MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF THE DALLAS/FORTH WORTH REGIONAL AIRPORT VOLUME I: GROUND TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF RESEARCH REPORT 36

Automobiles traffic patterns on airport access roadways depend largely on airline flight schedules and employee work-shift schedules. This report introduces and references mathematical models for estimating the volumes of automobile traffic entering and leaving an airport in any specified time period as a function of these schedules. The models can be used to obtain accurate estimates of traffic peaking characteristics. They can also be used to evaluate the effects of proposed changes in airline schedules or work hours on airport access congestion. Another application of the models is to transform demand forecasts, in the form of proposed airline schedules or estimates of future airport employment, into forecasts of the future airport access traffic demand due to air passengers and employees. The purpose of this summary is to describe briefly the basic concepts and the application of the models to their potential users. Formal derivations of the models and the probability theory behind them are detailed in the main body of this report. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, Office of University Research.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Council for Advanced Transportation Studies
  Austin, TX  United States  78712
• Authors:
  • Dunlay Jr, W J
  • Henry, L
  • Caffery, T G
  • Wiersig, D W
  • Zambrano, W A
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 3 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Estimating; Mathematical models; Scheduling; Traffic volume
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173696
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30093
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM