ANNUAL PARKING SURVEY REPORT (FALL, 2015) · The Fall, 2015 Dalhousie Parking Survey is the seventh...

ANNUAL PARKING SURVEY

REPORT (FALL, 2015) Dalhousie Office of Sustainability

Levi Megenbir

2015 Parking Survey Report 1

Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Background ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 6

Dalhousie Commuting Patterns .................................................................................................................... 9

2015 Parking Survey Results ....................................................................................................................... 11

General Parking Results .......................................................................................................................... 11

Campus Specific Parking Results ............................................................................................................. 12

Studley Campus ................................................................................................................................... 12

Carleton Campus ................................................................................................................................. 17

Sexton Campus.................................................................................................................................... 20

Agriculture Campus ............................................................................................................................. 24

Parking Management Recommendations .................................................................................................. 28

Survey Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 29

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 30

References .................................................................................................................................................. 30

Appendices .................................................................................................................................................. 31

Appendix A – Parking Permit Targets and Sales ..................................................................................... 31

Appendix B – Current Parking Permit Pricing (Fall, 2015) ...................................................................... 32

Appendix C – Parking Spaces by Type and Lot ........................................................................................ 33

Appendix D – Parking Lot Map Example ................................................................................................. 36

Appendix E – Dalhousie Faculty Association Collective Agreement (Regarding Parking) ...................... 37

Appendix F – Temporal Occupancy Analysis ........................................................................................... 38


Figure 1 ‐ Context Map Showing Locations of Dalhousie Campuses ............................................................ 4

Figure 2 ‐ Primary Commuting Mode for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014)....................... 9

Figure 3 – Parking Locations for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014) .................................. 10

Figure 4 – Parking Permit Purchases for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014) ...................... 10

Figure 5 – Studley Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space) ........................................ 13

Figure 6 – Studley Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day) ................................. 14

Figure 7 – Carleton Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space) ...................................... 18

Figure 8 – Carleton Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day) ............................... 19

Figure 9 – Sexton Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space) ......................................... 21

Figure 10 – Sexton Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day) ................................ 22

Figure 11 – Agriculture Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space) ................................ 25

Figure 12 – Agriculture Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day) ......................... 26

Table 1 ‐ Definitions of Parking Statistics ...................................................................................................... 7

Table 2 – Dalhousie University Parking Statistics ....................................................................................... 11

Table 3 – Parking Statistics for Studley Campus Lots .................................................................................. 15

Table 4 – Parking Statistics for Carleton Campus Lots ................................................................................ 19

Table 5 – Parking Statistics for Sexton Campus Lots................................................................................... 23

Table 6 – Parking Statistics for Agriculture Campus Lots ............................................................................ 27

Table 7 – Parking Management Recommendations ................................................................................... 28

Table 8 – Future Parking Survey Recommendations .................................................................................. 29


Executive Summary Dalhousie University conducts annual parking surveys to make informed parking management decisions.

This survey provides information on the parking capacity, peak‐occupancy, daily average occupancy, daily

turnover, and average parking duration of Dalhousie University parking lots. The Fall 2015 survey was

intended to set a baseline of parking information for all Dalhousie campuses moving forward, and to

confirm the number of rideshare parking spaces for use toward LEED applications. The survey confirmed

that there are approximately 2960 parking spaces across all four Dalhousie campuses with a peak

occupancy of 78% at 11am, and an average daily parking turnover of 1.20 vehicles per space per day.

Overall, construction reduced the parking capacity on Dalhousie University campuses by approximately

230 parking spaces during the survey period. The parking capacity of Dalhousie University’s Studley

Campus is characterized by a mix of reserved lots and general unreserved lots, the Carleton Campus is

almost entirely reserved lot parking, the Sexton Campus has no outdoor reserved lot parking, and the

Agriculture Campus, located in a different part of Nova Scotia, operates under an entirely different parking

management system than the other three campuses. Parking capacity is most heavily utilized at the

Studley and Sexton campuses, with the Agriculture campus and then the Carleton campus having

incrementally lower rates of utilization.

Based on the results from the 2015 parking surveys, it is recommended that Dalhousie University consider

the development of a strategic parking plan. The adoption of survey design recommendations from the

last parking survey improved this survey’s resulting data quality, allowing the precise calculation of

additional campus‐wide statistics including peak occupancy and the time of peak occupancy. Additionally,

this parking survey improves upon the previous survey by including calculations of daily average

occupancy. Considered alongside measures of peak occupancy, daily average occupancy provides vital

information to better understand the differentiation in parking patterns across Dalhousie University.

Recommended improvements for the next parking survey include a more thorough exploration of

undocumented parking opportunities on the Agriculture Campus and the creation of detailed parking lot

maps for the Agriculture Campus moving forward.


Background Dalhousie University conducts annual parking surveys to make informed parking management decisions.

The Fall, 2015 Dalhousie Parking Survey is the seventh of its kind, with Dalhousie’s first comprehensive

parking survey conducted in 2011 to support the creation of Dalhousie’s Transportation Demand

Management (TDM) Plan.

The most recent comprehensive parking survey was conducted in the early Spring of 2015 and was meant

to set the baseline of parking information for Dalhousie University moving forward; however, the

unusually intense winter conditions in the early Spring altered commuter travel patterns, reduced campus

parking capacity, and resulted in an outcome not representative of standard parking activity at Dalhousie

University. Consequently, an additional parking survey was commissioned for the Fall of 2015 to act as a

baseline for parking information and to gather detailed information on the number and location of

rideshare spaces for use in LEED applications at Dalhousie University.

Moving forward, Dalhousie plans to alter its short‐term parking management away from metered spaces

to pay and display lots, with the possible conversion of the Old Memorial Arena lot on the Studley Campus

and the new Rosina lot on the Sexton Campus for later this Fall. Construction was another key theme for

the Fall 2015 parking survey, with nearly 230 parking spaces closed across the University due to

construction. Spaces were reduced primarily at the Studley campus while new parking capacity was gained

at the Sexton campus with the purchase of land on Queen Street and the establishment of the Rosina Lot.

Figure 1 ‐ Context Map Showing Locations of Dalhousie Campuses


Dalhousie’s parking survey collects information on the capacity, peak occupancy, daily average occupancy,

turnover, and average duration of parking on campus, and this information is crucial for many reasons.

