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Serial:
- ATW: Air Transport World
- Volume: 5
- Issue Number: 8
- Publisher: Penton Media
- ISSN: 0002-2543
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airports; Automobiles; Distance; Handling and storage; Intermodal terminals; Landside capacity; Motion; Moving industry; Parking; Parking facilities; Parking lots; Passengers; Shuttle buses; Shuttle service; Storage facilities
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225386
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 14 1994 12:00AM