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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Transportation Plan Aims To Ease Traffic Woes At Acadia National Park
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:21
	Publish Date:		2018-04-27 11:01:40
	Description:		Visitors to Acadia National Park who want to drive to the summit of Cadillac Mountain or park at the Jordan Pond House to enjoy some popovers may need to make reservations in the future. The park released a draft transportation plan Friday designed to ease congestion and enhance visitors' experience, as the number of annual visitors to the park has increased by a million over the past decade. Acadia is within one day's drive of 80 million people and because of that there are consequences. The park's easy accessibility and dramatic coastal scenery is creating bottlenecks in some of the most popular spots – like the summit of Cadillac Mountain. David MacDonald of Friends of Acadia says a few years ago, the summit had to be closed to cars a handful of times because of congestion. Last year, it was closed more than 60 times. "Having 3.5 million visits, which we did last year, everyone coming in their own car, it doesn't work," says MacDonald. That is why the park has released a draft
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