TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR NATIONAL PARKS. IN: COMPENDIUM: PAPERS ON ADVANCED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, 2001

Increased congestion, parking issues and the frustrations they cause visitors in national parks have added to the need for the National Park Service to determine a method to enhance visitors' experience with the park. One way of accomplishing this task is by using Traveler Information Systems. The objectives of this paper were to: (1) inventory current traveler information systems in five to ten pre-selected national parks; (2) determine the similarities and differences in the traveler information systems; (3) identify tourists' information needs and preferred method of delivery at national parks; (4) recommend state-of-the-art traveler information tools to address the tourists' needs; and (5) apply the recommendations at a specific national park. The paper describes how seven national parks and five organizations representing national park visitors were surveyed. The survey results were used in the development of recommendations to improve the current traveler information systems and the recommendations are presented in the paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Compendium: Papers on Advanced Surface Transportation Systems, 2001, SWUTC/01/473700-00003-3, available from NTIS. Complete Compendium also available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Southwest Region University Transportation Center

  Texas A&M University
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Authors:
  • Helmuth, J L
  • Kay, J L
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-132
• Monograph Title: COMPENDIUM: PAPERS ON ADVANCED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, 2001

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; National parks; Tourists; Traffic congestion; Traveler information and communication systems; Warning devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00926435
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC/01/473700-00003-3
• Files: UTC, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2002 12:00AM