AIRPORT ACCESS - A PLANNING GUIDE

The organization and financing of airport access studies appear to be unique in each application. Financing sources range from the Federal Government with support from communities or local transportation agencies to the airport owner/operator. Regardless of the source of financing, a consistent and broad set of goals and objectives should be defined and analyses undertaken to evaluate the impacts of system and operational alternatives on the users, the community, and the organizations involved. Unless the financial implications and potential benefits are clearly defined, it will be difficult to implement the recommendations. Even a clear or reasonably accurate statement of impacts will not guarantee implementation, since the value structure of the private or public sector agencies, as measured by the definition of priorities and allocation of revenues, are influenced by institutional factors and may be different than the values structures of the community at large. Also, budgeting or resource-allocation considerations of potential implementing agencies may span a broader or different set of objectives. This set may be completely consistent with the role of the implementing agencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company

  1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Alternatives analysis; Financing; Impacts; Landside capacity; Resource allocation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155597
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM