Introduction In recent times, there has been a steady rise in the number of students who enroll at Washington State University (WSU). The growing population of the university, together with outstanding teaching services, has cemented its stature in the region. Because of this, the rising student population needs adequate parking for students who live off campus and do not always have access to bus routes. The problem regarding the increasing population has been witnessed in the parking section of the WSU Pullman campus. Notably, students and staff who own vehicles find it difficult to access the university’s parking lots due to overcrowding and parking rates. In essence, this has inconvenienced students who access the institution, and it has crippled the efficiency of parking services and revenue collection in the university. Since 2015 the parking trend has kept growing at more than 7% per year (news.wsu) and it is supposed to increase again within the 2020-2021 school year. The parking problem has led to the increase of parking fees for vehicles that access the institution. Ideally, transportation services in the institution depend on funds generated from parking permit fees and fines to conduct maintenance and expansion since no vote head is allocated to such expenditure under tuition (Chan, Chau, & Chan, 2012). Markedly, an increase in the parking permit rates in the institution would strain the finances of students, which would affect the reputation of the university. In response, the institution has appointed the WSU Parking and Transportations Taskforce to investigate the issue and proffer solutions to the problem. Therefore, the parking crisis would be resolved through the development of practical recommendations from the task forces and by securing the full backing of the institution’s administration. Methods The main aim of the WSU Parking and Transportation Taskforce is to develop practical recommendations that would solve the parking problem and enhance the satisfaction of students. Therefore, the task force engaged willing students to provide their views on the parking problems in the institution and ways through which the setbacks could be handled. Besides, they asked a majority of students to submit emails of their views for further comparison to draw practical recommendations that would satisfy all the parties in the institution. Furthermore, the task force sought expert opinion from renowned structural engineers and planners on efficient ways of expanding the parking space in the institution to address the parking crisis. In essence, the meeting was essential as it helped provide the taskforce with viable information that would improve the chances of resolving the problem successfully. The task force analyzed recommendations of the students while emphasizing those that were possible to implement. Moreover, they evaluated the proposals using views from members of the taskforce and professionals to ensure that they did n ...

1. Introduction
In recent times, there has been a steady rise in the number of
students who enroll at Washington State University (WSU). The
growing population of the university, together with outstanding
teaching services, has cemented its stature in the region.
Because of this, the rising student population needs adequate
parking for students who live off campus and do not always
have access to bus routes. The problem regarding the increasing
population has been witnessed in the parking section of the
WSU Pullman campus. Notably, students and staff who own
vehicles find it difficult to access the university’s parking lots
due to overcrowding and parking rates. In essence, this has
inconvenienced students who access the institution, and it has
crippled the efficiency of parking services and revenue
collection in the university. Since 2015 the parking trend has
kept growing at more than 7% per year (news.wsu) and it is
supposed to increase again within the 2020-2021 school year.
The parking problem has led to the increase of parking fees for
vehicles that access the institution. Ideally, transportation
services in the institution depend on funds generated from
parking permit fees and fines to conduct maintenance and
expansion since no vote head is allocated to such expenditure
under tuition (Chan, Chau, & Chan, 2012). Markedly, an
increase in the parking permit rates in the institution would
strain the finances of students, which would affect the
reputation of the university. In response, the institution has
appointed the WSU Parking and Transportations Taskforce to
investigate the issue and proffer solutions to the problem.
Therefore, the parking crisis would be resolved through the
development of practical recommendations from the task forces
and by securing the full backing of the institution’s
administration.

2. Methods
The main aim of the WSU Parking and Transportation Taskforce
is to develop practical recommendations that would solve the
parking problem and enhance the satisfaction of students.
Therefore, the task force engaged willing students to provide
their views on the parking problems in the institution and ways
through which the setbacks could be handled. Besides, they
asked a majority of students to submit emails of their views for
further comparison to draw practical recommendations that
would satisfy all the parties in the institution. Furthermore, the
task force sought expert opinion from renowned structural
engineers and planners on efficient ways of expanding the
parking space in the institution to address the parking crisis. In
essence, the meeting was essential as it helped provide the
taskforce with viable information that would improve the
chances of resolving the problem successfully.
The task force analyzed recommendations of the students while
emphasizing those that were possible to implement. Moreover,
they evaluated the proposals using views from members of the
taskforce and professionals to ensure that they did not diverge
from the advice of professionals. Inherently, the members of the
task force visited the parking lots and surveyed the spaces
adjacent to the institution. Additionally, they retrieved data on
parking permits and fees levied from the Transportation
Services building and analyzed the parking charges that have
been imposed from the year 2016 up to date. Markedly,
understanding of the parking fees levied to students was
essential in noting the existent disparities to promote the
financial wellbeing of students.

