Congestion management in Glacier National Park
Barrameda CE, Rizzo TA, Vose TR. 2018. Congestion management in Glacier National Park. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
From the abstract: "Glacier National Park has seen an overwhelming increase in visitors throughout the past few years. They have been forced to shut down sections of the park to alleviate congestion from overcrowded parking lots. This year the Howe Ridge Fire prevented the team’s original date of arrival. The team spent the first half of the term in Acadia National Park, where the project was tailored to their similar congestion situation, while still working towards the goals for Glacier. The objectives focused on alleviating congestion organically by providing park visitors with the information necessary to reduce congestion themselves. In each location, the team determined the current state of congestion management tools and infrastructure, then investigated and compared solutions that best fit each park. The team’s recommended solution combines a newly developed webcam network and an easily accessible traffic and congestion page within the NPS website for respective parks."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Barrameda, Claire; Rizzo, Trevor; Vose, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 2018-10-12
- Publisher
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Units
- ACAD , ARCH , GLAC , GRCA , MORA , YELL , ZION
- Keywords
- Buses, Crowding, Facilities, Human impact, Human use, Parking area, Roads, Traffic, Transportation, Visitor experience, Visitor use, Visitors