PARKING (PROBLEM-SOLUTION

REPORT)
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1. INTRODUCTION campus. Consequently, a shortage of available

space for parking is created in the core campus

Parking on the Kansas State University has been a
whereas any available space being farther from the
difficult problem for a long period. Similar to other
core of campus. Currently, Kansas State University
universities, Kansas State University has been a
is facing a parking problem owing to the enhanced
key traffic generator, with an incredible impact on
number of staff and student vehicles on a campus
the surrounding traffic. During peak times, the
with limited land. This research scrutinizes campus
university is faced with limited available parking
growth and the loss of available parking space
space. This is aggravated by increasing student
within the University and offer solutions to address
enrolment coupled with extra support and faculty
the upcoming parking needs of the university.
staff. Moreover, the campus is ill-equipped to

accommodate this increase. The University 3. SOLUTIONS

administration reviewed the problem of increasing

Parking Garage
numbers of vehicles on campus, and considered a
Over one parking garage will be required on
number of changes, from re-striping existing
Kansas State University. Majority of the land lying
parking lots to proposing the construction of
idle for putting up facilities of new parking garages
parking structures in one or more existing parking
lies on the north of the university. This garage may
lots.
be developed with four levels holding over 800
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
vehicles. Therefore, the garage would substitute the

A ubiquitous problem in the Kansas State existing 250 vehicle parking lot, signifying an

University is the increase in construction project increase of 550 parking space [1]. However,

activities on the site of existing surface parking factoring the issue of lower parking permit fees

lots. A number of the projects are currently in coupled with the high construction cost of a

progress or scheduled to start in the near future. parking garage, it becomes hard to fund

The said projects do lessen available parking and construction of a garage with revenues remitted

also increase the demand for parking within the from parking permit.
Raise permit prices

A high number of available parking space within 4. EVALUATION

the campus is meant for off-campus students,

The Kansas State University ought to suspend the
faculty, and staff who commute to campus mainly
policy of permitting staff, students, and faculty
in the course of transacting business during
from the park for free in parking meter regions. As
weekdays. Therefore, dissimilar types of permits
campus staff is presently provided parking at no
available for commuters exist. This is influenced
charge within permit lots, and availability of
by salary level of a staff. A minute number of
parking is in dedicated faculty parking lots, the
permits for reserved parking can also be bought in
policy to do with free meter parking is unnecessary.
numerous of the surface parking lots and parking
The negative revenue effect of offering free faculty
garage. By raising prices of permit fees within
parking is not necessarily coupled with the policy
Kansas State University, there will a corresponding
of offering free parking in meter spaces. Besides,
decrease in demand for on-campus parking.
this policy has a negative effect on the availability

Zoned Parking of parking space for genuine campus guests.

Moreover, regardless of if a faculty has offered no

Kansas State University may alter parking permit
charge in the upcoming days, offering free meter
fees to various extent reliant on the location of
parking does not represent best practice hence not
parking space relative to zones attracting high
highly recommended.
demand. By enforcing a zoned parking system, the

campus will offer a variety of pricing choices for In contrast, a zoned parking system for the ones in

staff, students, and faculty, recompensing those closeness to the university offers a financial

who are ready to park in less suitable places [1]. To advantage to commuters who park in the east

prevent faculty from parking theirs cars on campus stadium lot. The zoned system comprises splitting

neighbor zones, the university must enact heavy the campus into zones or areas of several parking

fines for illegal parking in the adjacent parking lots. Permits for individual zone would have a

zones within the campus. Fines may be increased charge that is founded on how attractive it is to

for recurrence offenders if the officers allotting park within the zone [2]. Zones nearer to the

tickets had earlier access to a file of previous campus core are more attractive and thus have the

abuses. greatest permit fees. Conversely, remote commuter

parking permit would result in the lowest price so

as to offer a financial advantage to the remote technologies of gates systems and

parking lots. This zoned system application to magnetic badges.

Kansas State University is helpful in solving

REFERENCES
parking problems.
[1] Griggs, Wynita, Jia Yuan Yu, Fabian
5. RECOMMENDATIONS
Wirth, Florian Häusler, and Robert

Based on the scrutiny of impending parking Shorten. "On the design of campus

demand within Kansas State University, the parking systems with QoS

demand parking in the future is anticipated to guarantees." IEEE Transactions on

surpass the present supply. The university, Intelligent Transportation Systems 17, no.

therefore, ought to take into considerations the 5 (2016): 1428-1437.

following recommendations: [2] Moradijoz, M., M. Parsa Moghaddam, M.

R. Haghifam, and E. Alishahi. "A multi-

• Escalate the campus parking supply by
objective optimization problem for
constructing a new multistory parking
allocating parking lots in a distribution
garage within the University parking lot,
network." International Journal of
having over 650 parking spaces
Electrical Power & Energy Systems 46
augmented to the current supply.
(2013): 115-122.
• Formulate a parking pricing framework in

association with supporting campus transit

services to lessen parking demand inside

campus by boosting the ones offered by

the university to employ transit services

for regular commuters.

• Institute clear policies and strictly adhere

to them in regards to parking permit

badges compliant with the existing

parking spaces.

• Enhance the present parking lots by space

marking, paving, offering security systems

and cameras and employing modern