GROUP 4 RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS

Aldrin Enriquez, Kathryn Rigsby, Matthew Russi, Katherine Smith, Cory Thorpe

•Research Question•Findings•Data

Objectives:

Research Question

What are the factors affecting the parking at Florida State University?

•How much time does one really spend parking?•Why?

Could this be a factor of Parking at Florida State?

TIME

How much time does one spend trying to park & why?

Parking Availability

Proximity of classes

Time it takes to walk from spot to class

Certain times or certain days of the week

Days & Times

Differences in parking certain days of the week

Differences in parking at certain times of the day

Days and Times students find parking

TIME

PERCENTAGE

Proximity from spot to class

No one really wants to walk miles and miles to class, but at the same time one might want to take the parking spots that are open

Minutes

Maximum Time Spent Desired walking from parking spot to class

PERCENTAGE

Availability vs. Closer Parking

Take a spot on availability : YES or NO

Maximum Time Spent Searching For a Spot

12% 0-10 mins 39% 10-20 mins 34% 20-30 mins 15% 30+ mins

Findings

Time seems to be a big factor in Florida State Parking. There are many sub-factors of Time.

Parking could take any amount of time depending on one’s choice

-Parking Availability-Proximity of classes-Time it takes to walk from spot to

class-Certain times or certain days of

the week

Findings: TIME

How much time does one spend on trying to park? Desires a closer parking space? Time of day? Is it more time worth to drive and park

or find other methods of transportation?

Location

•Findings: LOCATION

• Proximity to classes• Everybody wants a close spot• Is it a possibility that spots are open, just not in

the right place?• Comparison between Woodward Garage and

UCB.• Woodward Garage

• Middle of Campus• Large Garage• 973 Spots

• UCB (Stadium)• Southwest Corner of Campus• Large Lot• 583 Spots

•Findings: LOCATION

• The Woodward Garage contains nearly 400 more spaces than the Stadium Lot.

• The Stadium Lot was never full during our observation.

• Students are not using the Stadium Lot to its full potential, therefore taking up parking somewhere else - generally closer to their classes.• In a survey of 1618 students, 72% said they

avoided the Stadium Lot because it was too far away.

•Woodward Garage

•UCB (Stadium) Lot

•Findings: LOCATION

• Location of Dorm Parking

• Some of FSU's students that live on campus have parking permits.

• Their cars are more stationary, thus using up potentially valuable spots.

• How much of a problem is resident parking, and what can be done about it?

•Findings: LOCATION

• How does FSU deal with this Problem?• FSU has 11,252 spots. It has issued 1,871

permits to students in campus housing. • Just over 15% of spaces are taken up by cars that are

practically stationary.• Some campus residents may have their cars

parked in an out-of-the-way parking lot or garage, however, some cars stay parked in lots that are central to campus.

• One student, when asked about his satisfaction with student parking, responded that he wasn't satisfied and that "dorm dwellers shouldn’t be allowed to park in the middle of campus."

• One administrator commented that FSU should put "dorm lots at remote locations."

Conclusions: LOCATION

• Students would rather park in centralized areas.

• Some outlying parking areas are not being used to their full potential.

• Some dorm residents park in high-demand areas.

• Therefore:• Parking location is an important factor to the

overall parking experience at Florida State.• Location is not an actual problem as much as it

is a perceived problem.

Student

Findings: STUDENT

Interviewed 51 students at Florida State Majority felt that the parking situation

was average. 44% had an “OK” experience and 29% had a “BAD” experience.

According to one student parking “sucks and isn’t going to get better”.

64% want no freshman parking

Findings: STUDENT

92 % drive a motor vehicle 98% either a car or truck 11,252 spots are available 29,710 parking permits are issued 5,806 of permits are issued to people

who live on campus. This leaves 5,446 spots which are

ACTUALLY available.

Findings: STUDENT

Students play a LARGE factor when it comes to parking at Florida State.

Different schedules Monday, Wednesday , Thursday are the

busiest days. Permits issued is 3x larger than spots in

existence.

Transportation

Findings: TRANSPORTATION

Reliability of public transportation

Findings: TRANSPORTATION

Public transportation

What ARE the factors affecting parking at FSU?

Fish Bone Diagram

Questions?

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