The Halifax Regional Municipality’s (HRM) land use bylaws require parking spaces according to

development, and Dalhousie University continues to develop additional buildings on its Halifax campuses.

However, parking is expensive to provide, costing between $40,000 to $60,000 for each underground

parking space, and Dalhousie’s parking budget is already operating under a $500,000 annual deficit.

Consequently, the data collected from the parking survey is necessary for Dalhousie University to identify

appropriate parking space requirements and parking management strategies to the HRM and the

Dalhousie community. Further, land is scarce and expensive in downtown Halifax, and over‐reliance on

automobiles creates many external costs including congestion, emissions, and adverse health impacts.

The provision of additional parking also imposes environmental costs including a reduction in green space,

an exacerbation of the heat island effect, and an increase in the volume of polluted stormwater runoff.

As such, Dalhousie’s parking management decisions impact more than just the Dalhousie community.

The parking survey information is also important for informing key goals within Dalhousie University’s

plans. For example, Dalhousie University’s Sustainability Plan aims to reduce single occupancy vehicle

(SOV) commuting by 15% from 2008 levels by 2020, and to reduce university GHG emissions by 50% over

the same time period. Parking management decisions (including availability, pricing, and location) are

capable of impacting a commuter’s decision to drive or not. However, the Dalhousie Faculty Association’s

Collective Agreement currently constrains the alteration of parking pricing and supply (see Appendix E for

details). Consequently, this data is important for informing and justifying various non‐price, transportation

demand management (TDM) parking strategies that could help to both improve the efficiency of currently

available parking, and to reduce the annual parking deficit. The parking survey data is also useful for

observing the impact of parking management decisions. For example, due to the results of previous

parking surveys, Dalhousie switched from a reserved spot to an oversold, reserved lot system in the

highest demanded lots, theoretically generating higher total parking revenue while also improving the

occupancy of currently available parking. The parking occupancy information gathered from these surveys

is important for ensuring that oversell percentages for these lots are set at appropriate levels moving

forward.

Further, a mismatch between the supply and demand for parking within a given lot can create unnecessary

costs like ‘circling for parking,’ which wastes time and increases vehicle emissions. Also, there are different

kinds of parking demand (ex. short‐term and long‐term), and meeting the specific demand profile of those

parking within a particular lot with the appropriate parking management strategy is important for

maximizing the efficiency of the parking system. The results from the parking survey are important for

understanding the types of parking demand within a given lot, which provides the information necessary

to make changes to the parking management strategy for individual lots.

Finally, Dalhousie offers a number of different kinds of parking spaces including reserved, unreserved,

metered, accessible, motorcycle, rideshare etc. Observing the occupancy, turnover, and average parking

duration of these different kinds of parking spaces across Dalhousie University can be helpful for further

improving the efficiency of Dalhousie’s parking system.


Methodology The 2015 Fall Parking Survey was conducted with two employees surveying Dalhousie’s Agriculture

Campus in Bible Hill and six employees surveying Dalhousie’s Halifax campuses on September 29 and 30.

A license‐plate survey was conducted, and each lot was observed five times over the course of each day.

For data quality purposes, the timing of survey rounds were predetermined and consistent across all

campuses. Before the survey, detailed parking lot maps were created for each parking lot within the

Halifax Campuses, denoting the survey order for consistency and data quality, and identifying parking

space typologies in order to maintain an accurate inventory of parking spaces on campus by parking space

type1. For each survey round, the parking spaces were checked in the order specified on the parking lot

maps, and the first three digits of each parked vehicle was recorded each time. Throughout this process,

any parking spots unavailable due to construction or any changes in parking space typology were noted.

Building upon lessons from the previous survey, a methodology for including vehicles parked illegally in

‘non‐spaces’ was developed and implemented in order to improve the accuracy of the occupancy and

turnover statistics. In order to deal with variations in parking capacity due to construction, parking spaces

closed during the survey for construction were not included in the calculation of parking statistics, even if

they were reopened later for a portion of the survey.

Although license‐plate surveys are more time consuming than simply counting the number of parked

vehicles within a lot, the former methodology is superior because it allows for an understanding of parking

duration and turnover as well as occupancy. By recording license plate information, the license plates of

vehicles can be compared for each parking space between each observation period to get a general

understanding of how long vehicles are parking within a given lot. This additional information can be

important for informing various parking management strategies capable of improving the efficiency of

currently available parking. Like the previous survey, the averaged results of the two survey days were

used to calculate the parking capacity, peak‐occupancy, daily parking turnover, and average parking

duration of all Dalhousie University’s parking lots2. Improving on the previous survey, daily average

occupancy was also calculated for all parking lots within this report. See Table 1 below for definitions of

the parking statistics presented within this report.

1 See Appendix D for an example parking lot map 2 In order to provide an adequate representation of the parking situation experienced during the survey period, the parking lot capacities used for the calculation of peak‐occupancies, daily average occupancies, and daily parking turnover did not include spaces closed due to construction.


Table 1 ‐ Definitions of Parking Statistics

Statistic Definition Parking Capacity

Parking capacity is the total number of parking spaces available within a defined area

Parking Occupancy

Parking occupancy is the percentage of the parking capacity that is occupied by vehicles at a specific point in time (vehicles/spaces*100)

Cumulative Parking Occupancy

Cumulative parking occupancy is a representation of the total number of unique vehicles that have parked within a given lot over a period of time. This is accomplished by summing the number of newly arriving vehicles in each survey round.

