Nantucket relies heavily on freight from the mainland via the ferry. Due to the limited space and high seasonal tourist traffic, Nantucket’s downtown core district faces severe congestion and limited curbside space for freight trucks to distribute their cargo, especially in summer. Our project goal was to analyze the effects trucking has on downtown and propose strategies to alleviate them. Based on our interviews, observations, and research, we recommend that Nantucket consider the following actions to address the issues faced and caused by trucks downtown: (1) Provide clearer information about routes out of the core, (2) Reconfigure some existing loading zones and create some new ones, (3) Improve signage about loading zones, and (4) Increase fines for illegally parking in loading zones.

• 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

• Clancy, Laurence
• Rabe, Cole
• Wilkinson, Michael
• Villatoro, Allan

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 82736
• E-project-121322-220631

Keyword

• congestion
• freight
• Nantucket
• Parking
• Unloading

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Bursten, Bruce

Year

• 2022

Sponsor

• Nantucket Planning Office

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2022-12-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121322-220631

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-13