Parking and Traffic at a Local University

Georgia N. L. J. Polacek
Camille Shawntey Graham

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DOI: 10.2190/ES.33.1.d

Abstract

Students arriving on campus for the academic year often bring their personal automobiles. This then leads to an increase in traffic, which has many health implications. To understand students' driving and parking behaviors on campus, traffic and parking lot counts were performed and a parking survey was administered to randomly selected undergraduate students (N = 1120). Results of these methods revealed primarily single occupancy vehicles in use, almost 70% of participants made multiple trips to campus and drove alone, and parking lots were not equally utilized. Convenience and safety were reasons given for driving. Efforts to improve traffic and parking are underway.

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