Peak Occupancy

Peak‐occupancy is the highest measured parking occupancy within a given period of time

Daily Average Occupancy

Daily average occupancy provides the average occupancy of a parking facility over the whole day. Alongside the measure of peak occupancy, the daily average occupancy provides a measure of how spread out the parking demand for a particular lot is over the course of the day3. If the difference between these two statistics are high, alternative parking management strategies can be adopted to better temporally distribute parking demand and to improve the efficiency of the parking facility

Time of Peak Occupancy

The time of peak occupancy shows the time of day that a parking facility has the highest parking demand. For this report, the time of peak occupancy was determined by averaging the occupancy between the two survey days, and the resulting time period with the highest averaged

3 For example, if the daily average occupancy is similar to the peak occupancy, then parking demand over the course of the day is reasonably consistent. Conversely, if the peak occupancy is notably higher than the daily average occupancy, it is likely that parking demand is very time sensitive, and has notably more parking demand at certain parts of the day.


peak occupancy was identified as the time of peak occupancy4

Daily Parking Turnover

Parking turnover provides an understanding of the average number of vehicles parked within a parking space over a given period of time (vehicles/space/day) Generally, a high vehicle turnover implies more parking demand and/or a shorter parking duration, and a low parking turnover implies a lower parking demand and/or a longer parking duration Daily parking occupancy is calculated by dividing a parking lot’s daily cumulative parking occupancy by its parking capacity. Given that our survey included 5 survey rounds, daily parking turnover can range between 0 (no vehicles parked all day) and 5 (100% occupancy each survey round, with each parking space containing a new vehicle each survey round).

Average Parking Duration

Average parking duration is the average length of time a vehicle spends within a given parking space5

Although daily parking turnover is sometimes used to provide a general comparison of parking duration between lots, it can be misleading6; Consequently, it is important to have a statistic specifically measuring parking duration

4 This statistic can be misleading as it implies a stable time of maximum parking demand for a particular lot (which may not be the case). Additionally, some lots may have a less pronounced ‘peak’ than other lots. In other words, a lot may have a pretty consistent occupancy over the course of the day, with just a slightly higher occupancy in a given period of time. Consequently, it is important to also look at the difference between the peak occupancy and the average daily occupancy statistics when you are considering the time of peak occupancy; the magnitude of the difference between these two statistics can help illustrate how pronounced the peak may be. 5 Because the survey had 2‐hour intervals between survey rounds, average parking duration could not be presented accurately as a discrete measurement of time. Consequently, average parking duration was presented as a ranking of parking lots from shortest to longest average parking durations. 6 Ex. A parking turnover of 1 may imply that a lot is full with the same vehicles for an entire day (high parking duration), or that the lot is full for only one hour of the day with the same vehicles (short parking duration) and empty for the rest of the day.


Dalhousie Commuting Patterns The results from Dalhousie’s Annual Sustainability Survey provide important contextual information for

Dalhousie’s parking situation. There are notable differences between the commuting patterns of

respondents from the Halifax campuses compared to the Agriculture Campus respondents. Additionally,

the parking system is managed somewhat differently between the Agriculture Campus and the Halifax

campuses. Figure 2 shows the primary commuting modes, Figure 3 represents the parking locations, and

Figure 4 shows the parking permit purchases from both the Agriculture Campus and the Halifax campuses

in 2014. It is important to note that general unreserved permits are priced at the Halifax campuses but

are free at the Agriculture Campus. Unsurprisingly, Agriculture Campus respondents tend to be more

auto‐dependent, are more likely to park in Dalhousie University parking lots, and are more likely to use

general annual permits than respondents from the Halifax campuses.

Figure 2 ‐ Primary Commuting Mode for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014)

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Primary Commuting Mode ‐ Comparing Halifax and Agriculture Campuses

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Figure 3 – Parking Locations for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014)

Figure 4 – Parking Permit Purchases for Dalhousie University Survey Respondents (2014)

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2015 Parking Survey Results

General Parking Results Presently, Dalhousie’s Campuses have a total of 29187 parking spaces, but only 2698 of those parking

spaces were available during the survey due to construction (Table 2). Dalhousie University has an

average daily parking turnover of approximately 1.22 vehicles per space per day, and the campus peak

occupancies range between approximately 67% and 87%8 of campus parking capacities. Additionally,

Dalhousie’s Halifax Campuses have their peak parking demand around 11am, but the peak for

Dalhousie’s Agriculture Campus is earlier at around 9am. Additionally, Table 2 ranks each campus

according to their average parking duration from shortest (1) to longest (4).

Table 2 – Dalhousie University Parking Statistics

Campus Total Parking Capacity (Construction)


Peak Occupancy Peak Time

Daily Turnover9

Parking Duration Rank

Studley 1440 (1322) 68% 84% 11am 1.21 3

Carleton 148 47% 67% 11am 0.79 4

Sexton 541 (439) 64% 87% 11am 1.25 2

Agriculture 78910 55% 73% 9am 1.31 1

TOTAL 2918 (2698) 63% 79% 11am 1.22

7 The Spring 2015 parking survey found a total of 2662 university parking spaces. The addition of the Rosina lot on the Sexton Campus, along with the discovery of a parking lot on the Agriculture Campus that was missed during the last survey accounts for the majority of the difference in total parking capacity between the last two surveys. 8 For additional information on University parking occupancies over the course of the day, see Appendix F 9 Ranges between 0 and 5 vehicles per space per day 10 There were 34 parking spaces that were missed from the Agriculture Campus parking survey. Consequently, this capacity was included in the total number of spaces, but not included for the purpose of calculating the parking statistics. See the Agriculture Campus section for details.


Campus Specific Parking Results

Studley Campus

Studley Campus is Dalhousie’s largest campus, and is located along University Avenue in the South End of

the Halifax Peninsula. At the time of the survey, Dalhousie’s Studley Campus had a total parking capacity

of 1440 spaces with 35% of those spaces located in reserved lots, 45% available as general unreserved

spaces, and the remaining 20% reserved for other parking uses11. Of the 1440 total parking spaces, 118

were unavailable during the survey due to construction interference. This number includes the 28 spaces

previously available in the Eliza Ritchie lot which are slated to be permanently replaced by infill

development. Additionally, with Dalhousie’s planned change in short‐term parking management from

metered parking spaces to ‘pay and display’ lots, 29 meters were removed from the Studley campus by

the time of the Fall 2015 survey.

The Studley Campus survey results show an average peak parking occupancy of 84%12 at 11am, a daily

average occupancy of 68%, and an average daily parking turnover of approximately 1.21 vehicles per

space per day (Table 3). Figure 5 and Figure 6 graphically represent the peak occupancy and daily turnover

of the Studley Campus parking lots respectively. Additionally, Table 3 includes each parking lot’s total

parking capacity and daily average occupancy, and ranks the parking lots according to their average

parking duration from shortest (1) to longest (27).

