IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESS TO HEATHROW AIRPORT

The public inquiry into BAA's application to build a fifth terminal at Heathrow has stimulated debate about the role which public transport could play in surface access to the airport. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (SWK) and Colin Buchanan and Partners have been working on the development of plans for additional rail links to Heathrow from the South and West. These ideas originated in the SWOPTIONS study of 1990 and were taken further in the HASQUAD study carried out by SWK and published in 1993. The paper describes the model developed by SWK which stimulated peak period travel by both private car and public transport in a wide area around Heathrow. It includes travel by both airline passengers and airport workers, bringing these two important travel markets together in one model for the first time. The paper also describes the impact of various new rail links to Heathrow on promoting the use of public transport to access the airport. The effects of increasing overall road congestion in the area is explored and the influence of this congestion on modal split assessed. The implications for possible future investment in infrastructure in the area are examined, and an engineering and economic assessment carried out. For the covering abstract see IRRD 879900.

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• Authors:
  • Smith, J
  • ALLOS, A
  • NIBLETT, R
• Conference:
  • AIRPORT PLANNING ISSUES. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR J HELD AT THE 23RD EUROPEAN TRANSPORT FORUM, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 11-15, 1995. VOLUME P396
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 81-94

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Airports; Automobiles; Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Economic factors; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Investments; Mathematical models; Modal split; Peak periods; Personnel; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Simulation; Traffic congestion; Transportation; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 1037: Airport; 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 226: Cost benefit analysis; 263: Economics of transport; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 227: Investment; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 612: Peak hour; 102: Personnel; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 9103: Simulation; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-286-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 19 1996 12:00AM