10.2190/4HRC-DGK6-F6PW-8GV2 4HRCDGK6F6PW8GV2 4 STOL Aircraft for Urban Transport In the Long Island-New York City Area 141 163 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 4HRCDGK6F6PW8GV2.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=4HRCDGK6F6PW8GV2 2 A. Ralph Krenkel Reuben B. Goldblatt Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. The reduction of noise and air pollution contributed by the urban transportation system is a prime objective of urban mass transit. However, previously studied mass transit systems have required ground corridors to link the trip origins and destinations. These corridors restrict the system speed, are disruptive to the community, and tend to concentrate the environmental impact of that system. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of a commuter transport system utilizing Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) aircraft operating in the Long Island-New York City area. Comparisons between the STOL system, the Long Island Railroad, and automotive modes of travel were made. These systems were compared on the basis of door-to-door trip times and costs. The STOL system was found to be technically feasible in that an airplane was designed so that its characteristics were consistent with commuter operations. However, it was concluded that the system is not economically feasible without substantial subsidies from outside sources. E. G. Stout, P. H. Kesling, H. C. Matteson, et al., <i>Study of Aircraft in Intraurban Transportation Systems</i>, Lockheed-California Co., NASA Report CR-114340-114343, June, 1971. C. R. Rushmer, B. L. Fry, M. A. Coote, et al., <i>Study of Aircraft in Intraurban Transportation Systems-San Francisco Bay Area</i>, Boeing Co., NASA Report CR-114347, September, 1971. Anon: <i>The Agony of the Commuter</i>, Newsweek, January 18, 1971. A. R Krenkel and G. S. Shears, <i>Preliminary Design Analysis of a STOL Airplane for Mass Transit</i>, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, PIBAL Report 71-12, May, 1971. R. B. Goldblatt, <i>A Study of the Feasibility of a Commuter STOL Aircraft Transporation System for the Long Island-New York City Area</i>, Master of Science Thesis, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, June, 1972. R. F. Sawyer, <i>Reducing Jet Pollution Before It Becomes Serious</i>, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 8(4), April, 1970, p. 62. Anon: <i>Standard Method of Estimating Comparative Direct Operating Costs of Turbine Powered Airplanes, Air</i> Transport Association, December, 1967. Anon: <i>Business Statistics-A Weekly Supplement to the Survey of Current Business</i>, US. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, March 3, 1972. J. H. Swihart, <i>Our SST and Its Economics</i>, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 8(4), April, 1970, p. 30. Anon: <i>The Queens-Long Island Traffic Demand Model-Prepared for the Queens-Long Island Mass Transportation Demonstration Project</i>, Peat Marwick, Livingston & Co., New York, April, 1968. D. W. Hayward, R. D. FitzSimmons, B. L. Fry, et al., <i>Study of Aircraft in Short Haul Transportation System</i>, Boeing Co., NASA Report CR73129, 73130, 1967. G. C. Kenyon, T. L. Galloway, and H. M. Drake, <i>An Economic Analysis of Future Short Haul Transportation</i>, NASA Report TM X-2228, March, 1971. B. L. Fry and R. W. DeDecker, <i>V/STOL Concepts in Short Haul Air Transportation</i>, paper no. 8277, Transportation Engineering Journal, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, August, 1971, p. 411. Anon: <i>Metropolitan Transportation-A Program for Action: Report to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller</i>, Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority, February, 1968. Frank Maza, <i>Dashing Dan Rides the Train In a Red Sea</i>, New York Daily News, June 26, 1972.