3. Results
The WSU Parking and Transportations taskforce engaged the
students successfully in seeking their views regarding the
parking crisis. A large percentage of the students who were
consulted expressed their disappointment with the parking
officials for their inefficiency and slow response to addressing
the parking crisis. Inherently, they believed that the parking
fees that were levied were sufficient to fund the program meant
to expand the parking space to accommodate the rising number
of students in the institution. Besides, the high parking fees
levied strained the students’ financial resources, which
adversely affected their welfare while on campus (Chan et al.
(2012). Additionally, professional planners acknowledged the
need to expand the parking space. Sargisson (2018) expresses
that the expansion of parking spaces would enhance access to
the public institution. Furthermore, a lack of adequate parking
spaces would result in inconveniences and wastage of time as
students and instructors attempted to access the institution
(Michael et al., 2015). Members of the taskforce were
displeased with the university’s organizational planning and
highlighted the need to revise the design of the parking space to
ensure it could accommodate additional vehicles. Markedly,
results of the consultations augmented the effectiveness of the
recommendations of the task force to handle the parking crisis.
Task 1: According to the Daily Evergreen, a proposed parking
rate increase for the Washington State University’s
Transportation Service will take effect on July 1 of 2020. This
will result in fees ranging between 20 cents to $2.49 more for
the annual passes and between 4 and 32 cents more for daily
passes. This doesn’t seem much at first but over the long run,
the daily passes will add up and produce a tremendous price.
The proposed change came from the transportation task force
that considered the price increases can help repair and maintain
the 4 parking garages on the campus. The WSU budget plans
suggests that there will be a total of $2.6 million in expenses

4. such as maintenance, repairs, and replacements of parking
facilities and improved garage parking lots. Since the
Transportation Service at WSU doesn’t receive federal or state
aid, it is understandable they would increase the rates to keep
up with the maintenance. The daily parking permit has a price
anywhere between $2.05 to $14.31 depending on the zones. For
the annual parking permits. The annual parking permits range
anywhere from $125 to $900.
Task 2: Our next task after we looked at the financial decisions
that WSU Transportation Services have made and the reasons
behind them, we decided to assess the Pullman campus for
unused/underused areas of land. The first set of land that is
being underused is the Rogers-Orton soccer fields. That field is
designed for recreational use but not a lot of events are taken
place on the field according to an intramural soccer referee
“Ryan Haisch”. He said that the field is never used because the
field has poor quality grass and the field lines aren’t maintained
properly. Since WSU has high quality soccer fields across the
street, that is where the intramural games take place. Another
area of land that is unused is the area around the baseball field.
Referencing to the map, the blue areas are where the parking is.
Around the Bailey-Brayton Field, there is a lot of space that can
be used for parking. These two massive areas of land could host
500+ parking spots which can benefit the student body and the
university as well. The parking rates would decline and more
students would be more inclined to purchase a parking permit.
Task 3: We were lucky to interview three students who rely on
their vehicle to get to class everyday. They go by the name of
Aleks, Tyler, and Wyatt. All three of them live in different
apartments and they don’t rely on the bus system because it
doesn’t fit with their schedule, instead they drive themselves to
school. We asked each individual similar questions.
Question 1: How do you feel about driving to class everyday
and parking on campus?
Question 2: What are your thoughts on the parking permit rates?
Question 3: Do the parking permit rates offered by the

5. university affect your financials?
Question 4: What do you think the university can do to improve
your parking experience?
Question 5: Do you believe they should increase more parking
spaces for their students?
After we asked the questions for each individual, they all gave
similar responses. For the first question they all felt like driving
to class everyday was a hassle at times. They would arrive late
because the spots fill up and it’s difficult to find a spot right
before class starts. For the second question, they all had
negative thoughts on the parking rates because they believe the
permits should be free because tuition is already expensive. For
the third question, they all mentioned how the permit rates are
negatively affecting their financials because they would have to
sacrifice a little bit of money for food and personal
expenditures to put into the cost of the parking permit. The
fourth question, they all answered that they should lower the
price of the permits or make it free. For the fifth question, they
all like the idea of the university creating more parking spaces
because it would be easier to find a spot and not be as stressed.
Increasing Parking at WSU
By Kaitlin O’Donnell, Paul Tamasan, Malik Aldarmarki, Amjad
Alenzi
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Introduction
Washington State University is an extremely popular Pac-12
college
With recent increase in enrollment, there has become an issue
with the amount of parking on site for students.