11 A detailed inventory of parking spaces for the Studley Campus parking lots can be found within Appendix C. 12 For information on Studley Campus’ parking occupancy over the course of the day, see Appendix F


Figure 5 – Studley Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space)


Figure 6 – Studley Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day)


Table 3 – Parking Statistics for Studley Campus Lots

Lot # Lot Name

Parking Capacity (Construction)


Peak Occupancy


Daily Turnover13


1 Coburg Houses Lot 5 32% 70% 11am 0.80 4

2 Hancock 124 75% 97% 9am 1.23 11

3 Oceans Bld Lot 39 77% 92% 9am 1.26 19

4 LSC Biology 79 (70)14 71% 94% 11am 1.34 8

5 Dunn 196 66% 90% 11am‐2pm 1.16 7

6 Chase 22 62% 82% 11am 1.16 5

7 Chemistry Lot 16 54% 66% 9am‐11am 1.00 6

8 Alumni Cres. 11615 81% 91% 11am 1.29 18

9 Shirreff Hall 8 65% 88% 9am‐11am 1.19 14

10 Dalplex 187 (123) 92% 100% 9am‐11am 2.16 3

11 Eliza Ritchie16 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

12 Stairs 17 75% 97% 9am‐11am 1.09 24

13 Old Memorial Arena 56 (30)17 73% 87% 11am 1.12 22

14 Killam Loop & Grad House 29 59% 93% 2pm 1.72 2

15 LeMarchant House 13 87% 100% 11am 1.23 23

16 Studley Hs. Howe 36 (27)18 85% 102% 9am‐11am 1.54 9

17 McCain Parkade 98 58% 79% 11am 0.94 17

18 Back of the SUB 12 (2)19 90% 100% N/A11 1.50 15

19 Risley Hall Surface 43 81% 88% 2pm 1.22 20

20 Risley Hall Parkade 7020 41% 48% 11am 0.60 21

21 CSB Front and Side 16 64% 75% 9am 0.97 12

22 CSB Parkade 165 51% 71% 11am 0.89 10

23 CSB Surface Lot 4121 74% 87% 9am 1.12 25

24 Back Arts Centre 2 10% 50% 7am 0.50 1

25 Beside Arts Centre 12 70% 92% 9am‐11am 1.25 13

13 Ranges between 0 and 5 vehicles per space per day 14 6 parking spaces were added to this lot since the spring, but 25 spaces were mistakenly included in the Spring 2015 survey total that are only available to Kings campus (not Dalhousie). The 25 spaces were not included in this (Fall 2015) survey. 15 Undercalculated the total number of spots in this lot by 10 for the Spring survey statistics 16 Lot closed permanently due to construction of new recreation facility 17 4 new parking spaces since last year and in the process of being converted into a ‘pay and display’ parking lot 18 2 new parking spaces since last year including a large ‘truck’ space (often occupied by two cars), 9 spaces lost due to construction during the survey period 19 Lot almost entirely closed due to construction 20 4 spaces added since the spring survey 21 One space added since Spring survey and undercalculated the total number of spots in this lot by 3 within Spring survey calculations


26 Weldon Law22 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

27 Glengary 13 55% 65% 9am‐11am 0.69 26

28 SRES ‐ Robie 25 62% 80% 2pm 1.06 16

TOTAL 1440 (1322) 68% 84% 11am 1.21

22 It was thought that the Weldon Law parking lot (parking capacity of 6) was closed permanently due to

construction. It will be surveyed again during the next parking survey.


Carleton Campus

Dalhousie’s Carleton Campus is located between the Studley and Sexton campuses in the South End of

the Halifax Peninsula. Presently, Dalhousie’s Carleton Campus has a total of 168 parking spaces, and none

of those parking spaces were unavailable during the survey due to construction interference.

The Carleton Campus survey results show an average peak parking occupancy of 65%23 at 11am, a daily


space per day (Table 4). Although these results point to Carleton Campus having notably lower parking

utilization than the other campuses, it is important to note that approximately 75%24 of the parking spaces

on the Carleton Campus are located within the LSRI and Tupper reserved lots, which are notably more

expensive than the general unreserved parking available at the nearby Studley and Sexton campuses

(Appendix B).

Figure 7 and Figure 8 graphically represent the peak occupancy and daily parking turnover of the Carleton

Campus parking lots respectively. Additionally, Table 4 includes each parking lot’s total parking capacity

and daily average occupancy and ranks the parking lots according to their average parking duration from

shortest (1) to longest (4).

23 For additional information on Carleton Campus’ parking occupancy over the course of the day, see Appendix F 24 A detailed parking space inventory for the Carleton Campus parking lots can be found within Appendix C.


Figure 7 – Carleton Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space)


Figure 8 – Carleton Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day)

Table 4 – Parking Statistics for Carleton Campus Lots

Lot # Lot Name

Parking Capacity


Peak Occupancy


Daily Turnover25


1 Dentistry‐Forrest 18 28% 39% 11am 0.50 3

2 Burbidge 2 95% 100% 7am‐2pm 1.00 4

3 Tupper 85 52% 75% 11am 0.87 1

4 LSRI26 43 44% 58% 11am 0.72 2

TOTAL 148 47% 67% 11am 0.79

25 Ranges between 0 and 5 vehicles per space per day 26 Although there are 63 parking spaces in the LSRI parkade in total, only 43 of these spaces are available for use by Dalhousie; 20 parking spaces in the LSRI lot are reserved for Innovacorp.


Sexton Campus

Dalhousie’s Sexton Campus is located in the South End of the Halifax Peninsula, and includes the faculties

of Engineering, Architecture, and Planning. Presently, Dalhousie’s Sexton Campus has a total of

approximately 540 parking spaces, although only about 440 of those parking spaces were available during

the parking survey due to construction interference. Of the Sexton Campus parking spaces, 85% are

available as general unreserved spaces with the remaining 15% reserved for other parking uses27.

