Systems analysis of ground transportation at major U.S. airports. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

Ground transportation congestion problems of 20 U.S. airports are examined. Several broad problem areas are identified: Origins and destinations of air travellers presently oriented to and from the airports are too dispersed to justify either rapid transit corridor or other main-line investment, and too much vehicular activity is concentrated at or near the enplaning and deplaning curbs in the terminal areas, which reduces effective capacity.