AN ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM TRADEOFFS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SPECIAL GENERATORS

TRAFFIC CONJESTION AND EXTENSIVE PARKING NEEDS FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF SPECIAL TRAFFIC GENERATORS (I.E., AIRPORTS, UNIVERSITIES, SHOPPING CENTERS, HOSPITALS) CREATE ACCESS AND EGRESS PROBLEMS. DIFFICULTIES ARE COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT GENERATORS ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHICH PRECLUDE, BY THEIR VERY NATURE, THE SECURING OF ADDITIONAL LAND TO HANDLE INCREASED SPATIAL DEMANDS FOR PARKING. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPECIAL GENERATORS. A COMPUTERIZED MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO TEST THESE ALTERNATIVES AND WAS APPLIED TO A SAMPLE SPECIAL GENERATOR, AN URBAN UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN A HYPOTHETICAL CITY. RESULTS INDICATE THAT EFFICIENT, FREQUENT, LOW COST SERVICE WILL ENCOURAGE INCREASED PATRONAGE BY THE MODEL UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY. TO ALLEVIATE THE EXPENSE OF PROVIDING COSTLY SERVICE ADDITIONS TO THE ENTIRE REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM, SPECIALIZED TRANSIT SERVICES MIGHT BE INSTITUTED. AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH SPECIALIZED SERVICE WOULD BE THE PROVISION OF EXPRESS SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE DIRECILY TO A GENERATOR FROM OUTLYING LOST. WHEN SHUTTLE BUSES OPERATE FROM OUTLYING LOTS AT A PREMIUM FARE OR AT COSTS SIMILAR TO BASE TRANSIT SERVICE, RIDERSHIP DECLINES. PARKING DEMANDS AT A GENERATOR CAN BE CONTROLLED BY IMPOSITION OF PARKING FEES OR LIMITATION OF PARKING AVAILABILITY. MOST OF THE ECONOMIC TRADEOFF ANALYSIS DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY PROVIDED BY THE GENERATOR. THIS STUDY IS REPLETE WITH TABLES AND FIGURES AND THE APPENDIX CONSISTS OF A CASE STUDY OF THE PARKING SCENARIO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE, DEFINITIONS OF RELEVANT TERMS, AND SAMPLE COMPUTER PRINTOUT SHEETS. /UMTA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • UMTA-WI-11-0003-73-2
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  Department of Systems Design
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53201
• Authors:
  • Wegmann, F J
  • Ojo, J
  • Kennedy, M
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 158 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Airports; Costs; Mathematical models; Parking demand; Shuttle buses; Shuttle service; Traffic congestion; Trip generation; Universities and colleges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228301
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 26 1974 12:00AM