Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan Community Workshop 1 Display ...
Capstone PPT
1. Micro-Simulation and Design
of Traffic Facilities within
Tennessee State University’s Campus
James C. Hardison III
Civil and Architectural Engineering
James E. Jones
Civil and Architectural Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Chimba 1
2. Study Objectives
• To examine the common causes to the
shortage of parking on TSU’s campus.
• To explore vehicle trends and examine current
parking needs within campus.
• To project future parking demand.
• To determine Level of Service (LOS) for
present and future.
• To determine the best solution for parking
issues.
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3. Discovered Problem
• Insufficient parking in Torrence Hall
(Engineering Bldg.) parking lot throughout the
day.
• Leaving campus between classes may result in
long distance parking upon return.
• Only available parking spots are far away, on
residential streets, or illegally parking.
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6. Possible Solutions
• Parking garage closer to the most used facilities on
campus.
• ‘Park and Ride’ area for long term parking vehicles.
• Emphasize carpooling and public transportation.
• Secure biking route and bike parking around
campus.
• Residential parking permits.
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7. How the Study Parking Data was Obtained
• Took multiple counts of parked vehicles in lots
at different periods of the day.
• Sorted data in a spreadsheet by categories (lot
location, time of day, day of week, vehicle
movement).
• Determined Rate of Turnover and parking
needs.
• Designed parking structures and campus
commuter alternatives.
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8. • Nashville’s growth rate was calculated to be
1.308% using P2035 = P2015 (1+r)n
• TSU’s population is projected to grow from
9,432 to 12,232 for 2035.
Growth Rate
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13. Study Data Obtained
• 9,432 students, faculty, and staff
– 60% Off-Campus (Commuters)
• 7,000 Approximately parking decals
• 4,400 available parking spaces throughout campus
• 10% Handicap parking
• 10,000 Visitor’s parking passes sold a year
• Largest parking lots
– Torrence (340 Spaces)
– PAC/Eppse (415 Spaces)
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14. Parking Garage Design
(Two) 3 Story Garage
• 450 Cars Capacity Behind Performing Arts
Center
• 280 Car Capacity in Visitor’s Parking Lot across
from airplane.
• Cast-in-Place Concrete Parking garage
-Durable and lower long-term costs
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23. Parking Garage is a Band Aid Solution?
Cons
• Growth rate will demand more room for future
vehicles than garage can hold.
• Expensive, time consuming, and construction will
create more delays.
• Can delete up to 128 current parking spots.
Pros
• Reduces illegally parked vehicles on streets.
• Gives the campus room to expand
(Development).
• TSU can rent the garage out to bring the
university income. 23
24. Alternative Parking Options
• ‘Park and Ride’ area for long term parking
vehicles.
• Incentives for carpooling and public
transportation.
• Reduce handicap parking spots.
• Promote cycling.
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25. Summary
Parking Garage Design
• 2-Parking garages 84,000ft2 and 63,000ft2
• 3 levels – Fuel efficient and short term parking
vehicles on lower level
• Rectangular designed 8’x9’ parking spaces
• 1 Ramp for quick level to level delivery
• Sheltered area for pedestrians waiting on
shuttles
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26. Summary
Road Design
• Increased campus entry from one lane to two
lanes.
• Expand streets leading into the university
from the interstates
• Input stop signs at intersections
• Created an entrance and channel into campus
to reduce single entrance congestion
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27. Summary
1. Noticed that parking was a problem
2. Collected parking and traffic data
3. Calculated LOS, accumulation rate, rate of
turnover and growth rates
4. Analyzed results
5. Exposed parking trends and characteristics
6. Designed parking garage and redesigned roads
surrounding university
7. Determined parking garage will help but not
solve Problem
8. Recommend to fix problem at the source to
reduce amount of long term parked vehicles on
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28. Future Parking Study
• Downtown campus parking study.
• How street parking affects traffic flow.
• Deficiencies the one campus entrance causes.
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