Airport Car Parking Management--Issues and Policies

Many international airports are operating close to capacity and this is a problem which is likely to intensify given the projected long-term growth in air traffic of between 3 and 4 per cent per annum. This growth has serious implications not simply in terms of the demand for additional runway and terminal capacity but also on airport surface access capacity and its related congestion, environmental and social degradation. The dominant mode of transport to airports is the private car typically accounting for as much as 65 per cent of all journeys made. For medium/smaller airports this can be as much as 99 per cent. This is as much an issue in terms of airport employees as it is passengers. The aim of this paper is to consider the issues faced by airport managers with respect to car parking management both with respect to passengers and employees and its policy implications. It is based on interviews with a number of key decision makers in terms of airport surface access in the UK. The paper also draws on previous work undertaken by the authors and a review of the literature. Although the study is of UK airports many of the experiences provide a basis for transferability to airport ground access worldwide.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Ison, Stephen
  • Francis, Graham
  • Humphreys, Ian
  • Rye, Tom
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
• Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: TRB 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airport capacity; Airport facilities; Airport ground transportation; Airport operations; Airport parking facilities; Aviation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090144
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 08-0937
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 21 2008 8:13AM