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PARKING DEMAND STUDY EXISTING
CONDITIONS
N A R R AT I V E
STRUCTURED PA RK ING LOT
PARKING POLICIES AND PERMITS Parking on the Fredericksburg campus is by permit only and is required of all vehicles parked on the campus (faculty / staff and students) and may be obtained through the UMW Parking Management System located on the Eagle Portal*. (Note: First year students are not permitted to have vehicles on campus except with written permission from the University’s Division of Public Safety). All vehicles using Fredericksburg campus facilities must be registered and display the appropriate decal or parking permit. The cost of parking decal is $200 for students per academic year**. The parking decal for faculty / staff, contractors, and visitors is free. The University identifies each parking lot on campus with a sign posted at the entrance of the lot bearing the lot number and name of parking type allocated to the lot. Table 2 shows the parking type and corresponding lot / decal color. Each parking type has regulations set by the University. For example vehicles belonging to faculty / staff should have a blue color decal to park legally in faculty / staff lots, parking in any other lot will be illegal and subject to a fine. Below are photographs of vehicles with decals and corresponding allocated.
PARKING INVENTORY The Fredericksburg campus has a current parking inventory of 1,664 parking spaces in 26 parking lots (including one on-street parking on Double Drive) and one structured garage across the length and breadth of the campus. The City of Fredericksburg provides on-street (un-metered) parking along College Avenue and Hanover Street. Parking is generally prohibited on most of the residential streets around the Campus. Additional information about parking outside of the campus boundaries is summarized in the Off-Campus Parking Survey section of this report. Below are photographs of vehicles four types of parking available to the campus constituents. CAMPUS LAND USE Figure 1 (previous page) shows a graphical representation of the Fredericksburg campus showing parking lots, academic, residential, sports/recreation buildings and supporting buildings / facilities. As shown in the figure, there is even dispersal of parking lots and other land uses except in the campus core area which is focused on landscape and the pedestrian environment. Parking lots are more concentrated to the north, south, east, and west of the campus, (mostly located at the fringes of the campus). Access to the parking lots is provided along Alvey Drive, Double Drive, Campus Drive, Thornton Street, Sunken Road, William Street, and Hanover Street. Each access road provides access to a limited number of parking lots.
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN
L E E HA L L S URFAC E LOT
SURFACE LOT WILLIAMS & SUNKEN ROAD
PARKING OCCUPANCY A parking survey was conducted on Wednesday***, January 27, 2010, between 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and Thursday, January 28, 2010, between 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The survey identified parking supply, occupancy and illegal parking****.
As Table 3 indicates, 1,238 parking occupancy representing 74 percent of total parking spaces during the AM peak; and 1,180 representing parking occupancy representing 71 percent of total parking spaces. As indicated on the table 45 vehicles were observed parked illegally during the AM peak and 21 during the PM peak because the decal color on the bumper or dashboard did not correspond with the designated parking lot color. (Note: Parking occupancy numbers include vehicles parked illegally).
The survey days were selected in consultation with representatives from the UMW Fredericksburg campus, and the idea was to select days free from any major campus events, which could have impacted the results of the survey. Generally, there were in incidents during the survey except for some illegal parking.
* Eaglelink Portal enables faculty / staff and students to obtain permits online ** Decals are prorated by the half year. If a student begins classes in the spring semester, the fee is $100. If a student drops during the fall semester and does not return in the spring, the student is refunded $100. *** The University confirmed that Wednesdays are the busiest on campus, when parking occupancies are expected to be highest. **** Illegal parking refers to vehicles parked in the wrong parking lot (i.e. where a vehicle with faculty / staff decal parks in a commuter student lot)
Peak parking occupancy refers to the number of parking spaces occupied during the AM and PM peak periods. Table 3, presents AM and PM peak hour occupancy by parking type. See Appendix 3 for detailed breakdown of parking occupancy by use, lot number and location. TA B LE 2 PA R K I N G TYP E AND LOT/D EC AL C OLOR ( 2010)
PARKING TYPE
LOT
DECAL
Faculty Staff
Blue
Blue
Residential Students
Black
Yellow
Commuter Students
Red
Red
Visitors
N/A
N/A
Contractor
Blue
Orange
V IS ITO R PAR K I N G O N D O U BLE D R I V E
TA B LE 3 C A M PU S PAR K ING OC C UPANC Y
AM PEAK OCCUPANCY
PM PEAK OCCUPANCY
PARKING TYPE
CAPACITY
SPACES
PERCENT
ILLEGAL USE
SPACES
PERCENT
ILLEGAL USE
Faculty Staff
410
349
85%
32
360
88%
10
Residential Students
711
578
81%
13
557
78%
11
Commuter Students
397
225
57%
0
170
43%
0
Visitors
146
86
59%
0
93
64%
0
TOTAL
1,664
1,238
74%
45
1,180
71%
21