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Creators:
Chernicoff, William P.
Corporate Creators:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Alternate Fuels Alternatives Analysis Buses Costs Environmental Impacts National Parks Needs Assessment Shuttle Buses Transportation Planning
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Corporate Publisher:
United States. National Park Service
NTL Classification:
AGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS
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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