The Sexton Campus survey results show an average peak parking occupancy of 87%28 at 11am, a daily


space per day (Table 5). Figure 9 and Figure 10 graphically represent the peak occupancy and daily parking

turnover of the Sexton Campus parking lots respectively. Additionally, Table 5 includes each parking lot’s

total parking capacity and daily average occupancy and ranks the parking lots according to their average

parking duration from shortest (1) to longest (8).

Since the Spring 2015 parking survey, an important change to the Sexton Campus included the addition

of the Rosina lot. During the Fall 2015 survey, anyone with a general unreserved parking pass could park

in the Rosina lot; however, a portion of the lot may eventually be converted to pay and display as part of

Dalhousie University’s change in short‐term parking management strategy.

27 A detailed parking space inventory for the Sexton Campus parking lots can be found within Appendix C 28 For additional information on Sexton Campus’ parking occupancy over the course of the day, see Appendix F


Figure 9 – Sexton Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space)


Figure 10 – Sexton Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day)


Table 5 – Parking Statistics for Sexton Campus Lots

Lot # Lot Name

Parking Capacity (Construction)


Peak Occupancy


Daily Turnover29


1 Gerard Hall 106 66% 90% 11am 1.23 7

2 Industrial Engineering 28 60% 80% 11am 1.02 9

3 Large Lot Behind C30 131 (120) 69% 92% 9am 1.25 8

4 R2 Co‐op 11 75% 109%31 2pm 1.55 3

5 Grad Res‐L Morris 16 88% 106%32 9am‐11am 1.72 4

6 Gym (J) Lot 30 41% 58% 11am‐2pm 0.78 5

7 O'Brien 4 70% 100% 9am 1.38 6

8 Sexton Main Drive 15 (14) 78% 100% 2pm 1.86 1

9 Rosina33 200 (110) 59% 87% 11am 1.29 2

TOTAL 541 (439) 64% 87% 11am 1.25

29 Ranges between 0 and 5 vehicles per space per day 30 Permanently lost 3 parking spaces for entrance to Rosina Lot. 11 other spots were lost to construction related activities. 31 Peak occupancy can exceed 100% due to illegal parking 32 Peak occupancy can exceed 100% due to illegal parking 33 Gravel lot with no officially marked spaces; consequently, capacity numbers are rough estimates. There was construction blocking a portion of the lot during the survey, but this construction has since cleared up and the entire lot area is available for parking.


Agriculture Campus

Dalhousie’s Agriculture Campus is located in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, which is approximately 100kms from

Halifax (Figure 1). Dalhousie’s Agriculture Campus is more automobile reliant than the Halifax campuses.

According to the results from the 2014 Dalhousie Sustainability Survey, 78% of Agriculture Campus

respondents primarily drove to campus compared to only 32% of respondents from the Halifax Campuses.

Consequently, due to the lower density and lack of public transit in Bible Hill, parking is a particularly

important consideration for Dalhousie’s Agriculture Campus.

Presently, Dalhousie’s Agriculture Campus has a total of 78934 parking spaces, an average peak parking

occupancy of 73%35 at 9am, a daily average occupancy of 55%, and an average daily parking turnover of

approximately 1.31 vehicles per space per day (Table 6). The Agriculture Campus has a notably earlier

peak occupancy time than the Halifax campuses36. Figure 11 and Figure 12 graphically represent the peak

occupancy and daily parking turnover of the Agriculture Campus parking lots respectively. Additionally,

Table 6 includes each parking lot’s total parking capacity and ranks the parking lots according to their

average parking duration from shortest (1) to longest (18).

The Chef’s Garden lot was discovered during the Fall 2015 survey, pointing to the need for a full review of

all parking opportunities on the Agriculture Campus. Additionally, the lack of adequate parking lot maps

for the Agriculture Campus led to varying survey practices between the Spring and Fall 2015 surveys,

which compromised the results from the RAC lot.

34 There were 34 parking spaces that were missed from the Fall Agriculture Campus parking survey. Consequently, this capacity was included in the total number of spaces, but not included for the purpose of calculating the parking statistics. Only 692 parking spaces were surveyed in the spring due to incomplete mapping and a missed lot in the last AC parking inventory. 35 For additional information relating to the Agriculture Campus’ parking occupancy over the course of the day, see Appendix F 36 The Halifax campuses tend to have their peak occupancy time at closer to 11am.


Figure 11 – Agriculture Campus Peak Occupancy by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space)


Figure 12 – Agriculture Campus Daily Turnover by Lot Number (Vehicles / Space / Day)


Table 6 – Parking Statistics for Agriculture Campus Lots

Lot # Lot Name

Parking Capacity (Surveyed)


Peak Occupancy


Daily Turnover37


1 Woodsman 34 14% 24% 11am 0.29 17

2 Chapman 100 81% 85% 7am 1.02 18

3 Horseshoe 14 42% 61% 11am 1.00 12

4 Cox 88 66% 91% 9am 1.84 5

5 Cumming Hall & Dairy 65 58% 73% 11am 1.38 9

6 Banting 50 73% 98% 9am 2.01 4

7 McCrae Library 60 52% 76% 2pm 1.38 7

8 Rock Garden 17 41% 56% 9am‐2pm 1.12 6

9 Collins (Front & Back) 2238 32% 52% 9am 0.91 3

10 Women’s Institute 9 66% 94% 9am 1.44 15

11 Alumni Gardens 30 39% 58% 9am 0.88 13

12 Harlow and Humanities 45 53% 76% 9am 1.33 10

13 Heating Plant 24 43% 52% 7am 0.85 16

14 Hancock 20 29% 78% 9am 1.23 11

15 Haley West 56 42% 69% 11am 1.25 8

16 Haley East 45 62% 91% 9am 1.51 14

17 RAC 55 (21)39 44% 74% 9am 1.48 1

18 Chef’s Garden 55 43% 81% 9am 1.31 2

TOTAL 789 (755) 55% 73% 9am 1.31

37 Ranges between 0 and 5 vehicles per space per day 38 5 spaces were missed from this lot in the 2015 Spring parking survey 39 The campus parking map was not specific enough, and only 21 of the total 55 parking spaces were surveyed in the Fall. In the Spring, only the other portion of the lot was surveyed. The statistics shown in this table are in reference to the 21 parking spaces actually surveyed this Fall, but the total number of parking spaces were included for the parking capacity.


