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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. "1.6 The Costs of Doing Nothing." 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)