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83 Four versions of the survey questionnaire were prepared to tailor the questions to the four types of organizations that become involved in airport ground access modeling: ⢠Airport Authorities ⢠Metropolitan Planning Organizations ⢠Airport Planning Consultants and Research Organizations ⢠State and Federal Government and Industry Organizations Each of these questionnaires is shown in turn on the following pages. APPENDIX A Survey Questionnaires
ACRP SYNTHESIS SURVEY Airport Ground Access Mode Choice Models Airport Authority Survey 84 Survey purpose: This survey is being performed as part of a study by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) to docu- ment the state-of-the-practice in airport ground access mode choice models. Formal models of airport ground access mode choice form a key analytical component of airport landside planning, as well as airport system planning, and are used to predict how airport users will change their access or egress mode in response to changes in the airport ground transportation system (such as changes in fares, rates, or service levels) or the introduction of new modes (such as the extension of a light rail system to the airport). Airport access trips are different from the typical trip accounted for in regional transportation planning models. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the economic feasibility of proposed projects to improve airport ground transportation or effectively manage the existing airport ground transportation system using traditional regional travel forecasting models. However, models designed to address airport ground access travel decisions are highly specialized and their technical details are often not well understood by airport managers and planners. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on the use of such models by airports and other organizations. The final report, to be published by the Transportation Research Board, will document the technical details of existing airport ground access mode choice models together with agency assessments of their effectiveness and reliability. This report will be extremely use- ful to all airports and other agencies involved in airport ground transportation planning as they consider how best to analyze the effect of changing conditions and circumstances on how air passengers, airport employees, and other airport users decide to travel to and from the airport. All survey responses will be confidential. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Instructions on returning the survey are included on the last page. This form can be completed by typing information in the fill-in text fields and clicking the check boxes to check them. Save the file when done and return by e-mail. Alternatively, the form can be printed, filled in by hand, and returned by fax or mail. RESPONDENT INFORMATION Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name and Title of Respondent: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Agency Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent e-Mail Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ AIRPORT GROUND ACCESS STUDIES 1. Has your airport undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.8) 2. Did any of these studies make use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.1): ____________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.7) 3. Are reports from any of these studies available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No
85 4. What was the source of air passenger survey data used in the development of these airport ground access mode choice models? (Please check all that apply.) Surveys performed specifically for the model development Surveys performed for other purposes Donât know 5. Are reports on any of these surveys available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 6. Based on your agencyâs past experience with airport ground access mode choice models, how would you characterize the current state- of-practice? (Please check all that apply.) Adequate for our needs Predictions from existing models are not reliable enough Available models are too complex to use Models are too costly to use except for very large studies Please skip to Q.8 7. What was the reason that these studies did not include any analytical modeling of airport ground access mode choice? (Please check all that apply.) Scope of studies did not require it Available models are not reliable enough Available models are too difficult to use There is a lack of information and guidance on the use of such models Decision on analytical techniques to use was made by those performing the studies Donât know 8. Has your airport undertaken or commissioned any studies prior to the last 10 years that made use of formal analytical models of airport ground access? Yes No Not sure AIRPORT CHOICE STUDIES 9. Has your airport undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of air passenger airport choice? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.11) 10. Did any of these studies make use of analytical techniques that took airport ground access mode choice into consideration as a factor in airport choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.9): ____________________________________________________________ No STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 11. Are you aware of any other airports or organizations that have made use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice in the course of studies or analysis addressing airport ground transportation or airport choice? Yes. Please provide name of organization(s) (list up to three). 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No
GENERAL COMMENTS 12. Please feel free to add any comments about airport ground access mode choice models in general or the scope of this ACRP study in particular: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please return by February 23, 2007 to: Geoffrey Gosling Principal Aviation System Consulting, LLC 805 Colusa Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 phone: (510) 528-8741 fax: (510) 528-8745 e-mail gdgosling@aol.com We encourage you to return your completed survey via e-mail. If you have any questions on the survey or the project, feel free to contact Geoff Gosling by e-mail or phone. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP 86
