APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. MASS TRANSIT AND BEACH ACCESS IN NEW YORK CITY

While local recreation planners are seeking ways to alleviate present and future beach crowding by the development of new beaches, they also are searching for ways to improve access to existing beaches so that urban residents, especially the relatively poor urbanite, may enjoy the opportunities offered by waterside facilities. Although the mass transit system of a city is bound to have a major role in this planning, little is known about the use of mass transit in comparison with alternative means of beach access. This report focuses on these access questions and seeks to provide some recommendations that may aid planning efforts.

• Corporate Authors:

  New York Sea Grant Institute

  411 State Street
  Albany, NY  United States  12203

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  6010 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852
• Authors:
  • Heatwole, C A
  • West, N C
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Beaches; Buses; Correlation analysis; Feasibility analysis; Low income groups; Property acquisition; Public transit; Recommendations; Recreational facilities; Reprints; Right of way (Land); Subways; Transportation planning; Travel; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disadvantaged persons
• Geographic Terms: Coney Island (New York)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00327515
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NYSG-RR-80-22, NOAA-80062407
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM