[sustran] Re[2]: Transportation demand management at Heathrow Airport

[Paul Barter]

For some reason the majordomo software intercepted this one. So I am
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Paul Barter.


Date: Tue, 03 Jun 97 10:01:29 gmt
From: "Tom Rye" <t.rye at napier.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <9705038653.AA865357905 at ccmailgate.napier.ac.uk>
To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
Subject: Re[2]: Transportation demand management at Heathrow Airport

     Dear John Whitelegg

     I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about BAA, car parking and
     T5.  Certainly, if there was a strategy in place to limit the demand
     for un-sustainable air transport then there would be much less need to
     worry about surface public transport access for passengers and staff.

     Also, I think it's unlikely that BAA would be quite as enthusiastic
     about TDM if they didn't have image problems associated with traffic
     impact, in particular in relation to the proposed new terminal.
     However they are nonetheless a good example of TDM, in that in the
     main I think it is those employers who have some non-altruistic
     motivation for TDM who tend to be the most active in its
     implementation.

     Best wishes

     Tom Rye


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Date:    02/06/97 17:20


Dear Tom Rye, Tod Litman and TDM fans,

Tke care with the BAA example at Heathrow.  The ambitious plans for more
public transport at Heathrow are part of a wider strategy to gain
acceptance for the new Terminal (T5) at Heathrow.  This new Terminal
will add 30 million passengers per annum to the existing 54 mppa at
Heathrow with enormously damaging consequences for the surrounding areas
and global climate.  Also it is a wise move to get information on car
parking policies at any TDM.  Heathrow will increase its car parking
spaces to cope with T5.  Any TDM startegy assocaited with an incresae in
car parking spaces is seriously falwed and more influenced by public
realtions than by traffic/enviornmental objectives.

best wishes

John Whitelegg