In the 1990s, Grand Canyon planners put together a bold plan to get visitors out of their cars. The concept was designed to have visitors leave their cars outside of the Park boundary and ride a light rail train into the Park. The train would end at the Canyon View Information Plaza, called CVIP for short.
After CVIP and its train station were built, the plan fell apart. Chief planner Brad Traver wrote a manuscript about how the planning process failed. . In the end, the Park Service built a large parking lot around CVIP.
Brad Traver retired from the Park Service after more that 30 years of service. He held a number of positions at Grand Canyon National Park, from park engineer to project supervisor. He also led the development of the 1995 general management plan for Grand Canyon.
Brad Traver's manuscript is here. This document courtesy the Grand Canyon Museum Collection.
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