Traffic congestion in National Parks has been an issue the National Park System has been trying to solve for a long time. The goal of this project was to discover how big data can be used to help inform Acadia National Park’s future actions. To do this, we used StreetLight, a traffic data aggregation and processing service. We analyzed its effectiveness at finding the travel patterns, parking durations, and demographics of park visitors. These results are then compared to other data collection methods. Additionally, we provided recommendations on how Acadia National Park could utilize big data to improve their current services and inform their future actions.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kern, Richard
• Lu, Te
• Lewis, Timothy
• Shaw, Donovan
• Jozitis, Alex

Subject

• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 26581
• E-project-072921-180853

Mot-clé

• Congestion
• StreetLight
• Big Data
• Traffic

Advisor

• Kurlanska, Courtney Brooke
• Bianchi, Frederick W.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Acadia National Park, Maine Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Acadia National Park

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2021-07-29

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2021-10-23