Exploring Airport Employee Commute and Parking Strategies Logan

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Exploring Airport
Employee Commute and
Parking Strategies
An Airport Operator Perspective:
Boston’s Logan Airport
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Logan Airport Overview
 Located 2 miles from downtown Boston
 Owned & operated by Massport, a quasipublic authority
 14,000+ employees (900 Massport)
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Airport Facilities II & III
Logan Airport
Physical Layout
Wood
Island
Station
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Airport
Station
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Airport
Administration
Terminals Area
Logan Office Center
Airport
Fire & Rescue
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Logan’s On-Airport Parking is
Constrained
 Small footprint:
1,700 acres of land
 Regulatory cap:
parking freeze
 Close to Boston
CBD (≈ 2 miles)
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Logan Airport Overview:
Employee Parking
 2,600 employee spaces on-airport
 1,550 employee spaces nearby off-airport
 ≈1,300 spaces off-airport (Logan Express)
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Transit
Options to
BOS
Blue Line at
Airport Station
Silver Line at
Logan Airport
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Massport Provides Shuttle Bus
Services to Complement Transit
 Off-Airport Parking
Garage w/ Shuttle
 On-Airport Shuttle
Bus to Office Center
& Other NonTerminal Areas
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Employee Garage
 Off-Airport Parking Garage w/ Shuttle
 On-Airport Shuttle Bus to Office Center &
Other Non-Terminal Areas
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Airport
Administration
Logan Office Center
Airport
Fire & Rescue
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Massport Provides Scheduled Bus
Services to Complement Transit
 Logan Express (serving suburbs)
 Sunrise Shuttle (serving nearby
neighborhoods) via Logan TMA
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Massport Provides Walk & Bike
Opportunities
 Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths
 Bicycle Racks
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Lessons from an Airport
Operator
1) Parking & Ground Transportation:
Peas in the Same Pod
2) Know Your Customer
3) One Size Doesn’t Fit All
4) Realistically Evaluate
Transportation Options
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1) Parking & Ground Transportation:
Peas in the Same Pod
 Can’t separate parking from
ground transportation
 A parking problem is a ground
transportation problem and
vice-versa.
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2) Know Your Customer
 Collect data: survey!
 Airport users (air passengers,
employees) have different
demands
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Characteristics of Employee
Commutes to an Airport
 Time of Day
 Work Schedules
 Parking and Mode Choices
 Trip Origins
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Distribution
of Employee
Commute
Trip Origins
by ZIP
≈14 miles
Logan
Airport
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3) One Size May Not Fit All:
Variations among Employees
 Employees:
 various sectors and employer types
 low wage vs. high wage
 traditional work hours (and days) vs. nontraditional work hours (and days)
 “essential” personnel vs. “non-essential”
staff
 24/7 operation
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4) Realistically Evaluate
Incentives and Disincentives
 Be realistic when devising a TDM
program:
 Evaluate ground transportation
modes & services relative to their
cost, convenience, travel time, and
availability
 Parking is part of the equation
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Lessons from an Airport
Operator
1) Parking & Ground Transportation:
Peas in the Same Pod
2) Know Your Customer
3) One Size Doesn’t Fit All
4) Realistically Evaluate
Transportation Options
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Contact Information:
Lourenço Dantas, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
Economic Planning & Development Dept.
Massachusetts Port Authority
617‐561‐3425
LDantas@massport.com
Visit us at http://www.massport.com
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