This Wichita Mountains Alternative Transportation Study, completed by the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Central Federal Lands Highway Division, and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (the refuge or Wichita Mountains), evaluates alternative transportation methods that encourage visitors to travel to and within the refuge by alternative modes to address refuge and community desires to accommodate additional visitors without adding to the existing footprint of the refuge. Wichita Mountains is located in southwest Oklahoma, roughly 30 miles from the City of Lawton and the U.S. Army - Fort Sill, and within walking distance of the small community of Medicine Park. The primary access route to the refuge is Interstate 44, which connects the cities of Wichita Falls, Texas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa to the refuge. Wichita Mountains receives approximately 1.6 million recreational visitors a year, the great majority of whom arrive by private vehicles. This study follows from a request by FWS to conduct a Transportation Assistance Group (TAG) site visit to the refuge in the spring of 2009. The TAG report1 provides a high-level outline for transportation planning goals, alternative transportation options, and partnership opportunities for transportation activities at and around the refuge. This study expands upon preliminary transportation issues the TAG report identifies and considers existing and future demographic and transportation conditions, potential regional partnership opportunities, and experiences with transportation planning at other public lands units.
Alternative Transportation Study: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
2010
107 pages
Report
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English
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