Innovative Approaches to Addressing Aviation Capacity Issues in Coastal Mega-regions (2010) / Chapter Skim
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The objective of this research is to identify potential actions to address the constrained aviation system capacity and growing travel demand in the high-density, multijurisdictional, multimodal, coastal mega-regions along the East and West Coasts. New and innovative processes/methodologies are needed if the aviation capacity issues in these congested coastal megaregions are going to be successfully addressed.
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Given that the East Coast study area has a population that is about 80% larger that of the West Coast study area, the West Coast has an overall short-distance air trip generation rate that is more than 3 times that of the East Coast. So the volumes are on the West, but the congestion is on the East.
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On the East Coast, a wide variety of sources must be examined together: a key U.S. DOT study forecast that moderate improvements to HSR between Boston and Washington, D.C., would divert an additional 11% of air passengers in that corridor; with the assumption of European-style HSR travel times, the diversion factor would be about 20% of air volumes.
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Geographic coverage goes from the Boston family of airports in the north to the Washington family of airports in the south and covers most air travel with the East Coast Mega-region.
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This has been done in NERASP, which helped to identify unused capacity at secondary airports that could be used to relieve congestion at BOS. Similarly, the MTC RASP is now underway in the Bay area, involving the cooperation of several major airports and looking into alternatives to meet the long-term travel demand, including the potential role of HSR passenger service.
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4: The Potential for Demand Management 6.4.1 What was Learned The research has concluded that the current system suffers from unclear responsibility, that no one has authority and accountability for the management of congestion at megaregion airports. The research team found that opportunities to reduce mega-region airport congestion and improve the overall cost and quality of passenger service do exist; what is needed is for key decisionmakers to grasp them.
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The airports would have the flexibility to choose a single or combination of methods to reduce delays. Two possible demand management actions are given as examples: • Airports could levy a fee for use of the airfield.
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