Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest alternative transportation feasibility study : phase II final report
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2014-04-01
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Abstract:The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is located near the Puget Sound metro area and is facing a number of transportation issues, such as increasing congestion and lack of access, which were identified in the Volpe Center’s Phase I report. This report proposes traveler information and transit solutions to help improve visitor transportation.
The project team delivered a system that shares current road and trail status on a web map. This report includes recommendations for new trip planning maps and an app, updated visitor information pages, and integration with WSDOT traveler information systems.
The transit recommendations include a phased roll-out of bus service to make it easy to reach and travel around the forest without a car. This transit system would expand an existing winter shuttle, then scale up to a new summer circulator. Full implementation would connect forest destinations to communities year-round. However, current conditions are unfavorable for transit due to the essentially unlimited amount of unofficial parking available in established recreation areas. The most feasible services to pursue in the near future are expanding existing winter service, working to improve rental vans and buses for non-profits, and introducing transit to new forest corridors, especially the Middle Fork.
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