The potential for alternative transportation at Chimney Rock, San Juan National Forest

Details

• Creators:
  Rasmussen, Benjamin
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public land
  • Forests
  • Shuttle buses
  • Shuttle service
  • Tourists
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Transportation planning
  • Alternative transportation
  • Shuttles
  • Visitors
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-USDA-13-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Increased visitation at Chimney Rock in the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado has led to increasing interest in the addition of a shuttle system. Piloting a shuttle system at Chimney Rock is a relatively low-cost option that the USFS could pursue along with its partners to test how an alternative transportation system may help to accommodate the increase in visitation and its impacts to safety and resource concerns. Piloting a shuttle for two full seasons of regular visitation and pertinent special events would be a prudent approach to gaining valid information that can be used to determine what type of permanent alternative transportation system could be implemented. Ideally, the shuttle system should run daily and at selected special events.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10-IA-11138100-016 Mod 2 ; VXJ9
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9969/dot_9969_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:024b4b52878af19b0b56beafa8d9e3822d9a14df7bbdc18665963183647ff6e7