87 ACRP SYNTHESIS SURVEY Airport Ground Access Mode Choice Models Metropolitan Planning Organization Survey Survey purpose: This survey is being performed as part of a study by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) to docu- ment the state-of-the-practice in airport ground access mode choice models. Formal models of airport ground access mode choice form a key analytical component of airport landside planning, as well as airport system planning, and are used to predict how airport users will change their access or egress mode in response to changes in the airport ground transportation system (such as changes in fares, rates, or service levels) or the introduction of new modes (such as the extension of a light rail system to the airport). Airport access trips are different from the typical trip accounted for in regional transportation planning models. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the economic feasibility of proposed projects to improve airport ground transportation or effectively manage the existing airport ground transportation system using traditional regional travel forecasting models. However, models designed to address airport ground access travel decisions are highly specialized and their technical details are often not well understood by airport managers and planners. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on the use of such models by airports and other organizations. The final report, to be published by the Transportation Research Board, will document the technical details of existing airport ground access mode choice models together with agency assessments of their effectiveness and reliability. This report will be extremely use- ful to all airports and other agencies involved in airport ground transportation planning as they consider how best to analyze the effect of changing conditions and circumstances on how air passengers, airport employees, and other airport users decide to travel to and from the airport. All survey responses will be confidential. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Instructions on returning the survey are included on the last page. This form can be completed by typing information in the fill-in text fields and clicking the check boxes to check them. Save the file when done and return by e-mail. Alternatively, the form can be printed, filled in by hand, and returned by fax or mail. RESPONDENT INFORMATION Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name and Title of Respondent: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Agency Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent e-Mail Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ AIRPORT GROUND ACCESS STUDIES 1. Has your agency undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of airport ground access mode choice, apart from your normal travel demand modeling activities? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.9) 2. Did any of these studies make use of formal analytical mode choice models for airport ground access trips? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.1): ____________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.8)
3. Were these mode choice models specifically developed for airport ground access travel or did you use or adapt mode choice models for general urban travel behavior? (Please check all that apply.) Studies used special-purpose airport ground access mode choice models Studies adapted special-generator sub-models designed for other types of trips Studies adapted mode choice models for general urban travel to airport trips Studies used mode choice models for general urban travel for airport trips 4. Are reports from any of these studies available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 5. What was the source of air passenger survey data (if any) used in the development of the mode choice models for airport ground access travel? (Please check all that apply.) Surveys performed specifically for the model development Surveys performed for other purposes by this agency Surveys performed for other purposes by another agency No survey data used in the development of the models Donât know 6. Are reports on any of these surveys available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 7. Based on your agencyâs past experience with airport ground access mode choice models, how would you characterize the current state- of-practice? (Please check all that apply.) Adequate for our needs Predictions from existing models are not reliable enough Available models are too complex to use Models are too costly to use except for very large studies Please skip to Q.9 8. What was the reason that these studies did not include any analytical modeling of airport ground access mode choice? (Please check all that apply.) Scope of studies did not require it Available models are not reliable enough Available models are too difficult to use There is a lack of information and guidance on the use of such models Decision on analytical techniques to use was made by those performing the studies Donât know 9. Has your agency undertaken or commissioned any studies prior to the last 10 years that made use of formal analytical models of air- port ground access? Yes No Not sure 10. How do you model airport trips in your general regional travel modeling process? (Please check all that apply.) Use a special-generator sub-model for air passenger trips Use a special-generator sub-model for airport employee trips Treat air passenger trips the same way as other home-based non-work trips Treat air passenger trips the same way other non-home-based non-work trips Treat airport employee trips the same way as other journey-to-work trips Do not consider airport trips in regional travel modeling process Other (Please describe): ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 88
89 AIRPORT CHOICE STUDIES 11. Has your agency undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of air passenger air- port choice? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.13) 12. Did any of these studies make use of analytical techniques that took airport ground access mode choice into consideration as a factor in airport choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.11): ___________________________________________________________ No STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 13. Are you aware of any other planning agencies, airports, or organizations that have made use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice in the course of studies or analysis addressing airport ground transportation or airport choice? Yes. Please provide name of organization (list up to three). 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No GENERAL COMMENTS 14. Please feel free to add any comments about airport ground access mode choice modes in general or the scope of this ACRP study in particular. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please return by February 23, 2007 to: Geoffrey Gosling Principal Aviation System Consulting, LLC 805 Colusa Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 phone: (510) 528-8741 fax: (510) 528-8745 e-mail gdgosling@aol.com We encourage you to return your completed survey via e-mail. If you have any questions on the survey or the project, feel free to contact Geoff Gosling by e-mail or phone. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
