As discussed in the final report, there is an existing perception that a high volume of commercial truck drivers choose the route through downtown Bozeman because it is shorter and therefore takes less time to travel. However, as shown by the data collected in this study, this route takes the most time of all four routes studied during this project. There are trade-offs between all four routes, but two routes 3 and 4 were identified as most beneficial to both the drivers and the pedestrians of Bozeman. While the number of trucks this study found
using Main Street appears to be consistent with numbers collected by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), this study indicated a smaller proportion are using Main Street as a through route. Regardless, the City of Bozeman should consider whether re-routing this proportion of trucks would have benefits for enhancing the downtown environment. In addition, it would be valuable to determine if the other trucks (categorized as “non-through” in this study) are traversing the majority of the route of concern (i.e. to 7th Street), or if they are diverging prior to the main pedestrian area of Main Street.