AtlanticCounty
Paige Gillette and Jon Broscious
DEMOGRAPHICS:
AtlanticCounty is located in the south-east portion of New Jersey. Originally the eastern half of GloucesterCounty, Atlanticwas established in 1837 but became its own official district in 1963. With an area of approximately 671 square miles (1,739 km2), of which 561 square miles are land, Atlantic Country comprisesapproximately 271,620 people[1], and a population density of 470 people per square mile.[2]
Demographic / Total number of people (thousands) / Percentage of peopleCity residents / 271.6 / 100%
Under school leaving age (18-) / 64.9 / 23.9%
Working age (18-64) / 169.8 / 62.5%
Retired (65+) / 36.9 / 13.6%
Below poverty line / 28.5 / 10.5%
[3]PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES: Casino hotels, fine china production, aviation testing/ engineering, agriculture, yacht building, glass, plastics, pharmaceutical
research and promotion, tourism related services
Number of families / 63,151
Number of households / 95,024
Persons per household / 2.59
Median Household income / $43,933
Median Family Income / $51,710
Per Capita Income / $21,034
Mean travel time to work / 23.7 minutes
The following is a list of major attractions, including stadiums, casinos, museums, theaters and other leisure activities with their corresponding city locations:
The Sandcastle (Bernie Robbins Stadium) / 545 North Albany Avenue / Atlantic CitySea Skate Pavilion / 2301 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Sovereign Bank Flyers Skate Zone / 501 North Albany Avenue / Atlantic City
Bally's Casino / 1900 Pacific Avenue / Atlantic City
Borgata Casino / 1 Borgata Way / Atlantic City
Caesars Casino/Theater / Pacific Ave & Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Tropicana Casino/Theater / Brighton & Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Trump Marina Casino/Theater / Huron & Brigantine Blvd / Atlantic City
Trump Plaza Casino/Theater / Boardwalk at Mississippi Ave / Atlantic City
Cottaj Mahal Casino/Theater / 1000 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Boardwalk Hall / 2301 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Dante Hall Theater of the Arts / 14 North Mississippi Ave / Atlantic City
Harrah's Casino and Theater / 777 Harrah's Blvd / Atlantic City
Hilton Casino/Theater at the Hilton Atlantic City Resort / Boston Ave & the Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Music Box at Borgat Hotel, Casino & Spa / 1 Borgata Way / Atlantic City
The Palace Theater at Bally's Atlantic City / Park Place & Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Resorts Theater / 1133 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Showboat Casino and Theater / 801 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Steel Pier / 1000 Boardwalk / Atlantic City
Atlantic City Outlet Mall / N. Michigan Ave / Atlantic City
SeaLifeMuseum / 2625 Brigantine Blvd / Brigantine
StorybookLand / 6415 Black Horse Pike / EggHarborTownship
Shore Mall / Black Horse Pike & Tilton Road / EggHarborTownship
Lucy the Elephant / 9200 Atlantic Ave / Margate
Consumer Square Mall / 2300 Wangleboro Road / Mays Landing
Hamilton Mall / 4403 Black Horse Pike / Mays Landing
Stockton / Jimmie Leeds Road / Pomona
TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
[4]ROAD MILEAGE: State: 6,671 miles; County: 373.23 miles; Garden State Parkway (toll road): 31 miles; Atlantic City Expressway (toll road): 29 miles
MAJOR HIGHWAYS: Garden State Parkway; Atlantic City Expressway; U.S. Routes 9, 30, 40, 206, 322; State Routes 49, 50, 52, 54, 87, 152
RAILROADS: Passenger: Amtrak (Atlantic City to Philadelphia); NJ Transit: Atlantic City,Absecon, EggHarborCity, Hammonton,Atco, Lindenwold, Philadelphia; Freight: Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
MAJORSTOPSINATLANTICCOUNTY:
Transit Stop / Latitude / LongitudeABSECON / 39.424333 / -74.502091
ATLANTIC CITY / 39.363573 / -74.442520
EGGHARBOR / 39.526443 / -74.648025
HAMMONTON / 39.631673 / -74.799457
Transportation in AtlanticCounty
According to the last report, trains in AtlanticCounty serve the purpose of freight carrying. There are only regional (no local) bus routes in the area, between Cumberland and AtlanticCounties. Cars are the main mode of transportation. The mock PRT network we designed sought to provide public transport in such a way that over 90% of both productions and attractions were located within a quarter mile of the stations.
MOCK PRT SYSTEM
There are 82 schools and over 1500 businesses, restaurants and other leisure in GloucesterCounty. The focus for the PRT Network was attractions density, placing stations strategically so that most work areas, restaurants and attractions were readily accessible. The problem with this lay in the sparseness of households, where it was impossible to have more than 80% within a quarter mile of any station. The best system, therefore, would be a multi-modal PRT, which might require all houses within a mile or two mile radius (instead of quarter mile) to drive to the station, then take the PRT to work. We were able to access almost 95% of attractions, with emphasis on the Atlantic City area. The mock PRT system was built with the existing stations in mind, although they were not geocoded and placed on the map. We attempted to place at most 6 station stops to final destination in denser areas and four stops in sparser areas, since it was for much longer lengths of guideway. The average ratio of stations to interchanges was 5.7 to 1.
With 543 nodes (stations and interchanges)attempting to supply a total of 252,552 productions and 524,791 attractions, this PRT system yielded success rates of 79.72% for productions and 94.08% for attractions. The calculations below show clearly that for this county, a full PRT system is not yet a viable option since it requires considerable expense to finance relatively few trips. However, the possibility of a multi-modal PRT (car to central stations) should be not yet be completely discounted; perhaps more attention and consideration should be given to this in future projects.
Cost of PRT
Cost per station = $2m, Number of stations = 462
Total cost of stations = $924m
Cost per mile of guideway = $5m, length of guideway = 654.0 km = 406.353miles
Total cost of guideway = $2032m
Cost per vehicle = $100,000 at 1.5% of the fleet driving cars with a 90% or more covered PRT network
Total cost of vehicles = 100K*0.015*271,620 = $407m
Expense per person = Total cost/population = $3363m/272K = $12364
Number of trips per person per day = 4
Cost per trip per person to pay for the system over a year = $12364/(4*365) = $8.47
Raw Statistics
Total guideway length in km = 653.961619
Total stations 462, Total interchanges 81
Productions:201340 supplied of 252552 79.72%
Attractions:493727 supplied of 524791 94.08%
Total Station:462
Avg Walk Attr:0.1443km
Avg Walk Prod:0.2184km
Avg Dist From Station:0.2248km
[1] 2006 estimate
[2] 2000 estimate
[3]AtlanticCountyGov’t Fast Facts:
[4] Note: this information was obtained solely from the website in footnote 3, but was subsequently noted as present in the layout from Fall07