AIRPORT ACCESS MODES: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

An extensive cost-effectiveness is used to define regions of dominance for different modes of airport access. It appears, after examination of sixty-four different situations covering a range of airport sizes, distances of the airport from the center city, types of cities, and kinds of travellers, that certain popular modes do not appear cost-effective.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • de Neufville, R
  • Mierzejewski, E
• Publication Date: 1971-3-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airport capacity; Cost effectiveness; Landside capacity; Passengers; Transportation modes; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073899
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM