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CHAPTER 10
Further Research
As ACRP is well under way, many major research tasks have now been identified. This brief sec-
tion deals with subjects that could receive additional research attention, to augment the research
now under way. The recommendations for further research are categorized by the process
described in Chapter 1.
Step 1: Establish the Public Policy Goals
for Airport Ground Access
Concerning the many factors relevant to Step 1, the researchers believe that ACRP, NCHRP,
and TCRP could work together to help understand the nature of the collaborative, multijuris-
dictional decision-making process that characterizes the early phases of airport access planning.
Questions arise such as:
· Who are the champions?
· What are examples of collaborative strategies?
· What are the best practices in establishment of a genuinely multimodal planning process?
An early product of such a research effort (whether by ACRP, NCHRP, or TCRP) might be bet-
ter documentation of the role of FAA-sponsored planning efforts within the traditional MPOs. The
program has been well established in major MPOs, but the activities of the aviation planners are not
always well understood by the rest of the transportation planning community. Such a study could
examine the effectiveness of the existing planning program and make recommendations for strength-
ening the link between aviation planning and traditional metropolitan transportation planning.
Step 2: Undertake the Program for Data Gathering
and System Monitoring
The ACRP has already announced a major study to support the creation of improved airport
access surveys and methods (ACRP Project 03-04), which was an implicit recommendation
stemming from Step 2.
At this time, it is still unclear if any research program is adequately addressing the issue of basic
data in support of the study of the travel patterns of airport employees. As shown in Chapter 8,
the basic data available to support the examination of employee travel behavior is out of date and
highly inconsistent in format and content. The researchers highly recommend that employee
travel to airports be raised in priority for immediate research.
Finally, the valuable work once undertaken by the American Travel Survey is not currently
being funded by the U.S. DOT. A fundamental observation of this report is that the behavior and
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