Chapter 3 • Corridor Growth Review
Figure 3-2 Port of Baltimore Cargo Tons vs. Legacy Facilities In-Lane CV Traffic, FY 2018 – 2025 (Monthly)
3.2.2 Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) Passengers Another transportation metric relating to leisure and business travel is airport activity. The Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) passenger data (combined monthly enplanements and deplanements, sourced directly from the airport) are compared against the Intercounty Connector (ICC) monthly passenger car (PC) transactions, per Figure 3-3 . When domestic and international travel was halted in April 2020, passenger volumes dropped significantly more than toll transactions. Since the initial pandemic months, travel steadily increased year-over-year with some dampening occurring in winter months, due to seasonal cyclicality. Such seasonality is apparent in both BWI and ICC metrics. Monthly ICC in-lane PC traffic generally parallels BWI passenger volume data closely, not only in the 12-month moving averages, but also with a relatively high monthly correlation, exhibiting the heavy impact airport trips can have on ICC trips. Both BWI and ICC volumes are now similar to pre-COVID 2019 volumes.
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