Parking Optimization Positively Unlocks Transformation for all.
Employee Parking access is naturally an essential need across all airport & airline stakeholders. Its business critical to strike the right balance between location(s), capacity and connections, meeting the fluctuation of a complex and diverse airport environment, sustaining unhindered ‘fit & functional’ form 24/7-365, anticipating business contingencies and competing demands.
An insight into how perceived disruption can actually accelerate, alleviate and broaden connected transformation strategies, improving daily commutes along the airport journey.
Distribution of airport parking for airport services employees, airline crews, contractor staff & additional official agencies is often an labyrinth of mixed use parking lots & other restricted areas, often incurring multiple site access needs, various access credentials, with allocations defined by your employment start date and availabilities at the time, i.e . coping with challenging legacy conditions.
A new Terminal construction of significant change program, is an ideal opportunity to review, reshape and refine a parking strategy. Focusing on placing the passenger-first for revenue choices, there are often alternative ways that Employee Parking can navigate, by optimizing perimeter or controlled areas, providing a dedicated commuter lot and connection shuttle with fast-track access to the Terminal, avoiding the congestions of passenger flow. Unlocking this type of control, will no doubt prompt change to employee groups, yet delivering upon promises to meet expectations will be the winning ways in which to optimise parking capacity to enable continuous growth.
Although working at the airport, the Terminal may not be the closest parking location for the employees place of work, this is where controlled access to restricted areas will reduce journeys to/from work, alleviate parking lot demand and the consequential shuttle bus connections between the Terminal.
Identifying the Shuttle bus connection will shift throughout the 24/7 period. A standard fixed frequency/headway time is likely to be too little at peak hours and inversely too much during off-peak hours. For both operational costs and sustainability, no-one should be paying to move fresh-air across the airport. Combining shuttle fleets between mixed uses, i.e. Passengers & Employees, whilst maintaining a primary dedicated service for each group will reveal the cost and service efficiencies. Although the peak demand within the Terminal is critical for passengers, the employee demand curve is naturally ahead of it, therefore the fluctuating demand and balance of a mixed shuttle bus feet can evolve, embracing technology to aid and inform all groups when/when the next bus is arriving.
Recognising the needs of the airport stakeholder groups to identify and implement the right fit, to optimise capacity, unlock & enable passenger growth, yet create a meaningful & valued change to the daily commute.
Employee parking strategies demands an efficient & effective service.
Airport & Airline Employees all supporting a common commute, yet with manageable exceptions compared to flying passenger needs.