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Creators:
Biton, Anna ; Kay, Michael
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Corporate Creators:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:
United States. National Park Service
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Alternative Transportation
Business Model
Bus Shuttle System
Concessioner
Performance Management
Tours
Visitors
Alternatives Analysis
Concessions
National Parks
Shuttle Buses
Shuttle Service
Tourists
Transportation Planning

Publication/ Report Number:
DOT-VNTSC-NPS-14-01 ; 184/122750
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Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Alaska
Corporate Publisher:
United States. National Park Service
NTL Classification:
AGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Social Impacts ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy ;
Abstract:
This is the first in a series of briefs exploring best practices in the various ways to provide transit service in national parks. While Denali operates in a unique environment, the Visitor Transportation Service experience offers many lessons related to managing natural resources, using performance measures, working effectively with concessioners, and operating shuttle systems.

Lessons learned include:

- Strong park leadership and visionary thinking is essential to the success of a shuttle system.

- Flexibility to use franchise fees to fund comprehensive data gathering yields beneficial analysis.

- Limited access for private vehicles to the majority of the park raises the profile of the shuttle system.

- Flexibility of operating agreement leads to sustained improvement in service.

- Outcome-based approach fosters creativity in operational service planning.


Format:
PDF
Funding:
P12PG20506 ; VU62/MJ658
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Collection(s):
Volpe
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:d54702cb2b8335d9e20848c8e0bcbabc2c5cb18727b0c146842c40e425bc083d
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