National Park Service, Golden Gate National Receration Area, Contracting Office, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123

B -- MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION STUDY SOL 1443RQ8140-98-003 DUE 040198 POC Glenn Anderson, Contract Specialist, 415.561.4507, Contracting Officer, Leo R. Guillory 415.561.4501 The National Park Service has a requirement to conduct a study of visitor access to Muir Woods National Monument and to investigate alternative means of relieving traffic congestion and impacts attributable to the Muir Woods visitor that affect the Monument and southern Marin County. The objectives of the study are: 1. determine feasible alternatives to the private automobile as an access mode; 2.define existing and potential transportation providers and their systems and; 3.prescribe a reservation program as part of a possible implementation strategy. This implementation program should include practical comprehensive incentives and disincentives that guide visitors into non-peak periods and out of their automobiles in order to mitigate traffic, parking and overcrowding concerns . The study will be delivered in report form that includes the objectives of the study, written analysis, findings and recommended strategies consisting of two basic categories: 1. Demand Management -- strategies that reduce peak period auto use, and 2. Transportation Services -- new transportation services and /or facilities that provide alternatives to the private automobile. The potential alternative methods for financing the implementation package will be explored and integrated into the report findings and recommendations. (0015)

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