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74 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation
3 miles from the airline passenger terminal area of the airport and is served by a dedicated bus
line, called "AirBART." The fare for the AirBART bus is $3. Plans for an automated people mover
from the rail station to the airport have been under development for some time.
Rail. Oakland airport managers have calculated that the bus connection to the BART sys-
tem attracts about 9% of the ground transportation market. The airport managers report that,
in 2006, bus ridership gained almost 6% over the previous year. From Coliseum Station, BART
trains serve an extensive network on the East Bay area of the San Francisco peninsula itself with
service between 4 a.m. and midnight. For many hours of the day, the BART connection to down-
town San Francisco is actually faster than the taxi alternative. Service from Coliseum Station to
the Union Square area takes about 21 minutes, at a rail fare of less than $3.50.
Bus. Given the very high utilization of AirBART, scheduled bus services to Oakland airport
play a smaller role than in many U.S. airports. In a 2002 survey, scheduled buses attracted about
3% of the market.
Shared-Ride Van. In that same survey, shared-ride vans attracted about 3% of the market,
which is lower than other recent experiences in the Bay Area. The airport website lists more than
100 service providers under the category "limo" but only two under the category "scheduled vans
and buses."
New Orleans (15% Market Share)
Market Share
U.S. Rank Airport Total Rail Bus/Van
6 Louis Armstrong New Orleans 15% 0% 15%
International Airport
SOURCE: TCRP Report 62 (16 )
The Airport. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is located about 15 miles
from downtown New Orleans, which is about a 25-minute drive under conditions of no con-
gestion. The airport served about 7.8 MAP in 2005, of which about 3.5 million were originating
passengers. Note that passenger volumes in 2005 were about 20% lower than in 2004. Similar
volumes were down 36% in 2006, again compared against 2004.
Connections at the Airport. The New Orleans airport is smaller than many in this sample
and operates out of a single, compact terminal. Within this terminal, the proximity of the bag-
gage pick-up area to the franchised van departure area is nearly optimal, from the point of view
of maximizing public mode use. The Shuttle Express departure locations are closer than private
automobile pick-up areas, and ticket sales are located on the immediate path between baggage
carousels and the curb serving the vans.
Bus/Van. According to the TCRP reports, New Orleans had one of the highest mode shares
to bus of any U.S. airport, with a reported 15% of airline passengers using the direct, dedicated
hotel loop services to downtown and New Orleans East. From the airport, vehicles are dispatched
with varying levels of directness. The highly successful scheduled van system does not require a
reservation from the airport, but does require that reservations be made 24 hours in advance of
the trip to the airport.
No new ground access data are available; however, shifts in mode share are to be expected over
the post-Katrina period, as the relative portion of air travelers going downtown to the convention-
oriented hotels might have decreased. Nevertheless, the New Orleans example--where a series
of small buses run a fixed route and schedule service from the airport, which varies by time