90 ACRP SYNTHESIS SURVEY Airport Ground Access Mode Choice Models Consulting Firm and Research Organization Survey Survey purpose: This survey is being performed as part of a study by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) to docu- ment the state-of-the-practice in airport ground access mode choice models. Formal models of airport ground access mode choice form a key analytical component of airport landside planning, as well as airport system planning, and are used to predict how airport users will change their access or egress mode in response to changes in the airport ground transportation system (such as changes in fares, rates, or service levels) or the introduction of new modes (such as the extension of a light rail system to the airport). Airport access trips are different from the typical trip accounted for in regional transportation planning models. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the economic feasibility of proposed projects to improve airport ground transportation or effectively manage the existing airport ground transportation system using traditional regional travel forecasting models. However, models designed to address airport ground access travel decisions are highly specialized and their technical details are often not well understood by airport managers and planners. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on the use of such models by airports and other organizations. The final report, to be published by the Transportation Research Board, will document the technical details of existing airport ground access mode choice models together with agency assessments of their effectiveness and reliability. This report will be extremely use- ful to all airports and other agencies involved in airport ground transportation planning as they consider how best to analyze the effect of changing conditions and circumstances on how air passengers, airport employees, and other airport users decide to travel to and from the airport. All survey responses will be confidential. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Instructions on returning the survey are included on the last page. This form can be completed by typing information in the fill-in text fields and clicking the check boxes to check them. Save the file when done and return by e-mail. Alternatively, the form can be printed, filled in by hand, and returned by fax or mail. RESPONDENT INFORMATION Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name and Title of Respondent: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Organization: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent e-Mail Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ AIRPORT GROUND ACCESS STUDIES 1. Have you or your organization undertaken or participated in any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. How many? _____ Please provide name of study sponsor and title of the most recent study or studies (list up to six). 1. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.8)
91 2. Did any of these studies make use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.1): ____________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.7) 3. Are reports from any of these studies available on your or another organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 4. What was the source of air passenger survey data used in the development of these airport ground access mode choice models? (Please check all that apply.) Surveys performed specifically for the model development Surveys performed for other purposes Donât know 5. Are reports on any of these surveys available on your or another organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 6. Based on your organizationâs past experience with airport ground access mode choice models, how would you characterize the current state-of-practice? (Please check all that apply.) Adequate for our needs Predictions from existing models are not reliable enough Available models are too complex to use Models are too costly to use except for very large studies Please skip to Q.8 7. What was the reason that these studies did not include any analytical modeling of airport ground access mode choice? (Please check all that apply.) Scope of studies did not require it Available models are not reliable enough Available models are too difficult to use There is a lack of information and guidance on the use of such models Decision on analytical techniques to use was made by those performing the studies Donât know AIRPORT CHOICE STUDIES 8. Have you or your organization undertaken or participated in any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of air passenger airport choice? Yes. How many? _______________________________________________________________________________________ Please provide name of study sponsor and title of the most recent study or studies (list up to three). 1. Sponsor: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sponsor: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Sponsor: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.11) 9. Did any of these studies make use of analytical techniques that took airport ground access mode choice into consideration as a factor in airport choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.8): ____________________________________________________________ No
STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 10. Are you aware of any other organizations that have made use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice in the course of studies or analysis addressing airport ground transportation or airport choice? Yes. Please provide name of organization(s) (list up to three). 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No GENERAL COMMENTS 11. Please feel free to add any comments about airport ground access mode choice models in general or the scope of this ACRP study in particular: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please return by February 23, 2007 to: Geoffrey Gosling Principal Aviation System Consulting, LLC 805 Colusa Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 phone: (510) 528-8741 fax: (510) 528-8745 e-mail gdgosling@aol.com We encourage you to return your completed survey via e-mail. If you have any questions on the survey or the project, feel free to contact Geoff Gosling by e-mail or phone. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP 92