Parking Management Recommendations

Table 7 – Parking Management Recommendations

Recommendations Description

1. Consider undergoing a strategic planning process and creating a strategic parking plan

Although several technical solutions exist for addressing the parking issues Dalhousie University faces, there are a variety of factors that influence the feasibility of any one proposed solution. By undergoing a strategic planning process, Dalhousie’s parking management system can be considered within the context of organizational structure and processes, stakeholder needs and goals, university parking trends, available budget, and other important contextual information. For example, one technical recommendation within the 2011 TDM Plan involved increasing the proportion of reserved lots, which, given current utilization rates, could be applied to the Hancock lot in order to decrease the parking deficit and to better spatially distribute parking demand across Studley Campus. However, when considered from a strategic planning framework, the extremely high occupancy of general unreserved spaces on Studley Campus and the Faculty Union Agreement’s limitations on changing parking pricing limit the feasibility of such a solution. Once a strategic planning process has been undertaken, any parking management recommendations can be considered within the context of all relevant information, and, consequently, can improve the chances of properly addressing the spectrum of issues currently facing Dalhousie University’s parking system.


Survey Recommendations The data quality of this survey was greatly improved by adopting the recommendations from the Spring

2015 parking survey. Similarly, minor issues arising from this survey have also provided learning

opportunities capable of improving the data quality resulting from future parking surveys. Table 8

provides a number of specific recommendations for future parking surveys at Dalhousie University.

Table 8 – Future Parking Survey Recommendations

Recommendations Description 1. Complete a Full

Review of Parking on the Agriculture Campus

The current parking lot map may not include all the possible parking opportunities on the Agriculture Campus. For example, it was discovered that an entire lot was omitted from the Spring 2015 survey. Next year, it is recommended that a full review of all parking opportunities on the Agriculture Campus be undertaken to identify any additional parking that may have been missed in previous parking surveys.

2. Complete

parking lot maps for the Agriculture Campus

The creation of parking lot maps for the Halifax Campuses greatly improved the resulting data quality from the Fall 2015 survey. It is recommended that parking lot maps also be created for the Agriculture Campus for the 2016 parking survey.

3. Change Which

Lots are Surveyed

Ensure that the Weldon Law lot is surveyed moving forward, and consider omitting ‘Behind Arts Centre’ lot from future surveys40. Additionally, ensure that the entirety of the RAC lot on the Agriculture Campus is surveyed moving forward.

4. Consider a

qualitative study on the impact of class scheduling on parking occupancy

By comparing peak and daily average occupancies, it’s clear that many of Dalhousie’s parking lots have low occupancy for the majority of the day with short periods of high occupancy. Spreading parking demand out more evenly throughout the day is a TDM strategy capable of improving the efficiency of currently available parking. It is possible that class scheduling issues could be contributing to this inefficient temporal distribution of parking demand. Further information is needed to understand to what extent altering class scheduling may improve the efficiency of currently available parking.

40 The ‘Behind Arts Centre’ Lot is gravel with only 2, unmarked parking spaces


Conclusion Given the high cost of providing additional parking, the regular collection of parking data is crucial for

making informed parking management decisions capable of better utilizing currently available parking.

The Fall 2015 parking survey was comprehensive, and this report provides information on the capacity,

peak occupancy, time of peak occupancy, daily average occupancy, daily turnover, and parking duration

for all Dalhousie parking lots across all four campuses. Further, the results from this parking survey

provided a baseline of parking information for Dalhousie University moving forward, and an updated

inventory of rideshare parking spaces for use towards LEED applications. Finally, this report provides

recommendations for Dalhousie’s parking management moving forward, and for improving the data

quality of future parking surveys.

References Dalhousie University Office of Sustainability (2010). Dalhousie University Sustainability Plan. Retrieved

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http://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/sustainability/2012Dalhousie%20Transportation%20De

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Appendices

Appendix A – Parking Permit Targets and Sales Parking Lot Number of

Spaces Permit Sales Target (Including Oversell)

Permits Sold (as of Nov. 30, 2015)

Percent of Permit Target Sold

Waiting List

CSB Level 1‐3 123 129 121 (1 on leave) 94% 0

CSB Level 4 42 42 42 100% 195

Risley Parkade 67 71 44 62% 0

McCain Parkade 90 94 92 (2 on leave) 98% 0

Dunn Parkade 193 22541 221 98% 148

Tupper Parkade 85 90 88 98% 8

LSRI Parkade 43 Dalhousie, 20 Innovacorp

Not overselling 39 (3 on leave) 91% 19

41 The oversell target was increased from 213 spaces since the spring of 2015


Appendix B – Current Parking Permit Pricing (Fall, 2015)

Permit type Base HST Total

General ‐ faculty/staff 313.50 47.02 360.52

General ‐ student 281.94 42.29 324.23

Motorcycle 153.41 23.01 176.42

Reserved (outdoor) 618.51 92.78 711.29

Reserved (Tupper) 1479.23 221.88 1701.12

Reserved (Risley) 1479.23 221.88 1701.12

Reserved (McCain) 1232.91 184.94 1,417.85

Reserved (CSB 1‐3) 1232.91 184.94 1,417.85

Reserved (CSB 4) 618.51 92.78 711.29

Reserved (Dunn) 618.51 92.78 711.29

Reserved (LSRI) 1479.23 221.88 1701.12

Term (faculty/staff) 189.81 28.47 218.28

Term (student) 169.05 25.36 194.41

Monthly 217.05 32.56 249.61

Weekly 54.78 8.22 63.00

Daily 13.91 2.09 16.00

Ride share 618.51 92.78 711.29


Appendix C – Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Studley Campus Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name

