Glacier National Park : Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor management plan - existing conditions of the transportation system

PDFTech ReportDOT-VNTSC-NPS-14-07117/126562HW9GA1/MTC89Transportation corridorsTransportation planningShuttle serviceTravel patternsNational parksParking facilitiesEvaluationTraffic volumeTraffic congestionTravelersMontanaUnited States. National Park ServiceFisher, FrancesRichardson, HeatherYowell, RyanGrace, NathanMerrefield, ClarkJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc.United States. Federal Highway Administration. Western Federal Lands Highway DivisionUnited States. National Park ServiceAGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDSNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and PolicyNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Travel DemandNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and PolicyVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) Corridor has been undergoing major shifts in use due to ongoing construction, implementation of a shuttle system, and changes in visitor use patterns. Glacier National Park (GLAC) is developing the GTSR Transportation and Visitor Use Corridor Management Plan to deal with these changes and their impacts on the park\ue2\u20ac\u2122s resources.This report compiles available data and reviews the existing conditions of the road to document and quantify identified issues and provide a baseline for thinking about alternative management strategies as part of the corridor management plan. Initial recommendations and gaps identified in the data are documented in Appendices A and B respectively