Rocky Mountain National Park Intelligent Transportation System Evaluation Plan
Rocky Mountain National Park (ROMO) has maintained a consistent level of visitation over the last few years, approximately 3 million annual visitors. About 40% of these visitors come from the “front range,” which includes residents of Denver, Fort Collins, and their surrounding suburbs. Visitation is concentrated during the peak summer season, resulting in serious congestion in ROMO and its gateway community of Estes Park, Colorado. In an effort to reduce congestion and improve visitor experience, a pilot Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) composed of Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) and Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) will be implemented during the summer of 2011. This document presents a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of the ITS in achieving the project goals. The goals, objectives, performance measures and data sources are discussed, as well as the specific data collection needs defined for this evaluation. The final section describes how the data will be utilized in the analysis.
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Corporate Authors:
Western Transportation Institute
Montana State University, Bozeman
P.O. Box 174250
Bozeman, MT United States 59717-4250Central Federal Lands Highway Division
12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 210
Lakewood, CO United States 80228 -
Authors:
- Villwock-Witte, Natalie
- Eidswick, Jaime
- Ye, Zhirui
- Publication Date: 2011-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 37p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data collection; Evaluation and assessment; Highway advisory radio; Intelligent transportation systems; Summer; Tourists; Traffic congestion; Traffic mitigation; Variable message signs
- Geographic Terms: Estes Park (Colorado); Rocky Mountain National Park
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01356726
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 4 2011 11:01AM