Group 4 Research and data analysis

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?

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?

Findings: TIME Chart/graph of how long one takes to

park!

Findings: TIME Chart/graph depicting and backing up

the different parking times at different times

Findings: TIME

What is more important? Parking or using your time elsewhere?

Findings on this backing it up

Findings: TIME Time and dispersement of Lots/garages Findings for that

Conclusion: TIME

Findings: LOCATION • 3 most important factors in Real Estate

• Location• Location• Location

• Could this very important factor be adding to the parking experience?

•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.

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: STUDENTS 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: STUDENTS

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.

Findings: TRANSPORTATION Reliability of public transportation

53%

13%

20%

9%

4%It is more efficient to take:

CarPublic Transporta-tionBicycleCarpoolFoot (walking)

Findings: TRANSPORTATION

Public transportation

27%

26%

24%

17%

6%

What Would Motivate You To Take Public Transportation:

Cleaner buses More frequent time

Stops closer to where I need to go

Not paying for a parking decal

Early registra-tion

Fish Bone Diagram

Questions?

THANK YOU