HARBOR ACCESSIBILITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. A STUDY OF ITS FUNCTION AND ROLE IN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. VOLUME II

The harbor access study is an initial effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to evaluate existing surface transportation links which serve various San Francisco Bay Area maritime facilities. Major sub-sections include an historical perspective of maritime facilities and cargos in the Bay Area and current inventories of port terminals and access facilities. Section III (data and analysis of vehicular flows) includes a traffic study of port access facilities which identifies modal split, peaking characteristics, traffic volumes and roadway capacities. Findings and Recommendations are contained in Section IV.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-230 355 and PB-230 357.
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  Hotel Claremont
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94705
• Authors:
  • Negrette, A J
  • Knecht, J
• Publication Date: 1974-1-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway planning; Marine terminals; Port operations; Port structures; Ports; Traffic; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Harbor operations; Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057223
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTC-SP-74-01 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 16 1974 12:00AM