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ACRP Report 31: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Aviation Capacity Issues in Coastal Mega-regions (2010)
Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

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Coogan, Matthew A, Last, Joerg, Marchi, Richard F, Hansen, Mark, Ryerson, Megan Smirti, Kiernan, Larry, Yatzeck, Robert, Transportation Research Board. "1.3 Scale of Air Travel within the Two Study Areas." ACRP Report 31: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Aviation Capacity Issues in Coastal Mega-regions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Front Matter (R1-R9)
Executive Summary (1-18)
1.1 Introduction (19-20)
1.2 Understanding the Scale of the Mega-regions and Their Airports (21-22)
1.3 Scale of Air Travel within the Two Study Areas (23-23)
1.4 The Problem of Airport Congestion in the Mega-regions (24-26)
1.5 Costs to Travelers of Airport Congestion and Delays (27-29)
1.6 The Costs of Doing Nothing (30-31)
1.7 Conclusion (32-33)
2.0 Introduction (34-34)
2.1 Demand for HSR in Travel from City Center to City Center (35-35)
2.2 Rail Services in the Western Mega-regions that Could Influence Aviation Capacity Issues (36-41)
2.3 Rail Services in the Eastern Mega-region that Could Influence Aviation Capacity Issues (42-47)
2.4 What Happens at the Airports When Air Passengers Are Diverted to Other Modes? (48-48)
2.5 Rail as a Complementary Mode to the Aviation System (49-54)
2.6 Additional Capacity from Highways in the Mega-regions to Accommodate Excess Aviation Demand (55-56)
3.2 Background (57-57)
3.3 Examples of Existing Multijurisdictional Airport Planning Processes (58-60)
3.4 Mega-region Framework Approach to Airport Planning (61-62)
3.5 Underused Airports in the East Coast Mega-region: Examples (63-65)
3.6 Reviewing the Potential Roles of the MPOs and the Need for Larger Geographic Coverage (66-69)
3.7 Summary Observations (70-71)
4.1 Major Themes of the Report for Airport-Specific Application (72-72)
4.2 Strategic Implications for the Major Airports in the West Coast Study Area (73-77)
4.4 Strategic Implications for the Major Airports in the East Coast Study Area (78-87)
4.5 Understanding the Role of Smaller Airports in the East Coast Study Area (88-88)
4.7 Implications of the Airport-by-Airport Review for a Comprehensive Strategy to Deal with Aviation Capacity in the Coastal Mega-regions (89-89)
5.2 The Promise of Demand Management: A Case Study (90-100)
5.4 The Role of Airport Managers in Increasing Capacity (101-102)
5.5 Guiding Principles for Demand Management (103-104)
5.6 Guidance and Accountability (105-108)
5.7 Flexibility (109-112)
6.0 Introduction (113-113)
6.2 Concerning Theme No. 2: Making the Process Multimodal (114-116)
6.3 Concerning Theme No. 3: Making the Process Multijurisdictional (117-117)
6.4 Concerning Theme No. 4: The Potential for Demand Management (118-119)
References (120-121)
Appendix A - Airport Interviews and Technology Issues (122-134)
Appendix B - Highway Congestion and the Aviation System (135-141)
Appendix C - ACRP 3-10 Airport Activity Summary Sheetsand Tables (142-169)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (170-170)

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23 1.3 Scale of Air Travel within the take this trip by transferring at a point such as Newark (EWR), Two Study Areas LaGuardia (LGA), or Philadelphia (PHL). From the vantage point of OD analysis, they are portrayed here as flows between This section deals with the city-pair volumes of existing air the Boston region family of airports and the Richmond/Norfolk travel, which are perhaps better described as "metro-region family of airports. These East Coast aviation flows are examined pair" passenger volumes between "families of airports." Clas- on an airport-by-airport basis in Chapter 4 of this report. sic origin­destination (OD) "desire lines" are presented for the East Coast study area and the West Coast study area, making possible a revealing comparison of the aviation passenger 1.3.2 Metro-area to Metro-area Pair volumes between the two coastal areas. Air Passenger Flows within the West Coast Study Area 1.3.1 Metro-area to Metro-area Pair Figure 1.4 summarizes air passenger travel within the West Air Passenger Flows within the Coast study area between January and December 2007. It can Eastern Mega-region be best understood as a desire line diagram showing the flows between airports of origin to the airports of destination of Figure 1.3 summarizes air passenger travel within the East about 20 million air trips. As in Figure 1.3, flows are expressed Coast study area between January and December 2007. It can be best understood as a desire line diagram showing the flows from their airport of origin to their airport of destination between airports of origin to the airports of destination of without reference to possible use of transfers or connections. somewhat under 10 million air trips. Trip makers between, say, These lines represent the flow of airport passengers between Manchester, NH (MHT) and Richmond, VA (RIC) may under- the large metropolitan areas and other large metropolitan areas. These West Coast aviation flows are examined on an airport-by-airport basis in Chapter 4 of this report. Note: The absence of a line between two areas means that the number of air trips is Note: The absence of a line between two areas means that the number of air insignificant. trips is insignificant. Figure 1.3. Air passenger flows between metro Figure 1.4. Air passenger flows between metro regions in 2007: East Coast (4). regions in 2007: West Coast (4).