A Mesoscopic Simulation Model for Airport Curbside Management

Table 6

Results for inclement weather scenario (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	-statistic
Utilization ratio, inner curbside	0.80	0.02	0.57	0.05	−29%	19.71
Utilization ratio, outer curbside	0.64	0.12	0.59	0.11	−8%	1.67
ratio, inner curbside	0.26	0.01	0.25	0.01	−2%	2.84
ratio, outer curbside	0.61	0.06	0.51	0.04	−17%	7.14
Avg. dwell time, p. veh (sec)	90	12	93	9	3%	1.05
Avg. dwell time, taxis (sec)	134	11	100	10	−26%	11.55
Avg. dwell time, limos (sec)	321	32	197	23	−39%	15.59
Avg. walk distance, p. veh (m)	157	3	155	2	−1%	2.32
Avg. walk distance, taxis (m)	99	4	110	5	12%	9.15
Avg. walk distance, limos (m)	91	4	86	4	−6%	4.23
Avg. wait time, p. veh (sec)	133	60	142	59	6%	0.51
Avg. wait time, taxis (sec)	2	3	48	30	1925%	7.70
Avg. wait time, limos (sec)	1	1	37	27	6086%	6.68
Avg. vehicle wait time, p. veh (sec)	19	9	23	9	26%	1.93
Avg. vehicle wait time, taxis (sec)	84	11	50	11	−41%	11.34
Avg. vehicle wait time, limos (sec)	221	32	96	23	−57%	15.79
Avg. pass. queue length for p. veh (psgr)	44	22	37	17	−16%	1.28
Avg. number of circulating vehicles (veh)	13	10	9	6	−32%	1.81
Number of through vehicles (veh)	376	18	382	17	1%	1.09
Avg. number of p. veh in system (veh)	49	13	43	8	−12%	2.18
Avg. number of taxis in system (veh)	24	1	19	1	−20%	16.92
Avg. number of limos in system (veh)	18	0	14	1	−19%	13.29
Total number of p. veh departed (veh/hr)	1173	26	935	21	−20%	35.75
Total number of taxis departed (veh/hr)	362	17	352	12	−3%	2.54
Total number of limos departed (veh/hr)	152	14	184	7	21%	9.77
Average number of taxis in CVHA (veh)	87	11	53	6	−39%	13.09
Average number of limos in CVHA (veh)	60	7	30	4	−49%	17.50