National Transportation Strategy - Strategic Framework

The draft framework for the NPS National Transportation Strategy reflects agency and departmental priorities for achieving the agency's mission through three strategic goals:

· Protect the climate and advance resource protection: The NPS is striving to meet its mission to protect and preserve natural and cultural resources, minimize contributions to climate change, and improve the resilience of transportation systems to extreme weather events and climate change impacts

· Enhance visitor experience and connect diverse communities: To improve equitable access for visitors and better connect parks to surrounding communities, the National Park Service seeks to modernize transportation systems through investments in transit, trails, and technology.

· Reinvest in the transportation system and make legacy investments: The National Park Service will make investments to maintain and improve the condition of its existing transportation infrastructure, including roads and parkways, parking areas, transit infrastructure, trails, bridges, and tunnels and water-based transportation systems. This includes reconstruction or replacement of aging infrastructure beyond its useful lifespan.

Topic Questions Instructions:

The National Park Service invites the public to provide comments to inform the development of the National Transportation Strategy. Comments may respond to any or all of the questions.

Topic Questions:

1. From your perspective, what are the key transportation challenges for the National Park Service in the near and long-term?

2. How should the National Park Service measure progress towards its priorities of protecting the climate, enhancing visitor experience, as well as reinvesting in the system?

3. How can the National Park Service improve access for traditionally underserved or underrepresented groups?

4. What strategies should the National Park Service consider to better integrate with state/local transportation systems and seamless access to gateway communities?

5. What emerging challenges or opportunities in transportation warrant additional focus or investments?

6. What approaches should the NPS take to meet its mission to protect the climate and advance resource protection?

7. What approaches should the NPS take to meet its objective to enhance visitor experience and connect diverse communities?

8. What approaches should the NPS take to reinvest in its transportation system and make legacy investments?

Document Content:

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