Airport Cities & Transport Connections
Redefining Ground Access Programs
Using Disaggregate Survey Data
Craig Leiner
Deputy Director
Economic Planning & Development Dept.
Massachusetts Port Authority USA
Presentation Outline
Using Disaggregate Survey Data for Ground
Access Policy Planning
• Logan Airport
• Ground Access Programs
• The Strategic Challenge
• “Little Data” in the era of Big Data
• Discussion
Logan Airport
•
•
•
•
•
30 M pax (2013)
4 terminals
6 runways
2,500 acres
1,011 hectares
4
Boston Logan: Nonstop Domestic Service to 76 Destinations
Note: Includes Seasonal Service, Source: OAG & Innovata Schedules
Boston Logan: Nonstop International Service to 35 Destinations
Note: Includes Seasonal Service, Source: OAG & Innovata Schedules
Logan Airport’s Ground Access System
• Regional roads, tunnels and bridges
• On-airport parking garages and surface lots
• High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV)
– Logan Express
– Silver Line from South Station to Logan (free boardings at the airport)
– MBTA Blue Line Rapid Transit and MBTA Bus Routes
• On-airport consolidated shuttle bus system
• Taxis, Limos, Shared Ride Vans, Scheduled Buses
Logan’s Ground Access Options
$
Fixed Rail
Bus Rapid Transit
Massport’s Logan Express Services
Woburn
Peabody
Framingham
Braintree
Recent Initiatives (1)
New Hybrid Bus Fleet
Unified Shuttle Bus Service
+
Next-Bus Arrival
Recent Initiatives (2)
Curbs/Wayfinding
Silver Line:
Free Boarding at Logan
Strategic Challenge:
Accommodating growth from 30 MAP to 40 MAP by
2030 at Logan Airport
12 –month year fast-track effort to determine:
• Airside demands
– Gates, facilities, operations, terminals
• Financial implications
– Airlines
– Massport’s capital improvement program
• Ground transportation programs, goals and initiatives
The Ground Access Framework
• Emphasize Transit/High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) modes
to meet mode share goal
• Implement parking policies that meet customer service,
environmental, community and land use objectives
• Maintain sound business practices
• Reduce congestion at terminal curbs
• Provide passengers with multiple options
• Strive for excellent customer service by reducing the anxiety
associated with arriving at and departing from Logan
Key Ground Access Metrics
• Achieve a 35.2 % HOV ground access share at 37.5
MAP
• Comply with a federal/state parking regulation that
“freezes” or limits on-airport parking spaces
Demand exceeds
capacity 80 out of
260 work days
At Logan, increases in parking prices are
unlikely to reduce demand……
• A hypothetical 30%
rate increase would
reduce demand by 1.3%
• Half of the former
parkers would divert
to the curbsides
• Only 25% would divert
to HOV modes
“Little Data” in the Era of Big Data:
The Logan Airport Passenger Survey (APS)
• Conducted every three years since 1979
• Assess ground access mode share
• Understand factors that influence mode choice / travel to
the airport
• Identify patterns and trends
• Plan changes to existing services and identify new markets
• Create a passenger profile
Survey Method
• Administered between Tuesday April 23 and Monday May 6, 2013
• Challenges with late-arriving passengers, distracted passengers (phone,
computer use), but no significant disruptions
• Two-stage sampling technique; representative stratified sample of
scheduled flights selected as the first-stage sample
• Self-completion questionnaire in gate area
• Some concern that the Boston Marathon bombings (April 15), may
have reduced air travel in first week, but target sample still achieved
19
2013 APS Sample
Target
Flights
Passengers
206
8,000
Achieved
213
8,783
Logan Airport Ground-Access Mode Shares (2013)
Mode
Share of Air Pax Trips
Private vehicle
43%
Rental
10%
Taxi
19%
Sub-total automobile
72%
Public transit
14%
Other shared-ride
13%
Sub-total non-automobile 28%
Mode Choice
Non-HOV
Modes
Private Vehicle Pick-up/Drop-Off
Taxicab
Private Vehicle Long-Term Park
Rental Car
HOV
Modes
On-demand, Door-to-Door Service
Pre-arranged Services
Scheduled HOV Service (incl.
Logan Express)
Public Transit
Order in Terms of Vehicle Trips
Per One-Way air passenger trips
Least “Environmentally” Desirable
Most “Environmentally” Desirable
Key Findings
• Auto share has returned to 2007 levels; private auto share increased from 40%
to 43% compared to 2010
• The business share of passengers has increased slightly, following a sharp
decrease from 2007 to 2010
• The HOV share is roughly 30% for resident non-business and non-resident
travelers, but only 20% for resident business travelers
• Non-resident air passengers are more likely to take the MBTA than residents
• The share of trips from outer markets has steadily increased, while shares
closer to have decreased
• Silver Line share has almost doubled, but mostly at the expense of Blue Line
share, as overall public transit share has only increased slightly
22
Logan’s HOV Markets
Logan Express Remote
Terminals Capture
Much of the Suburban
Boston Communities
The Geography of Logan’s HOV Markets
Logan Express Captures
Much of the Suburban
Boston Communities
And the MBTA Subway System
Serves the Inner Boston,
Brookline, Cambridge Areas
The Geography of Logan’s HOV Markets
Logan Express Captures
Much of the Suburban
Boston Communities
And the MBTA Subway System
Serves the Inner Boston,
Brookline, Cambridge Areas
Yet Areas Remain Underserved by
HOV/Shared-Ride Services
Account for Objectives and Limitations
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Advance HOV goals
Manage parking
Increase revenue
Reduce environmental impacts
Utilize capital and land resources
Maintain/enhance customer satisfaction
Conserve terminal roadways capacity
*** DRAFT ***
Summary of Strategic Initiatives
Short-Term
(immediate)
• Logan Express system
HOV and
improvements - underway
Ground
Transportation • CBD Shuttle Buses - RFP
• Shared-ride van service
Facility Closures/Responses for:
• Government Center Station
• Callahan Tunnel
Parking
• Explore use of 1,800 on-airport
spaces available w/in the Logan
Freeze – 30 day review of
site/permitting alts. underway
Curb
Operations
• All terminals - new allocations
and signs to prioritize HOV
access - completed
Mid-Term
(next 2-5 years)
Long-Term
• Shared-ride van
services
• Additional HOV
services
• Pricing options given
All Electronic Tolling
• Employee parking
• Silver Line bus
replacement
• Technology changes
• Expansion of BRT
• One-seat transit ride
to terminals
• APM
• New or Remote
Terminal
• Remote Check-in
• Freeze revisions
• Parking pricing
• Parking supply and
management
• Align parking
capacity and terminal
capacity
• Terminal curb
enhancements
• Terminal curb
enhancements
Discussion