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Title:

Development of Congestion Management System for Northeast Region of National Park Service

Accession Number:

01371120

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Many parks in the Northeast Region are experiencing some level of congestion. Issues range from a lack of parking at a favorite trailhead in Acadia to 10-mile traffic backups heading to the beaches at Sandy Hook, and from crowding on carriage road paths at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller to long security queues at the Statue of Liberty. In addition, many parks in the region are located in densely populated and urbanized areas where oftentimes the most frequently cited congestion issue is the access roads to the park. Visitation growth, related to population growth, special events, and development of land near parks, will likely worsen the congestion issues facing the Northeast Region in the future. The objective of this project was to develop the first of its kind region-wide congestion management system for the National Park Service. The efforts described in this report involve both the process to conceptualize the CMS as well as the documentation of the actual system and its recommendations. Projects identified through the CMS process are envisioned to be programmed through the traditional six-year Transportation Improvement Program. The overall goals of this planning process were: To define the extent and nature of congestion in the Northeast Region; To broaden the understanding of the nuances of congestion management in a national park context; To develop a candidate process for addressing congestion at Northeast Region parks and to test that process through case studies; and, To define a strategy for moving forward in the region.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA40 Transportation Needs of National Parks and Public Lands

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3651

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bonsignore, Ruth
Steele, Peter
Cranshaw, William
Holzheimer, Robert J
Royal, Makayah N
Tauscher, John

Pagination:

21p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures

Geographic Terms:

Northeastern United States

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3651

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:18PM