TOURISM TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
What is Ground Transportation?
- Refers to the public & private movement of people via land vehicles in association with airports.
- Transportation between a hotel and airport or cruise ship and other transport, usually using shuttle buses or rail transportation.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
Congestion, Safety & Security
- Ensuring safety & security in transportation is basic requirement for tourism.
- Concerns including the durability of the way (structure), weather, terrorism, etc.
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USA is the world leader in car ownership.
- Serious congestion affects most passenger transportation modes, particularly on roads and at airports during peak periods.
- In major cities there is the danger if reaching gridlock.
- Congestion means a serious waste of time and energy.
- What are the Top 10 Most Traffic Congested Cities in the World?
The Concerns in Ground Transportation
2 Types of Ground Transportation
- An increase in traffic due to world tourism growth puts pressure on transportation facilities and this can have adverse effects.
- Situations in the world vary widely within regions, countries, states and province. Even so, the problem seem to be the same all over the world.
- Those needing the urgent attention of policymakers are as follows:
- Congestion
- Safety & security
- Environment
- Seasonality
- Public - Public ground transportation generally refers to common modes, such as taxis, buses, shuttles and railroads.
- Private - Private ground transportation, especially in the livery business, is associated with rental cars and limousines.
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Environment & Seasonality
- An increase in traffic may harm the environment if an area does not have the carrying capacity for additional tourist.
- Transportation planning must take economic, social, cultural and natural resource costs into account when designing expanded facilities.
- Seasonal patterns of travel demand create overcrowding at certain times. Conversely low occupancies and load factors will occur at other periods.
- At peak travel periods the problem of congestion, security and the environment become more severe.