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12 chapter three SURVEY RESULTS While the Internet survey produced basic data about the availability and size of cell phone lots, it left many questions unanswered, such as: • What were the airports' initial reasons to have a cell phone lot and have they changed over time? • How were cell phone lot locations selected?
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13 INITIAL REASONS FOR OPENING A CELL PHONE LOT The first cell phone lots were created more than a decade ago. Figure 4 shows the year when participating airports opened their cell phone lots, and Figure 5 indicates the reasons why airports developed a cell phone lot.
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14 GROUND TRANSPORTATION MODE CHOICES Not many of the participating airports had data on how arriving passengers depart the airport, but seven airports provided survey data or estimated modal choices for arriving passengers. With the exception of Oakland and San Francisco airports, which participated in a joint Bay Area Ground Access Survey, each airport described an individualized approach to estimating ground transportation choices for arriving passengers.
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15 PERCENT OF CELL PHONE LOT SPACES TO TOTAL AIRPORT PARKING SPACES Table 12 shows the ratio of cell phone lot spaces to total airport parking spaces. These ratios show a little more consistency, ranging from just under 0.5% to 2.5%.
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16 Approach Responses Capacity Determined by Dimensions of Available Parcel 13 Best Guess 4 Observations by Airport Staff 2 Demand Study 1 Experience with Previous Cell Phone Lot 1 Sample size = 16 airports responded. Source: Online survey by KRAMER aerotek inc.
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17 CAPITAL, OPERATING, AND MAINTENANCE COSTS Because most airport operators have not elected to convert cell phone lots into a revenue-generating activity, annual maintenance costs typically are handled as part of the general operating and maintenance budget of the airport. SEA did indicate that its cell phone lot (330 spaces)
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18 • Congestion also can occur at the exit and entrances at the same times. If the parking spaces are not striped, congestion problems may increase, as vehicles tend to congregate near the exits.
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