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Rocky Mountain National Park Intelligent Transportation System, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations for the 2012 Bear Lake Road Corridor Construction Rocky Mountain National Park Intelligent Transportation System, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations for the 2012 Bear Lake Road Corridor Construction Prepared by Natalie Villwock-Witte, Research Engineer Jaime Eidswick, Research Engineer David Kack, Mobility and Public Transportation Program Manager Western Transportation Institute College of Engineering Montana State University Prepared for Rocky Mountain National Park Central Federal Lands Highway Division April 2012 ROMO ITS, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. iv List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................v Glossary of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ vii 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 1.1. Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Project Overview .............................................................................................................. 2 1.3. Intelligent Transportation System Concept ...................................................................... 3 2. Partner Roles and Responsibilities...........................................................................................1 2.1. Rocky Mountain National Park ........................................................................................ 1 2.2. Colorado Department of Transportation .......................................................................... 1 2.3. Central Federal Lands Highway Division ........................................................................ 2 2.4. Town of Estes Park .......................................................................................................... 2 2.5. Western Transportation Institute ...................................................................................... 2 2.6. DMS Contractor ............................................................................................................... 3 3. Intelligent Transportation System & Static Signage ................................................................4 3.1. Intelligent Transportation System .................................................................................... 4 3.1.3. Messages ..................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.4. Deactivating Systems and Relocation ........................................................................ 18 3.2. Static Signage ................................................................................................................. 18 3.2.2. 511 .............................................................................................................................. 31 4. Shuttles ...................................................................................................................................33 4.1. Overview ........................................................................................................................ 33 4.2. Potential Issues ............................................................................................................... 35 5. Conclusions and Recommendations ......................................................................................38 5.1. Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 38 5.2. Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX A: OVERALL CONTACT INFORMATION ..........................................................42 APPENDIX B: LOG FORMS .......................................................................................................43 APPENDIX C: MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES ........................................................................45 C.1 Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................. 45 C.2 Maintenance of DMS ......................................................................................................... 45 Western Transportation Institute Page ii ROMO ITS, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations Table of Contents APPENDIX D: CANDIDATE DMS LOCATION ANALYSIS ..................................................46 APPENDIX E: GUIDELINES ON DMS PLACEMENT .............................................................48 E.1. Guidelines on DMS Placement ......................................................................................... 48 APPENDIX F: Alternative DMS Messages ..................................................................................51 References ......................................................................................................................................57 Western Transportation Institute Page iii ROMO ITS, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations List of Tables LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Proposed Park-and-Ride Static Signs ............................................................................. 22 Western Transportation Institute Page iv ROMO ITS, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations List of Figures LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: DMS Locations [6] .......................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Portable DMS .................................................................................................................. 5 Figure 3: ITS Implementation Timeline ......................................................................................... 5 Figure 4: Proposed DMS Locations [6] .......................................................................................... 5 Figure 5: US 34_1 Proposed DMS Location, Overview [6] ........................................................... 6 Figure 6: US 34_1 Proposed DMS Location, Elevation View ....................................................... 7 Figure 7: US 34_2 Proposed DMS Location, Overview [6] ........................................................... 8 Figure 8: US 34_2 Proposed DMS Location, Elevation View (photo courtesy CFLHD) .............. 8 Figure 9: US36_1 Proposed DMS Location, Overview [6] ............................................................ 9 Figure 10: US36_1 Proposed DMS Location, Elevation View .................................................... 10 Figure 11: US36_2 Proposed DMS Location, Overview [6] ........................................................ 11 Figure 12: SR7 Proposed DMS Location, Overview [6] .............................................................. 12 Figure 13: SR 7 Proposed DMS Location, Elevation View ......................................................... 13 Figure 14: Existing Fairgrounds Signs [6] .................................................................................... 19 Figure 15: Existing Fairgrounds Signs, Close-Up [6] .................................................................. 19 Figure 16: FG-1 Existing Sign (photo courtesy of CFLHD) ........................................................ 20 Figure 17: FG-4 Existing Sign (photo courtesy of CFLHD) ........................................................ 20 Figure 18: Example of FG-2, FG-3, and FG-5 Existing Signs ..................................................... 21 Figure 19: 2011 Park-and-Ride Guide Signs ................................................................................ 24 Figure 20: Park-and-Ride (photo courtesy of CFLHD) ................................................................ 25 Figure 21: Proposed Park-and-Ride Sign ..................................................................................... 25 Figure 22: Static Signs, Easternmost View [6] ............................................................................. 26 Figure 23: Static Signs, US 34, US 36, SR 7 [6] .......................................................................... 27 Figure 24: Static Signs, Fairgrounds Area, Close-Up [6] ............................................................. 28 Figure 25: Static Signs, SR 7 [6] .................................................................................................. 29 Figure 26: Static Signs, Downtown Estes Park [6] ....................................................................... 30 Figure 27: Static Signs, ROMO Approach [6] .............................................................................. 30 Figure 28: ROMO Shuttle Routes [8] ........................................................................................... 34 Figure 29: COTRIP Webpage ....................................................................................................... 40 Figure 30: Estes Park, Park and Ride Access Via 4th Street (6) ................................................... 46 Western Transportation Institute Page v ROMO ITS, Static Signage, and Shuttle Recommendations List of Figures Figure 31: Proposed 4th Street DMS Location Topography ........................................................
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