General Permit

Accessible (General) Metered Motorcycle

Compact Only

Non‐Dal Spaces

Reserved Total

Total Spaces

1 Coburg Houses Lot 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

2 Hancock 119 3 1 0 0 0 1 124

3 Oceans Bld Lot 29 2 0 2 0 0 6 39

4 LSC Biology 67 1 8 0 0 0 3 79

5 Dunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 196

6 Chase 10 0 3 4 0 0 5 22

7 Chemistry Lot 7 3 0 0 0 0 6 16

8 Alumni Cres. 88 4 10 1 0 0 13 116

9 Shirreff Hall 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

10 Dalplex* 120 4 26 7 0 30 0 187

11 Eliza Ritchie N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

12 Stairs 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 17

13 Old Memorial Arena 45 1 2 6 0 0 2 56

14 Killam Loop and by Grad House 0 1 24 0 0 0 4 29

15 LeMarchant Houses 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

16 Studley House ‐ Howe 22 2 5 0 0 0 7 36

17 McCain Parkade 0 0 0 4 0 0 94 98

18 Back of the SUB 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 12

19 Risley Hall Surface Lot 35 2 0 6 0 0 0 43

20 Risley Hall Parkade 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 70

21 CSB in Front and Side 6 0 0 5 0 0 5 16

22 CSB Parkade 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 165

23 CSB Surface Lot 26 1 0 0 3 0 11 41

24 Back Arts Centre Beside EHS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

25 Beside the Arts Centre 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 12

26 Weldon Law N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

27 Glengary 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 13

28 SRES ‐ Robie 5 2 0 0 3 0 15 25

TOTAL 635 28 88 35 6 30 618 1440


Studley Campus Reserved Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name

Reserved General (Parkade)

Reserved Accessible

Reserved Carshare

Reserved Rideshare

Reserved Dal Veh. (RY)

Reserved Electric Vehicle

Reserved Other (RB)

Total Reserved Spaces

1 Coburg Houses Lot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Hancock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

3 Oceans Bld Lot 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 6

4 LSC Biology 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3

5 Dunn 193 0 0 0 0 0 3 196

6 Chase 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5

7 Chemistry Lot 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 6

8 Alumni Cres. 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13

9 Shirreff Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 Dalplex* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 Eliza Ritchie N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

12 Stairs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Old Memorial Arena 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

14 Killam Loop and by Grad House 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4

15 LeMarchant Houses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Studley House ‐ Howe 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 7

17 McCain Parkade 89 0 0 0 3 1 1 94

18 Back of the SUB 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3

19 Risley Hall Surface Lot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Risley Hall Parkade 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 70

21 CSB in Front and Side 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5

22 CSB Parkade 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 165

23 CSB Surface Lot 0 5 0 4 1 0 1 11

24 Back Arts Centre Beside EHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25 Beside the Arts Centre 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4

26 Weldon Law N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

27 Glengary 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 8

28 SRES ‐ Robie 0 0 0 13 0 0 2 15

TOTAL 517 18 1 29 18 2 33 618


Carleton Campus Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name

General Permit


Compact Only

Non‐Dal Spaces

Reserved Total

Total Spaces

1 Dentistry‐Forrest 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18

2 Burbidge 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

3 Tupper 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85

4 LSRI 0 0 0 0 0 20 43 63

Total 0 0 0 0 0 20 148 168

Carleton Campus Reserved Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name


Reserved Accessible

Reserved Carshare

Reserved Rideshare



Reserved Other (RB)


1 Dentistry‐Forrest 0 14 1 3 0 0 0 18

2 Burbidge 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

3 Tupper 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85

4 LSRI 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 43

Total 128 14 1 3 0 0 2 148

Sexton Campus Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name

General Permit


Compact Only

Non‐Dal Spaces

Reserved Total

Total Spaces

1 Gerard Hall 90 2 0 12 0 0 2 106

2 Industrial Engineering 12 1 0 5 10 0 0 28

3 Large Lot Behind C 119 3 0 6 0 0 3 131

4 R2 Co‐op 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 11

5 Grad Res‐L Morris 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

6 Gym (J) Lot 10 1 0 2 0 0 17 30

7 O'Brien 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

8 Sexton Main Drive 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 15

9 Rosina 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200

Total 464 7 11 25 10 0 24 541


Sexton Campus Reserved Parking Spaces by Type and Lot

Lot # Lot Name


Reserved Accessible

Reserved Carshare

Reserved Rideshare



Reserved Other (RB)


1 Gerard Hall 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

2 Industrial Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Large Lot Behind C 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

4 R2 Co‐op 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

5 Grad Res‐L Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Gym (J) Lot 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 17

7 O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Sexton Main Drive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Rosina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 4 1 0 2 1 16 24

Appendix D – Parking Lot Map Example


Appendix E – Dalhousie Faculty Association Collective Agreement (Regarding Parking)

32.10 The Board agrees that:

(a) the present annual general parking fees to be paid by Members for unreserved, outdoor parking

on Dalhousie University parking lots shall not be increased beyond the Income Maintenance Change

awarded to Members for the year preceding that for which the fees apply. If the Parking Committee can

demonstrate that a larger increase is required in response to increased annual operating costs, a special

increase proposal shall be brought to the Association‐Board Committee for a final decision, subject to

the Parties right to grieve;

(b) the fees for reserved outdoor parking shall not be increased beyond the Income Maintenance

Change awarded to Members for the year preceding that for which the fees apply. If the Parking

Committee can demonstrate that a larger increase is required in response to increased annual operating

costs, a special increase proposal shall be brought to the Association‐Board Committee for a final

decision, subject to the Parties right to grieve;

(c) the fees for reserved indoor parking shall not be increased beyond the percentage equivalent of

the average overall change in salary to Members for the year preceding that for which the fees apply,

unless it can be demonstrated through the Parking Committee to the Association‐Board Committee that

a larger increase is required to cover increased operating costs;

(d) the Board may make significant changes to the capacity and accessibility of Dalhousie University

parking lots by agreement with the Association, but lacking such agreement the Board may make such

changes if it has a bona fide case for doing so in terms of the actual costs necessary, the needs of staff

for such parking space and the building requirements of the University, and if the change will not result

in a reduction in the overall number of parking spaces available to the University community;

(e) Members whose offices are on the Sexton campus and who are precluded from acquiring term

parking permits by virtue of the “near zone” parking policy of Sexton campus will be sold, on request at

the commencement of each term, eight daily parking passes.


