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Title: TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS
Accession Number: 00783796
Record Type: Component
Abstract: Transportation plays a key role in the way that people access and enjoy federal lands. The transportation systems serving federal lands provide opportunities for recreational travel and tourism, protect and enhance resources, and provide sustained economic development in rural and urban areas. However, in many areas, access and user demands are exceeding the system's carrying capacity. The Transportation Research Board's Task Force on Transportation Needs for National Parks and Public Lands (A5T55) provides a forum for identification of research needs and requirements regarding recreational travel and tourism on public lands. Significant issues include the following: transportation planning; visitor information systems; customer needs, scenic preservation; transportation management tools; safety and maintenance of transportation infrastructure; development of better data on recreational travel; advanced mobility technologies including transit, paratransit, guideway, personal, and nonmotorized; environmental management; and increased funding.
Supplemental Notes: This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB Website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board Authors: Eck, R WWilson, E MPagination: 3 p.
Publication Date: 2000
Serial:
Transportation in the New Millennium
Publisher: Transportation Research Board TRT Terms:
Consumers; Demand; Environmental protection; Federal government; Financing; Government funding; Information systems; Infrastructure; Maintenance; Needs assessment; Paratransit services; Parks; Public land; Public transit; Recreational trips; Research; Scenic highways; Tourists; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation safety
Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 24 2000 12:00AM
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