The team at DJ&A conducted this multi-year, multi-phase program of work with the U.S. National Park Service to help inform the development of a parkwide Transportation Plan. The team led visitor capacity workshops, prepared a deliverable with recommended indicators, thresholds, and monitoring protocols, collected and analyzed onsite data, and developed simulation models of transportation and visitor use. Results of this work provided a data-driven basis for visitor use management strategies, including a vehicle reservation system, and long-term monitoring protocols now being implemented in the park according to the principles of the US Interagency Visitor Use Management Framework.
In a subsequent phase of work, the team designed and conducted a study of parkwide recreation use volumes and patterns in the Mount Desert Island section of the park. The team collected and analyzed data from automated traffic counters, video recorders, and Wi-Fi tracking devices they strategically deployed throughout the park. The team also acquired and analyzed mobile device data and shuttle ridership data to summarize parkwide traffic, parking, and recreation use patterns. The team used these results to develop an updated, robust visitation estimation model for the park.
Key Services
- Onsite study design and data collection
- Equipment-based data collection
- Statistical and user capacity analysis
- Passive mobile data analysis
- Computer simulation modeling
- Technical recommendations report
- Monitoring plans and protocols development
- Visitor use management framework applications
- Agency capacity-building
-Photo credit: Steve Lawson
