Air Passenger Survey at Logan Airport

To better understand the ground access travel characteristics of air passengers to and from Logan Airport and to track historical trends of these characteristics, Massport administers an extensive triennial survey of air passengers. Since the late 1970s, the Logan Airport Air Passenger Ground Access Survey is one of Massport’s primary tools for understanding ground access patterns and evaluating the effectiveness of its policies and services. The survey is also used to shape the direction of ongoing and new planning efforts to encourage Logan Airport travelers to use HOV/shared-ride modes instead of automobile modes. The survey is the principal means of measuring air passenger HOV mode share, which is reported in the Logan Airport EDR/ESPR documents; a summary table is provided below.

Logan Airport Air Passenger Ground Access Surveys

View the final report of the 2016 Logan Airport Air Passenger Ground Access Survey, which includes a description of the survey method, response rate, survey questionnaire, and results. (A copy of the previous survey report is available here: 2013 Logan Airport Air Passenger Ground Access Survey.)

Ground Access Modes of Travel

The table below presents the air passenger ground access mode shares for survey years 2010 through 2016. In the 2016 survey, HOV/shared-ride mode shares collectively reached 30.5%. This represents the highest aggregate HOV/share-ride mode share over the past three surveys. This HOV/share-ride mode share growth was achieved during a period of high air passenger growth. Logan Airport continues to be one of the airports with highest use of HOV/shared-ride modes in the U.S.

Non-HOV/Automobile

Non-HOV/Automobile	2010	2013	2016
Private Automobile	40.3%	43.2%	34.5%
Taxi	18.8%	18.6%	9.8%
Rental Car	10.9%	10.4%	10.9%
TNCs*	-	-	14.3%
Total Non-HOV Share	70.0%	72.2%	69.5%

*Transportation Network Companies, including Uber, Lyft, Fasten, and similar ride-hailing services.

HOV/Shared-Ride

HOV/Shared-Ride	2010	2013	2016
Unscheduled HOV	8.1%	8.3%	8.1%
Scheduled HOV	7.7%	6.8%	9.7%
Transit	7.4%	7.6%	6.7%
Courtesy Shuttle	4.4%	3.3%	3.3%
Other	2.4%	1.7%	2.6%
Total HOV Share	30.0%	27.8%	30.5%

Source: Spring 2010, 2013, and 2016 Logan Airport Air Passenger Ground Access Surveys. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

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