This Presentation focused on implementing a more effective parking system at Ithaca College.

1. Ithaca College Parking
Problems
By: Justin Ashley, Joshua Savacool, and Andrew Coburn

3. Why Parking?
 It’s a meaningful Issue
 It affects a large portion of IC students
 Essential part of everyday life at Ithaca
 Significant dissatisfaction among students
 Potential to affect class attendance
 $$$

4. The Weather
 Snowstorms
 Hail
 Rain
 Cold Temperatures
 Wind
 Average Winter Temperature: 16 degrees without wind
chill.
 The city of Ithaca gets close to 3x the national average
of snowfall per year.

5. Survey
 93% of students believe parking at IC is a significant
problem.
 81% of students believe amount of Red parking spots is a
problem.
 75% of students believe the location of Red lots are a
problem.
 73% of students believe the convenience to academic
buildings is a problem.

6. Student Quotes
 “There is not enough accessible parking for students. I
shouldn't have to park in Z Lot for my class in Hill.”
 “Parking is very far from academic buildings. Also, there
are hardly enough spots for those that live off campus
and must drive to campus.”
 “There are too many blue parking lots that aren't being
filled by professors and should be made available to
either red or blue parking passes.”

7. Student Quotes
 “There’s not enough red parking spots/lots, and many of
them are too far away from academic buildings.”
 “I understand that IC is probably doing their best to
accommodate everyone, but the parking situations are a
bit ridiculous. We are forced to pay for parking permits
but yet have the worst parking areas (red lot) being that
the parking spots are so far from academic buildings.”
 “Having a car is supposed to make life easier on campus
but it isn’t easier if we can’t park anywhere near our
academic buildings.”

8. Goals
 To make parking both convenient, accessible, and less
difficult for students.
 To solve this problem for the betterment of the Ithaca
College community.
 To make parking so simple and so easy that it no longer
becomes an issue.

9. Short-Term Solution
 Reassign Lots J and S.
 Lot J is Towers parking lot.
 Lot S is Emerson tennis courts.
 Solution: Make all of Lot J Red, and a strip of parking
behind the tennis courts Blue
 Result: Lot J- All Red and Lot S- Red/Blue

11. Benefits
 Cost-Effective
 Immediately better parking situation for students.
 Closer proximity to key elements of campus such as the
academic quad, library, and two campus dining halls.
 Shorter walking distances to class in poor weather
conditions.
 Can be done theoretically overnight.

12. Long-Term solution
 Parking Garage behind towers.
 Built off of existing J lot.
 Size of current lot except built upwards.
 Student, faculty, and staff accessible.
 Begin Summer, 2016.
 End Fall, 2016.
 Budget $2-3 million

13. Benefits
 Approximately 875 additional spots
 Will open up other lots even more.
 Better parking for students, faculty, and staff
 Will provide more spots for future students
 Gives Ithaca College an opportunity to continue to its
growth.
 Better location in regards to key aspects of campus.
 Library, academic buildings, dining and residence halls,
all close in proximity.

21. Let’s Fix IC Parking Together!!!