Update to ACRP Report 40: Airport Roadway Analysis and Curbside Congestion Management Strategies

ACRP Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations was published in 2010. In the 10 years since it was published, the inception of ride sharing services has brought a paradigm shift, not only to the airport curb but to society in general. Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) demonstrated the effectiveness of peer-to-peer mobile services so much so that new services are embracing this same model. There are both opportunities and challenges in managing the different types of traditional and disruptive ground transportation service providers. Uncertainty about the nature and timing of future disruptive ground transportation services will likely complicate airport planning activities. The objectives of this research are to produce a guidebook that is a thorough, user-friendly update of ACRP Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations by (a) publishing an updated text based on the original guidebook; (b) reviewing and updating the associated analysis tools, including the Quick Analysis Tool for Airport Roadways (QATAR), for currency, relevance, and usability; (c) incorporating new information on recently implemented ground transportation services (e.g., TNCs, peer-to-peer services, etc.); (d) discussing how airports can anticipate future services (e.g., autonomous vehicles and other disruptive technologies) and design flexible landside spaces to accommodate those services; and (e) identifying scalable strategies for traffic demand and congestion management. Scalable strategies for traffic demand and congestion management, must, at a minimum address: policy and regulatory issues, typical peak vs. irregular operations traffic demand, stakeholder engagement and possible political issues, and operational techniques and new technology being used by airports and ground transportation service providers.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4848
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research complete. The results should be published by 3Q 2024.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 07-17

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

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

  Federal Aviation Administration

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

  Griffin, Matt

• Performing Organizations:

  InterVistas

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Mandle, Peter

• Start Date: 20201001
• Expected Completion Date: 20220331
• Actual Completion Date: 20220331

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport facilities; Airport operations; Airport terminals; Best practices; Congestion management systems; Curb side parking; Landside operations (Airports); Ridesourcing; Terminal operations
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713674
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 07-17
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 12 2019 9:51PM