1. Determining optimal sites for a new
parking structure at UB
Devorn Cummings
Geography 479
Department of Geography

2. Objective:
With a consideration
of factors taking into
account 4 of the lots
surrounding these
academic buildings I
want to determine
the best lot to build a
3 floor parking
garage.
Introduction
Issue:
The majority of students at UB often have
classes around the following academic
buildings:
• Cooke
• NSC
• Jacobs
• Jarvis
• Capen
They are several parking lots
surrounding these buildings, but
often when students go to park in
these lots they see this

3. Data Sources:
images of lots
parking structure
faculty/staff/student

4. Factors:
Distance to Academic
buildings:
Measuring how far each lot is from
the main academic buildings
Ideal lot in terms of exits
for emergencies:
Most lots only have one exit where
vehicles enter and exit
simultaneously. Which in event of
an emergency can become a major
issue
Money:
Not in a sense of how much
money will be spent to build
this/these garage/garages ,but
how much money can be saved,
because they are lots that can be
paid daily ,by the season by
semester yearly and there also
paid meter parking on campus

5. Methodology:
I. Obtain images of
The 4 lots from Google earth
Jacobs lot
Cooke A & B LOT

6. Methodology Cont’d:
II. Import images
into Google
SketchUp .
III. Locate and
modify parking
structure(model).
IV. Integrate models
on each lot.

7. Methodology Cont’d:
Hochstetter

8. Jacobs
Methodology Cont’d:

9. Jarvis A&B

10. Results
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

11. Results/Winner
Hochstetter