Massachusetts’ Cape Cod National Seashore (Cape Cod) is set to establish the FlexRoute passenger bus shuttle service in the summer of 2006. The FlexRoute bus will fill the Cape transit gap - year-round - between Orleans and Provincetown along Route 6, and in Harwich and Brewster. It will connect with Plymouth and Brockton (P&B) coach service, as well as with the airport and ferry docks in Provincetown. The main goal of the Cape Cod shuttle program is to attract new visitors to the park while providing public transportation options for visitors without automobiles.

Cape Cod, a non-attainment area for ozone, includes national park land, state park land, and private property. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts maintains an air quality monitoring station at Truro. It should be noted that Route 6 is the primary arterial in this
area, with a substantial amount of traffic not directly associated with the park. This study establishes the baseline air and noise emissions for a portion of Route 6 between Orleans and Provincetown on Cape Cod before the implementation of shuttle service.The report consists of an Introduction, a section describing Cape Cod, a section on Air Emissions, a section on Noise Emissions, a Results section, a Conclusions and Recommendations section, and a References section. All input data for the air and noise emissions prediction models are presented in Appendix A, and all outputs for the air emissions prediction model are presented in Appendix B.

Final Report, September, 2005

Visitor Vehicle Air and Noise Emissions Study - Cape Cod National Seashore (PDF, 1.4MB)