Guide for Developing and Managing Airport Landside Vehicular Congestion Pricing

Airport landside congestion has become a pressing issue at many U.S. commercial airports.  This congestion affects not only an airport’s landside efficiency, but often overall operational efficiency.  Conventional strategies for mitigating landside congestion, including parking fees, staffed ground transportation dispatchers and traffic control officers, ground transportation contractual and regulatory requirements, and time-limited restrictions such as dwell time appear to offer limited benefit.  Congestion pricing, which involves imposing fees on drivers entering the airport premises or certain congested zones (e.g., terminal curbs) may offer a potential solution. While such practices are uncommon at U.S. airports, some airports have begun exploring this concept.  Research is needed to help airport practitioners determine the feasibility, merits, and challenges of airport landside vehicular congestion management pricing and guidelines for implementation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to develop a guide on reducing airport landside vehicular congestion using pricing to change passenger behavior.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Funding: $500,000.00
  • Contract Numbers:

    Project 01-59

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

    Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20001

    Federal Aviation Administration

    800 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC  United States  20591
  • Project Managers:

    Murthy, Krishna

  • Start Date: 20250113
  • Expected Completion Date: 0
  • Actual Completion Date: 0

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01926498
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
  • Contract Numbers: Project 01-59
  • Files: TRB, RIP
  • Created Date: Aug 5 2024 8:18PM