6. With the current parking, the rates are also extremely high for
students to afford.
. Since 2015 the parking trend has kept growing at more than
7% per year (news.wsu) and it is supposed to increase again
within the 2020-2021 school year.
Transportation services in the institution depend on funds
generated from parking permit fees and fines to conduct
maintenance and expansion since no vote head is allocated to
such expenditure under tuition (Chan, Chau, & Chan, 2012).
Markedly, an increase in the parking permit rates in the
institution would strain the finances of students .
The parking crisis would be resolved through the development
of practical recommendations from the task forces and by
securing the full backing of the institution’s administration.
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Methods
WSU Parking and Transportation Taskforce would develop
practical recommendations that would solve the parking
problem and enhance the satisfaction of students. The task force
engaged willing students to provide their views on the parking
problems in the institution and ways through which the setbacks
could be handled.
To perform this task effectively we would perform 5 different
tasks
1. Establish our target audience and approach
This would include students and teachers using WSU parking
2. Create an infographic ideas
3. Look at financially reasonable and physically reasonable
areas to create new parking at WSU
4. Interview students to research their opiniions
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7. Results
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Task 1
According to the Daily Evergreen, a proposed parking rate
increase for the Washington State University’s Transportation
Service will take effect on July 1 of 2020. This will result in
fees ranging between 20 cents to $2.49 more for the annual
passes and between 4 and 32 cents more for daily passes. This
doesn’t seem much at first but over the long run, the daily
passes will add up and produce a tremendous price. The
proposed change came from the transportation task force that
considered the price increases can help repair and maintain the
4 parking garages on the campus. The WSU budget plans
suggests that there will be a total of $2.6 million in expenses
such as maintenance, repairs, and replacements of parking
facilities and improved garage parking lots. Since the
Transportation Service at WSU doesn’t receive federal or state
aid, it is understandable they would increase the rates to keep
up with the maintenance. The daily parking permit has a price
anywhere between $2.05 to $14.31 depending on the zones. For
the annual parking permits. The annual parking permits range
anywhere from $125 to $900.
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Task 2
Creating infographic fliers and visuals can help in a number of
ways, for this part of our project we used our designated
audience and approach to come up with different ideas for
infographics. We can use things such as poles, surveys, and so
on to see what kind of infographics would draw students and
teachers to give their opinion virtually on this topic. Using a

8. virtual stance would help us broaden our demographic with
students who gave their opinion.
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Task 3
Our next task after we looked at the financial decisions that
WSU Transportation Services have made and the reasons behind
them, we decided to assess the Pullman campus for
unused/underused areas of land. The first set of land that is
being underused is the Rogers-Orton soccer fields. That field is
designed for recreational use but not a lot of events are taken
place on the field according to an intramural soccer referee
“Ryan Haisch”. He said that the field is never used because the
field has poor quality grass and the field lines aren’t maintained
properly. Since WSU has high quality soccer fields across the
street, that is where the intramural games take place. Another
area of land that is unused is the area around the baseball field.
Referencing to the map, the blue areas are where the parking is.
Around the Bailey-Brayton Field, there is a lot of space that can
be used for parking. These two massive areas of land could host
500+ parking spots which can benefit the student body and the
university as well. The parking rates would decline and more
students would be more inclined to purchase a parking
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Task 4
For this task we asked 3 different students 5 different questions.
Question 1: How do you feel about driving to class everyday
and parking on campus?
Question 2: What are your thoughts on the parking permit rates?
Question 3: Do the parking permit rates offered by the
university affect your financials?
Question 4: What do you think the university can do to improve
your parking experience?

9. Question 5: Do you believe they should increase more parking
spaces for their students?
After we asked the questions for each individual, they all gave
similar responses. For the first question they all felt like driving
to class everyday was a hassle at times. They would arrive late
because the spots fill up and it’s difficult to find a spot right
before class starts. For the second question, they all had
negative thoughts on the parking rates because they believe the
permits should be free because tuition is already expensive. For
the third question, they all mentioned how the permit rates are
negatively affecting their financials because they would have to
sacrifice a little bit of money for food and personal
expenditures to put into the cost of the parking permit. The
fourth question, they all answered that they should lower the
price of the permits or make it free. For the fifth question, they
all like the idea of the university creating more parking spaces
because it would be easier to find a spot and not be as stressed.
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