If You Build It – They May Not Come! Sam Corbett, UC San Diego 2008 Sustainability Conference August 2, 2008 How to advance sustainable transportation AND save your campus $50 million

Background on UC Growth Trends Related to Transportation  As a system, we are expecting to increase student enrollment by 22% by 2020 – an increase of approximately 48,000 FTE students.  As student enrollments increase, commensurate staff and faculty increases will also occur.  Many campuses have a LRDP goal of housing up to 50% of students on campus.

Background on UC Growth Trends Related to Transportation  From a transportation perspective, we are actively pursuing more sustainable transportation practices.  At UC San Diego, we had plans to build 13 parking structures to add 11,500 parking spaces by  However, only 3 of these parking structures were built and we’re currently pursuing transportation demand management approaches instead of building more parking structures.

LRT Station Options UC San Diego Campus Buildout

UC San Diego Parking and Transportation Study  Study evaluated future parking demand accounting for population growth, impacts upon parking supply, and projected campus mode splits.  Campus parking goal is not to exceed parking occupancy standard of 95% - parking occupancy is currently 80% during peak periods.  Key finding: additional parking structures are not necessary if transportation demand management techniques are aggressively pursued to meet transportation needs of future campus population.

UCSD Population and Parking Utilization ( to )

Parking Occupancy by Neighborhood

Influencing Factors upon Parking Demand  Price of gas – oil prices have more than doubled in the past 4 years and will likely continue to increase.  Cost of parking – UC San Diego parking permit prices have increased by 61-66% since which has kept demand flat.  Availability of alternative transportation – UCSD’s very strong commitment to alternative transportation has reduced drive alone rates from 66% in 2001 to 49% in 2008; this trend is likely to continue.

U.S. Average Retail Gasoline Price, Regular Grade (Per Gallon)

UCSD Commute Mode Split (1996 – 2008)

University Costs to Accommodate Campus Commuters

Parking Structure Costs StructureCostTotal SpacesNet Spaces Cost per Net Space La Jolla Medical Center $30 M1000 $29,130 University Center$27.1 M800 $33,875 Revelle$50.3 M $39,530 School of Medicine$33.1 M $42,205 Muir$55.5 M $43,455

Projected Monthly Parking Permit Fees ( ) StructureReserved Permit Faculty Permit Staff PermitStudent Permit Approx. % Increase (07/08 – 12/13) No Structures$210$112$96$7321% UCSDMC-LJ$217$116$101$7625% University Center$239$128$111$8437% School of Medicine$249$133$115$8843% Revelle$275$148$127$9658% Muir$284$150$131$9963%

UC San Diego’s TDM Initiatives to Meet Transportation Needs Policy MeasureExpected Reduction in Parking Demand Expand and market alternative transportation options to include carpooling, vanpooling and public transit 2,500 – 3,000 spaces Encourage bicycling and improve conditions for bicycling and other non-motorized transportation 200 – 300 spaces Restrict parking for resident freshmen 1,000 spaces Total3,700 – 4,300 spaces

Lessons Learned  Let the prices do the planning – increasing costs of driving/parking are naturally leading people to more sustainable transportation options.  Go green – sustainability and fiscal responsibility are integrally connected and often complement each other.  Communication is key – extensive campus outreach was critical to getting unanimous vote from our advisory committee to not build additional parking structures.  Be creative – in the carbon-constrained world in which we live, we must question assumptions and constantly find new and better ways of doing our business and serving our customers.

Back to the Future…

QUESTIONS? This concludes the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Program.