Regional Alternative Transportation Evaluation Report, Region 5

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe Center conducted a Regional Alternative Transportation Evaluation (RATE) in FWS Region 5 to ensure effective consideration and integration of alternative transportation systems (ATS) into the goals and recommendations of the Region 5 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). From north to south, Region 5 is comprised of the thirteen northeastern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Region 5 RATE team, consisting of staff from the Volpe Center, FWS Washington Office and Region 5, and Eastern Federal Lands Highways Division (EFLHD), traveled through portions of Massachusetts and southeastern Virginia in December 2011, to explore and discuss alternative transportation needs and constraints in the region with the staff of a group of FWS refuges. The RATE visits also helped to develop an alternative transportation systems (ATS) questionnaire, which was later sent to all refuges in the region. During the RATE, the team visited Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Back Bay NWR, the Eastern Shores of Virginia NWR Complex, and Great Dismal Swamp NWR to identify specific opportunities for ATS in these and other stations. Ultimately, the RATE provided selective baseline information, and identified opportunities and constraints, on how ATS may be instituted more broadly across Region 5.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11990
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  Northeast Regional Office
  300 Westgate Center Drive
  Hadley, MA  United States  01035-9587
• Authors:
  • Biton, Anna
  • Peckett, Haley
• Publication Date: 2012-5-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 70p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Nonmotorized transportation; Public transit; Transportation planning; Water transportation
• Identifier Terms: National Wildlife Refuge System; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Geographic Terms: Northeastern United States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516391
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-USDA-14-05
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 51VXJ6; Task MTD50
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM