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31 AIR PASSENGER MODE CHOICE MODELS The ability to predict how airport users will respond to changes in the service characteristics of the ground access modes serving the airport or the addition of new ground access services is clearly an essential part of any effective analysis of proposals to enhance the airport ground transportation system. In addition, airport ground access models play an important role in studies addressing how future air travel demand will be distributed among airports in a multiairport region.
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even different model specifications, for different market segments, such as residents of the area versus visitors, or air travelers on business trips versus those on leisure trips. Some published articles describing these models only present the estimated values of the model coefficients for some of the market segments.
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33 might change their access mode choice if the Airport Express train were available, two surveys of air travelers were undertaken by Resource Systems Group, Inc. at O'Hare and Midway Airports, an origin–destination survey and a stated preference survey (Resource Systems Group Inc.
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time (as applicable) for each mode.
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35 The model assigns airport trips among the following eight modes: private vehicle, rental car, scheduled airport bus, public transit, shared-ride van, hotel courtesy shuttle, taxi or limousine, and other. Public transit included both the use of BART by means of the AirBART shuttle (or the Connector in the future)
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given analysis zone, and the model used separate coefficients for bus travel time and rail travel time. In addition, a separate ASC was used for those routes that included the use of the APM to reflect the greater attractiveness of this link as determined from the stated preference survey.
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37 (such as the Heathrow Express service from Central London to Heathrow Airport) , London Underground, and coach connections to nearby mainline rail stations, as well as private automobile (both drop off and park)
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that the Sacramento Regional Transit District pursue more detailed analysis of the feasibility of an extension of the light rail system to North Natomas and the airport and to preserve the right-of-way identified in prior studies. In October 2001, the Regional Transit District initiated the Downtown/Natomas/ Airport Transit Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Report project.
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