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Acadia National Park ITS Field Operational Test: Strategic Plan
This document provides a strategy for evaluating technologies known as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that will be implemented in Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Maine. Acadia National Park was selected as a site for an ITS Field Operational Test (FOT) through collaboration of the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Acadia National Park hosted 2.6 million recreation visits in 1999, drawn to the rugged beauty of Mount Desert Island and the many passive and active recreational opportunities it affords. During the summer months the Island's population nearly triples, the roads become congested, and parking areas are overcrowded. Like Acadia, many National Parks are experiencing severe transportation problems, which frustrates their dual mission of preserving national and cultural resources while providing visitors with a meaningful and pleasant experience. Through technologies such as electronics, communications, and information processing, Intelligent Transportation Systems can help provide solutions to transportation problems and help maintain a positive experience for visitors. The ITS solutions appropriate to the needs of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island were developed through consensus of the key stakeholder organizations. The ITS system architecture includes nine system components in three general areas: transit management, traffic management, and traveler information. A team led by SAIC was selected by U.S. DOT to design and deploy the components as an integrated system. Full implementation of the system will take place prior to the summer of 2001.
Acadia National Park ITS Field Operational Test: Strategic Plan
This document provides a strategy for evaluating technologies known as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that will be implemented in Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Maine. Acadia National Park was selected as a site for an ITS Field Operational Test (FOT) through collaboration of the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Acadia National Park hosted 2.6 million recreation visits in 1999, drawn to the rugged beauty of Mount Desert Island and the many passive and active recreational opportunities it affords. During the summer months the Island's population nearly triples, the roads become congested, and parking areas are overcrowded. Like Acadia, many National Parks are experiencing severe transportation problems, which frustrates their dual mission of preserving national and cultural resources while providing visitors with a meaningful and pleasant experience. Through technologies such as electronics, communications, and information processing, Intelligent Transportation Systems can help provide solutions to transportation problems and help maintain a positive experience for visitors. The ITS solutions appropriate to the needs of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island were developed through consensus of the key stakeholder organizations. The ITS system architecture includes nine system components in three general areas: transit management, traffic management, and traveler information. A team led by SAIC was selected by U.S. DOT to design and deploy the components as an integrated system. Full implementation of the system will take place prior to the summer of 2001.
Acadia National Park ITS Field Operational Test: Strategic Plan
2000
26 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Rural transportation , Public transportation management , National parks , Field tests , Traffic management , Transportation planning , Traffic congestion , Tourists , Information systems , Rural areas , Program evaluation , Natural resources management , Tourism , Recreation , Maps , Maine , Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS) , ITS(Intelligent Transportation Systems) , Traveler information , Transit management , Acadia National Park(Maine)