Airport ground accessibility: review and assessment

Air travel has become one of the major modes of transportation in the last few decades. The magnitude of the air passenger market is expected to increase even faster in the near future, with increased industrialization, globalization and economic growth. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the number of passengers grew by some 4.5 per cent to 3.1 billion, while commercial flight departures were up 1.2 per cent to 32 million, globally from 2012 to 2013. Along with other developed countries, Australia is also significantly contributing in this huge air passenger growth. As stated by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), in Australia the number of international and domestic passenger movements is projected to increase by 4.9 and 3.3 per cent a year from 107.5 and 27.6 million in 2010-11 to 207.1 and 72.1 million in 2030-31 respectively. This substantial amount of air passenger growth is producing tremendous pressure on ground access networks and airports. In order to accommodate this growing air passenger demand, most major airports have extensive Ground Transport Plans (GTPs). Subsequently, several studies had been done in the last decades to understand the behaviour of air passengers’ access to and from the airport. A number of factors have been investigated to identify the impact on airport ground accessibility, using cars, taxicabs, and public transport. In addition, several models and techniques have been applied to date. The main focus of this study is to understand the parameters affecting the airport ground accessibility, as well as to identify the factors influencing access that have been overlooked in previous studies. The study also discusses different models that had been applied to forecast airport mode choice based on previous literature. Finally, the study unveils the potential difficulties that require further study.

• Record URL:
  http://atrf.info/papers/2016/index.aspx
• Authors:
  • Pasha, M M
  • Hickman, M
• Conference:
  • Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 38th, 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: 38th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2016), Melbourne, 16th - 18th November 2016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Airports; Modal split; Passengers; Travel behavior; Travel demand
• Identifier Terms: Passenger transport
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Accessibility; Airport; Modal split; Passenger; Travel behaviour; Travel demand
• ITRD Terms: 1176: Integration (transport)
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01627423
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 2017 10:07AM