Transportation Access and the Location of Advanced Technology Firms in Pennsylvania. Final Report. Volume 2. Technical Appendix

摘要

The two volume report contains findings from surveys of Advanced Technology (AT) firms and comparable non-AT firms in five Pennsylvania corridors in which AT firms are concentrated. The key conclusion from these findings is that AT firms warrant the special attention of multi-modal transportation planning, programming and operations since these firms use a more diverse variety of transportation modes in the five corridors in which they are concentrated. The conclusion suggests a statewide and corridor approach to transportation systems concerns. These findings also suggest that transportation is viewed as a necessary but not sufficient condition for locating and conducting successful business operations at a particular site in a corridor. Accordingly economic development programs and transportation planning and programming activities warrant coordination. An annotated bibliography, copies of survey instruments, and responses to open ended questions are contained in Volume II.