Tuesday, September 26, 2017
8A-Solving the Problem
The solution to my problem of inadequate numbers of student parking spaces is simple--to create more parking spaces. The solution is not to change the staff parking spaces to student parking spaces but rather to leave staff parking as is, and expand the student parking options. This can be done in small amounts to a number of different areas and end up creating big changes. If a few spaces are added to each existing area then we could maximize the amounts of spots. There is parking near Sorority row, lining the front sides of all of the houses. There are many wooded areas around here that could be potential areas for extension of the current parking lots. We could also build more floors to the top of the pre existing norman garage.
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One of the problems that I have with parking on campus, is that the spaces (in my opinion) are too small. Would these extra spaces be the same size as the original ones? Also I do agree with you that even a small amount of changes would definitely loosen parking up. I think that adding on to the parking garages is a clever idea and expanding into wooded areas would help some of the oddly placed dorms, like Mallory or Yulee.
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ReplyDeleteParking on campus is definitely a serious problem that need be acknowledged. I think those are two great ideas to expand the parking garages and add parking spaces and lots to areas that are vacant. I can think of several places around campus that could be adjusted or converted to parking to benefit all involved. Great post!
As I read your idea, I had one major thought. As it is, there are very few of the 60,000 students at UF who try to park on campus during school hours. This is because most students know that parking simply isn't available, or difficult to obtain. If you were to expand parking on campus by 100 spots or even 1000 spots, the consequence of this could be that hundreds or thousands of extra students would start driving to class. This could result in significant increased traffic, and in the end, there still wouldn't be enough parking to meet the demand. Just a thought to keep in mind.
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