A Feasibility Study on Introducing a Dual Mode Vehicle to Airport Access

This paper examines the feasibility of Dual Mode Vehicle (DMV) transport as an access mode to Asahikawa Airport, Hokkaido, Japan. The paper analyzes prospected demand of the DMV transport and its business feasibility on the basis of results of passengers’ preference survey that has been conducted to estimate their choice of DMV transport as an access mode to the airport. The Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) has developed a new type of vehicle that can travel both on roads and railway tracks, interchanging the driving mode. The DMV equipped with rubber tires for roads and steel wheels for rails is expected to realize a transport system which accommodates advantages of both rail and bus transport.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Kishi, Kunihiro
  • Saoi, Keiichi
• Conference:
  • 11th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Berkeley CA, United States
  • Date: 2007-6-24 to 2007-6-28
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 26p
• Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Bus transit; Dual mode vehicles; Feasibility analysis; Mode choice; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Hokkaido (Japan)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01117471
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:32PM