This document discusses parking problems at Ithaca College and proposes solutions. It notes that 93% of students believe parking is a significant problem due to insufficient red spots and lots being too far from academic buildings. A survey found students frustrated by the inconvenience. Short-term, the authors propose reassigning two lots closer to campus for more red spots. Long-term, they suggest a parking garage behind an existing lot to add over 800 spots and better accommodate the college community. Both solutions aim to make parking more accessible and convenient for students.

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!!!