A Mesoscopic Simulation Model for Airport Curbside Management

Table 4

Results for 25% increase in passenger demand (bold cells indicate that result is significantly different from the base case).

Performance measure	Base case mean	Base case standard dev.	Scenario mean	Scenario standard dev.	% difference between means	-statistic
Utilization ratio, inner curbside	0.80	0.02	0.64	0.04	−20%	16.90
Utilization ratio, outer curbside	0.64	0.12	0.70	0.05	10%	2.39
ratio, inner curbside	0.26	0.01	0.28	0.01	11%	10.31
ratio, outer curbside	0.61	0.06	0.72	0.03	17%	7.82
Avg. dwell time, p. veh (sec)	90	12	80	4	−12%	4.09
Avg. dwell time, taxis (sec)	134	11	88	11	−35%	15.54
Avg. dwell time, limos (sec)	321	32	241	22	−25%	10.22
Avg. walk distance, p. veh (m)	157	3	159	2	1%	1.95
Avg. walk distance, taxis (m)	99	4	108	4	9%	8.28
Avg. walk distance, limos (m)	91	4	87	4	−5%	3.50
Avg. wait time, p. veh (sec)	133	60	139	26	4%	0.39
Avg. wait time, taxis (sec)	2	3	44	25	1769%	8.24
Avg. wait time, limos (sec)	1	1	6	7	913%	3.85
Avg. vehicle wait time, p. veh (sec)	19	9	10	4	−47%	4.41
Avg. vehicle wait time, taxis (sec)	84	11	38	10	−55%	15.52
Avg. vehicle wait time, Limos (sec)	221	32	141	22	−36%	10.27
Avg. pass. queue length for p. veh (psgr)	44	22	57	12	31%	2.69
Avg. number of circulating vehicles (veh)	13	10	10	4	−24%	1.48
Number of through vehicles (veh)	376	18	451	19	20%	14.22
Avg. number of p. veh in system (veh)	49	13	49	6	−2%	0.28
Avg. number of taxis in system (veh)	24	1	21	1	−11%	10.72
Avg. number of limos in system (veh)	18	0	18	1	−1%	1.06
Total number of p. veh departed (veh/hr)	1173	26	1474	19	26%	46.49
Total number of taxis departed (veh/hr)	362	17	388	12	7%	6.15
Total number of limos departed (veh/hr)	152	14	186	9	22%	9.70
Average number of taxis in CVHA (veh)	87	11	52	9	−40%	12.45
Average number of limos in CVHA (veh)	60	7	41	7	−32%	9.67