Based on field site reconnaissance and workshops, this study develops a conceptual plan for the location and design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities to complete a "missing link" of the Jamaica Bay Greenway in and around the National Park Service Gateway National Recreation Area - Jamaica Bay Unit in New York City. The study focuses on non-motorized infrastructure, as well as signage and wayfinding, to enhance connections for visitors between Jamaica Bay Unit sites and centers of transportation. Both near term and long term interventions are considered.

Each NPS unit is required to complete a Comprehensive (or General) Management Plan (CMP) that defines the park's basic approaches to natural and cultural resource protection, visitor experience, facilities, and partnerships for the next 15 - 20 years. The alternative transportation needs assessment is a component of the CMP. This study, developed as a first phase of alternative transportation systems (ATS) support for CAJO, focuses on two primary components: an ATS inventory and a regional ATS analysis.

When congressional appropriations expire in September 2010, Colonial NHP, its local partners, and federal and state grant programs are not expected to be able to fund and operate the HTS/JAS systems at the current level of service. Thus, the Volpe Center was tasked with the following items: To document the existing transportation conditions at Colonial NHP; To evaluate the HTS/JAS systems in terms of operations, costs, and traveler demand; To document the existing funding situation and investigate alternative scenarios; and To document alternative service concepts. This report is the...

In 2008, the New Bedford Economic Development Council (EDC), the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission (HDC), and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth partnered to pilot a shuttle service that runs between the ferry terminal, the downtown, and a satellite parking area for ferry passengers during the spring, summer, and fall and a loop (termed The LOOP) to UMass Dartmouth for students, faculty, and staff in the fall, winter, and spring months. The park has proposed a phased approach to result in an alternative transportation shuttle system that will directly link park sites...

Two broad objectives are addressed by this protocol: 1) Determine the annual status and trends of invertebrate species diversity, abundance and community metrics, and 2) Relate the invertebrate community to overall water quality through quantification of metrics related to species richness, abundance and diversity and region specific multi-metric indices as indicators of water quality and habitat condition

The goal of the study was to accurately map and classify at least to the alliance level of the USNVC, the vegetation in Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Booker T. Washington National Monument, Colonial National Historical Park, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Petersburg National Battlefield, and Richmond National Battlefield Park. The classification used to map these parks was developed regionally, using quantitative data that was collected from all seven park units and combined with existing data from...

This report presents acoustical data that were collected by the National Park Service Natural Sounds Program at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site between 2009 and 2011. Data were collected to provide park managers with information about the acoustical environment, noise sources, and to provide an estimate of natural ambient sound levels throughout the park.

This SOP describes the step-by-step procedures for preparing for field work and for constructing, preparing, and organizing field equipment prior to the initiation of personnel training and entry into the field.

This report details the geologic resources for Prince William Forest Park in Virginia. It contains information relevant to resource management and scientific research. This document incorporates preexisting geologic information and does not include new data. or additional fieldwork.

This report details the geologic resources for Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizona. It contains information relevant to resource management and scientific research. This document incorporates preexisting geologic information and does not include new data or additional fieldwork.