Transit Vehicles for National Parks : Selection Factors and Technologies.

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• Creators:
  Chernicoff, William P.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Buses
  • Shuttle buses
  • Alternate fuels
  • Environmental impacts
  • Needs assessment
  • Transportation planning
  • National parks
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Costs
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Park Service
• Abstract:
  Increasingly, national parks are purchasing and operating buses and other alternative ; transportation vehicles to transport visitors to and from or within park boundaries. ; Selecting alternative transportation vehicles is a complex, multi-faceted process that ; involves the careful analysis of numerous factors. This material in this report originally ; was developed as a primer to orient park superintendents and transportation managers ; who participated in an Alternative Transportation Vehicle Workshop held March, 2002 in ; Estes Park, CO. It provides useful information and supplements Volume 1 (Candidate ; Vehicle Technologies) of the Federal Lands Alternative Transportation Systems Study.1 ; This updated version contains the essentially the same material provided to the workshop ; participants. ; This primer addresses fundamental considerations for evaluating and choosing buses, ; including: vehicle technologies, vehicle types, fuels, infrastructure and associated costs. ; These should not be viewed as independent topics, but as parts of a system in which each ; part may be affected by, and may affect, the other parts. Alternative transportation ; systems will be unique based on the differences and the particular needs of individual ; parks. Therefore, rather than provide extensive details about specific parks, the sections ; herein outline basic system considerations that should be investigated further in relation ; to the specific conditions at a given park.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9583/dot_9583_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 963.77 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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