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From page 52... ... Understanding Successful Airport Ground Access Systems This section will focus on the attributes associated with the success of the rail projects that form the principal mode of most of the successful systems to be detailed on an airport-by-airport basis in Chapter 4. It will quickly become clear that no single attribute -- such as the speed of the vehicle, the directness of the on-airport connections, or the connectivity to the rest of the public transportation system -- can by itself explain the propensity for high market shares. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... As shown in Tables 2-1 and 3-1, the ranking of public transportation use cannot be explained by the location or the size of the airport. MAP is not a good predictor of total public mode market share: the largest airports, Heathrow and Frankfurt, rank in the middle of the sample in terms of ground access market share; the smaller airports rank both higher and lower than the largest. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... For example, a traveler using rail from either downtown Dallas or Fort Worth would have to transfer once at the rail station, and a second time at a remote parking lot before getting a bus to any one of the five airline terminals. A low market share would be expected when compared with a bus or van that goes directly from major hotels in those two downtowns to the airports. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... Average speeds of more than 40 mph are attained in Zurich, Oslo, Narita, Attributes of Successful Ground Access Systems 55 Airport Market share by rail Rail travel time (min) Distance from CBD (miles) Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... However, it was not possible to get a maglev directly into the center of the city, so a terminal was built on the edge of the downtown next to an existing metro stop. 56 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation PHOTO: M Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... . Attributes of Successful Ground Access Systems 57 PHOTO: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... 58 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation SOURCE: Copyright Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmBH (MVV) Munich. Read the entire page →
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From page 60... ... Table 3-3 shows many examples in which the automobile travel times are significantly 60 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation Airport Market share by rail Auto travel time (min) Rail travel time (min) Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... Attributes of Successful Ground Access Systems 61 Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... Increase in Mode Share Due to Dedicated Premium Service Given that every airport needs lower priced shared ground access services, the following question is raised: how much increase in rail market share would result from the addition of dedicated service to the existing shared service? This question is currently being examined by ground access planners in Chicago, New York City, and Paris. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... to that of the Orange Line (serving Midway.) At this point a single station would be dedicated to the Blue/Orange train, with the Attributes of Successful Ground Access Systems 63 PHOTO: M Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... The experience of a van trip operating directly to a hotel can be damaged by long in-vehicle times serving the needs of three or four other passengers and by long waits to assemble the trip at the airport curb. 64 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... unreliable travel times on access roadways or encountering traffic delays en route to the airport and (2) the lack of convenient parking at the airport and the need to search for an available space. Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... 66 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... Using the most basic measure of performance -- market share to public transportation, 46 airports around the world are examined in detail in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 then reviews known ridership impacts of strategies to integrate baggage check-in/handling and ticketing across modes. Read the entire page →

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... Understanding Successful Airport Ground Access Systems This section will focus on the attributes associated with the success of the rail projects that form the principal mode of most of the successful systems to be detailed on an airport-by-airport basis in Chapter 4. It will quickly become clear that no single attribute -- such as the speed of the vehicle, the directness of the on-airport connections, or the connectivity to the rest of the public transportation system -- can by itself explain the propensity for high market shares.