Governors Island alternative transportation study : support to general management plan

DraftPDFTech ReportPMIS No. 91606Water transportationFerry serviceNational parksTransportation planningTouristsHarborsNew York (New York)United States. National Park ServicePlosky, EricDyer, MichaelPoe, CarsonFichter, Katherine S.Bryan, Jeffrey R.Armstrong, RobertWeiskotten, EricJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)EG&G Technical ServicesAGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDSVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis report, funded by the NPS Alternative Transportation Program (ATP), was commissioned in conjunction with the GMP. As a high-level transportation study, it was intended to inform the GMP planning process and to aid in the conception and development of preliminary GMP alternatives (ranging from no action to various implementation possibilities). Since, as an island park, GOIS is entirely dependent on water transportation, development of transportation and interpretive/thematic alternatives is an iterative process, with analysis in one area leading to more focused thinking in the other