Appendix F – Temporal Occupancy Analysis

University‐Wide

Campus

Occupancy (by Time of Day)

7:00 9:00 11:00 14:00 16:00

Studley Campus Occupancy 43.00% 78.93% 84.11% 81.28% 54.12%

Carleton Campus Occupancy 10.47% 50.00% 66.55% 63.18% 46.96%

Sexton Campus Occupancy 21.64% 82.69% 86.90% 80.30% 50.57%

Agriculture Campus Occupancy 28.81% 72.58% 67.81% 64.11% 41.46%

University Average Occupancy 33.65% 76.14% 78.98% 75.24% 49.55%

Studley Campus

Parking Lots

Occupancy (by Time of Day) Peak Space Availability (11:00) 7:00 9:00 11:00 14:00 16:00

Coburg Houses Lot 20.00% 50.00% 60.00% 30.00% 0.00% 2

Hancock 15.32% 97.18% 95.97% 95.97% 68.55% 5

Oceans Bld Lot 64.10% 92.31% 91.03% 89.74% 50.00% 4

LSC Biology 66.43% 84.29% 93.57% 78.57% 32.14% 5

Dunn 9.18% 78.32% 88.52% 88.78% 65.31% 23

Chase 31.82% 72.73% 81.82% 72.73% 50.00% 4

Chemistry Lot 31.25% 65.63% 65.63% 62.50% 43.75% 6

Alumni Cres. 82.33% 89.66% 90.95% 88.36% 55.17% 11

Shirreff Hall 50.00% 87.50% 87.50% 62.50% 37.50% 1

Dalplex 86.99% 99.59% 100.00% 93.09% 78.05% 0

Stairs 94.12% 97.06% 97.06% 67.65% 20.59% 1

Old Memorial Arena 73.33% 81.67% 86.67% 81.67% 43.33% 4

Killam Loop and by Grad House 15.52% 44.83% 75.86% 93.10% 63.79% 7

LeMarchant Houses 84.62% 92.31% 100.00% 92.31% 65.38% 0

Studley House ‐ Howe 75.93% 100.00% 98.15% 88.89% 61.11% 0

McCain Parkade 19.90% 70.92% 77.55% 75.00% 45.41% 22

Back of the SUB 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 50.00% 0

Risley Hall Surface Lot 83.72% 83.72% 86.05% 88.37% 65.12% 6

Risley Hall Parkade 36.43% 43.57% 47.14% 45.71% 33.57% 37

CSB in Front and Side 65.63% 68.75% 56.25% 65.63% 65.63% 7

CSB Parkade 7.88% 58.79% 71.21% 69.70% 49.70% 48

CSB Surface Lot 78.05% 86.59% 85.37% 84.15% 37.80% 6

Back Arts Centre Beside EHS 50.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2

Beside the Arts Centre 70.83% 87.50% 87.50% 79.17% 25.00% 2

Glengary 57.69% 65.38% 65.38% 61.54% 23.08% 5

SRES ‐ Robie 44.00% 74.00% 76.00% 80.00% 34.00% 6

TOTAL 43.00% 78.93% 84.11% 81.28% 54.12% 210


Sexton Campus

Parking Lot

Occupancy (by Time of Day) Peak Space Availability (11:00) 7:00 9:00 11:00 14:00 16:00

Gerard Hall 19.81% 87.26% 89.62% 83.49% 49.06% 11

Industrial Engineering 12.50% 78.57% 80.36% 78.57% 51.79% 6

Large Lot Behind C 42.08% 91.67% 90.00% 80.42% 42.50% 12

R2 Co‐op 22.73% 81.82% 100.00% 104.55% 63.64% 0

Grad Res‐L Morris 43.75% 106.25% 106.25% 100.00% 81.25% ‐1

Gym (J) Lot 5.00% 46.67% 55.00% 55.00% 41.67% 14

O'Brien 12.50% 100.00% 87.50% 87.50% 62.50% 1

Sexton Main Drive 35.71% 78.57% 89.29% 100.00% 85.71% 2

Rosina 3.18% 75.91% 86.82% 76.36% 52.27% 15

TOTAL 21.64% 82.69% 86.90% 80.30% 50.57% 58

Carleton Campus

Parking Lot

Occupancy (by Time of Day) Peak Parking Availability (11:00) 7:00 9:00 11:00 14:00 16:00

Dentistry‐Forrest 16.67% 30.56% 38.89% 36.11% 16.67% 11

Burbidge 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 75.00% 0

Tupper 5.29% 52.35% 74.71% 71.18% 55.29% 22

LSRI 13.95% 51.16% 60.47% 56.98% 41.86% 17

TOTAL 10.47% 50.00% 66.55% 63.18% 46.96% 50


Agriculture Campus

Parking Lot

Occupancy (by Time of Day) Peak Parking Availability

(9:00) 7:00 9:00 11:00 14:00 16:00

Woodsman 2.94% 20.59% 22.06% 16.18% 7.35% 27

Chapman 84.00% 83.50% 82.50% 80.00% 75.50% 17

Horseshoe 14.29% 50.00% 60.71% 57.14% 28.57% 7

Cox 14.20% 90.34% 88.07% 79.55% 59.09% 9

Cumming Hall & Dairy 26.15% 67.69% 73.08% 62.31% 61.54% 21

Banting 22.00% 97.00% 92.00% 86.00% 69.00% 2

McCrae Library 11.67% 68.33% 60.00% 75.00% 45.00% 19

Rock Garden 11.76% 52.94% 52.94% 52.94% 32.35% 8

Collins (Front & Back) 11.36% 52.27% 36.36% 36.36% 22.73% 11

Womens Institute 66.67% 88.89% 72.22% 77.78% 22.22% 1

Alumni Gardens 8.33% 56.67% 51.67% 48.33% 30.00% 13

Harlow and Humanities 30.00% 75.56% 58.89% 66.67% 34.44% 11

Heating Plant 50.00% 45.83% 41.67% 45.83% 31.25% 13

Hancock 40.00% 77.50% 50.00% 62.50% 0.00% 5

Haley West 7.14% 66.07% 68.75% 50.00% 17.86% 19

Haley East 54.44% 91.11% 78.89% 68.89% 16.67% 4

RAC 38.10% 59.52% 54.76% 50.00% 19.05% 9

Chef's Garden 0.00% 74.55% 64.55% 55.45% 20.91% 14

TOTAL 28.81% 72.58% 67.81% 64.11% 41.46% 207

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