1. Parking on College Campus
2. Colleges in the United States have an increasing student population with limited parking space, therefore students cannot drive themselves to campus for class.
The who:college students, faculty and staff; public universities and their visitors
The what: They don't have the parking infrastructure to hold cars for the student and faculty population.
The why: Limited space for large parking lots and limited funds to build parking garages.
3. The people who have this need are mainly college students. You can narrow that down even more to college students who live off campus and who don't live in walking distance. Most staff and faculty already have spots but they would still like better parking. Universities might not have the infrastructure to build more parking spaces and also to not be able hold the traffic that comes with additional parking. Possible alternative method for students such as scooters that are smaller. They why is generally the same for all those affected. Students might think parking is a higher priority problem than the university itself because the problem affects them.
4/5. After interviewing people around campus I found interesting responses. Mostly everyone is aware of the parking situation at University of Florida. Everyone I interviewed said they would drive to campus for class if they could. Taking the bus or riding a scooter is the most common alternative methods of travel to campus among those I interviewed. A few people walk to class or live on campus and do not have this problem. It was interesting to see how different people were affected by this problem.
Hey Nolan,
ReplyDeleteI do think that parking on college campuses is a hassle. I feel like a lot of them were not designed to accommodate the amount of cars that are there nowadays. I personally think that a lot of people would, as you said, drive to college if they had the chance but with no parking, no driving to campus!