93 ACRP SYNTHESIS SURVEY Airport Ground Access Mode Choice Models Government and Industry Organization Survey Survey purpose: This survey is being performed as part of a study by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) to docu- ment the state-of-the-practice in airport ground access mode choice models. Formal models of airport ground access mode choice form a key analytical component of airport landside planning, as well as airport system planning, and are used to predict how airport users will change their access or egress mode in response to changes in the airport ground transportation system (such as changes in fares, rates, or service levels) or the introduction of new modes (such as the extension of a light rail system to the airport). Airport access trips are different from the typical trip accounted for in regional transportation planning models. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the economic feasibility of proposed projects to improve airport ground transportation or effectively manage the existing airport ground transportation system using traditional regional travel forecasting models. However, models designed to address airport ground access travel decisions are highly specialized and their technical details are often not well understood by airport managers and planners. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on the use of such models by airports and other organizations. The final report, to be published by the Transportation Research Board, will document the technical details of existing airport ground access mode choice models together with agency assessments of their effectiveness and reliability. This report will be extremely use- ful to all airports and other agencies involved in airport ground transportation planning as they consider how best to analyze the effect of changing conditions and circumstances on how air passengers, airport employees, and other airport users decide to travel to and from the airport. All survey responses will be confidential. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Instructions on returning the survey are included on the last page. This form can be completed by typing information in the fill-in text fields and clicking the check boxes to check them. Save the file when done and return by e-mail. Alternatively, the form can be printed, filled in by hand, and returned by fax or mail. RESPONDENT INFORMATION Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name and Title of Respondent: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Agency Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________________________________ Respondent e-Mail Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________ AIRPORT GROUND ACCESS STUDIES 1. Has your organization undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 7. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.8) 2. Did any of these studies make use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.1): ____________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.7) 3. Are reports from any of these studies available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No
4. What was the source of air passenger survey data used in the development of these airport ground access mode choice models? (Please check all that apply.) Surveys performed specifically for the model development Surveys performed for other purposes Donât know 5. Are reports on any of these surveys available on your organizationâs website? Yes. Please provide website address: _________________________________________________________________________ No 6. Based on your organizationâs past experience with airport ground access mode choice models, how would you characterize the current state-of-practice? (Please check all that apply.) Adequate for our needs Predictions from existing models are not reliable enough Available models are too complex to use Models are too costly to use except for very large studies Please skip to Q.8 7. What was the reason that these studies did not include any analytical modeling of airport ground access mode choice? (Please check all that apply.) Scope of studies did not require it Available models are not reliable enough Available models are too difficult to use There is a lack of information and guidance on the use of such models Decision on analytical techniques to use was made by those performing the studies Donât know AIRPORT CHOICE STUDIES 8. Has your organization undertaken or commissioned any studies in the past 10 years that have included some analysis of air passenger airport choice? Yes. Please provide title of study or studies (add lines as necessary). 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ No (Skip to Q.10) 9. Did any of these studies make use of analytical techniques that took airport ground access mode choice into consideration as a factor in airport choice? Yes. Please indicate which (using numbers from Q.8): ____________________________________________________________ No STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 10. Are you aware of any airports or other organizations that have made use of formal analytical models of airport ground access mode choice in the course of studies or analysis addressing airport ground transportation or airport choice? Yes. Please provide name of study sponsor and title of study (list up to five). 7. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 94
95 10. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ No GENERAL COMMENTS 11. Please feel free to add any comments about airport ground access mode choice models in general or the scope of this ACRP study in particular: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please return by February 23, 2007 to: Geoffrey Gosling Principal Aviation System Consulting, LLC 805 Colusa Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 phone: (510) 528-8741 fax: (510) 528-8745 e-mail gdgosling@aol.com We encourage you to return your completed survey via e-mail. If you have any questions on the survey or the project, feel free to contact Geoff Gosling by e-mail or phone. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
