AIRPORT DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING FREEWAY OPERATIONS
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.
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Authors:
- Bay, Paul N
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: p 155
- Monograph Title: Freeway traffic characteristics and control
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 279
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airports; Businesses; Employment; Freeway operations; Freeways; Highway planning; Intermodal terminals; Level of service; Recreation; Sales; Trip generation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Services
- Old TRIS Terms: Freeway planning
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225545
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 21 1994 12:00AM