Integrated transportation and visitor use modeling to help inform the Acadia National Park Transportation Plan
Lawson S, Larkin A, Jacobi C, Kelly J, Collins R. 2018. Integrated transportation and visitor use modeling to help inform the Acadia National Park Transportation Plan. Resource Systems Group, Inc.
From the abstract: "The National Park Service is developing a Transportation Plan for Acadia National Park in order to determine how best to provide safe and efficient transportation and a variety of high-quality experiences to visitors within Acadia National Park, while ensuring the protection of park resources and values. To help inform the transportation planning process, RSG developed simulation models of transportation and visitor use on the summit of Cadillac Mountain and in the Ocean Drive Corridor. The simulation models were developed to provide precise, quantitative information about traffic, parking, visitor use, and crowding conditions in the two study areas. The models also provide scientifically rigorous estimates of the maximum number of visitors and vehicles that can be accommodated per day without exceeding physical parking-related and potential crowding-related capacities in each study area. The results of each simulation model were used to estimate current conditions of transportation and visitor use, and to assess whether current levels of peak summer season visitation exceed preliminary draft thresholds for potential parking- and crowding-related indicators of quality. This poster provides an overview of the methods and results of the simulation models developed for the summit of Cadillac Mountain and the Ocean Drive corridor."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Lawson, Steve; Larkin, Abbie; Jacobi, Charlie; Kelly, John; Collins, Rachel
- Date of Issue
- 2018-10-20
- Publisher
- Resource Systems Group, Inc.
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- carrying capacity, Education, Research & Studies, resource management, roads, transportation, visitor experience, visitor use, visitors