Parking and Transportation Master Plan Executive Summary

Executive Summary Primary purpose - last piece of the Campus Master Plan Contracted services with local company – Horrocks Engineers Conducted over 18 month period starting 2015 Successful Campus & Public Outreach Acknowledged successful programs/processes already in practice within Commuter Services. We achieved the original sustainability goal set in 2008! 24 policy recommendations 100+ transformative projects proposed and evaluated Pull out 3 pages full of projects

Study Objectives 1- Develop a campus transportation plan that focuses on: * Reducing single occupant vehicles (SOV) * Smart-growth and land use * Best management practices for all modes of transportation 2- Create a parking strategy based on data and assumptions that address needs resulting from the success/failure of the composite “transportation system” 3- Approach the planning effort by reviewing and understanding regional mobility and multi- modal (pedestrian, bicycle, motorist, transit, parking, etc.) needs. Goals: Reduction of vehicular traffic Enhance safety Ensure clear and consistent wayfinding Create a better overall campus mobility plan Changed two items for grammar or style: 1) changed “single occupancy” to “single occupant.” We are more concerned with the number of occupants of a vehicle than the occupancy of a vehicle. 2) changed “data and assumptions that addresses” to “data and assumptions that address.”

Future Sustainability Initiatives Traffic & Transportation Study - Current and Future Current State Future Sustainability Initiatives Utah- Western Mentality (Drive my Car) Reduce to 50% SOVs by 2030 Recruit & Retain Students, Faculty, & Staff Increased Bikes and paths Road Capacity (On Campus, Daily Commute) Increased Walking and paths Campus Movement (Parking & Wayfinding) Public Transit – Increased ridership Parking (always a top 5 campus problem) Campus Shuttles – fewer miles with better campus access Parking Permits and Fees as Funding Source (Bonding for Garages, UTA Agreement and O&M) Substantial Parking Permit Increases as Deterrent

Commuter Services Best Current Practices 1- Encourage and support public transportation * 10,000 sustained ridership * Game day ridership, 8 to 10,000 fans in 35 minutes 2- Expand Campus shuttle system * Electric Shuttle, CNG Buses, new central campus route 3- Implement other transportation demand management actions * Three new parking garages 4- Improve planning 5- Virtual parking permits 6- Pay by phone and pre-paid parking options 7- Car Sharing and Ride-Sharing availability Pull out 3 pages full of projects

24 Policy Recommendations To Name a Few: -Traffic Calming -Promotion of Mass Transit -Transportation Demand Management (TDM) -Shared Parking -Permits -Variable Pricing -Incentive for Bicycle Use -Fine Tune Campus Shuttle -Media -Data Collection -Wayfinding Pull out 3 pages full of projects

100+ Transformative Projects Scope range: small ($500.00) to large ($2,000,000.00+) Projects include: Intermodal Transportation Hub Additional Parking Garages Road enlargements and roundabouts Changes to existing intersections Road striping for shared use Additional Bike Paths & Sidewalks Pull out 3 pages full of projects

Joint Efforts with UTA, UDOT, SLC and WFRC Transit Services

UTA Ridership Line represents actual card taps at stations. Actual numbers are higher because we know that 20% don’t tap on and off for each trip.

Traffic Roadways (Current) Level of Service (LOS) is a measure of how well traffic flows on any given roadway segment on a scale of A-F. Acceptable LOS is D or better.

Current University of Utah parking ratio: .38 spaces per person Parking ratio = total number of parking spaces per university population Low parking ratio (<0.3 spaces per user) = possible parking deficiency High parking ratio (>0.5 spaces per user) = automobile dependency

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Pedestrians and Bicycles

This Plan: Is a comprehensive look at parking and transportation on the University campus and Research Park Can be used as a tool for campus master planning efforts Includes neighboring roadways and jurisdictions where applicable Includes a goal to reduce single occupant vehicle trips to less than 50% Makes recommendations for capital projects and policies Makes recommendations best achieved in conjunction with larger capital projects Needs to be revisited annually in order to update data and keep viable

In Conclusion: We are doing great things at the University of Utah We have a great relationship with UTA, UDOT, SLC, WFRC Great efforts to balance current needs with University sustainability goals We will work to keep this study updated and used in future master planning efforts.