People commuting to UW suffer delays, congestion using both public and private transportation. We propose a park & ride system with express shuttle service to campus from the parking location. Parking location needs to be centralized, yet still provide a high-speed route to campus. We will use GIS to perform an analysis utilizing property values and metro/traffic data. Analysis will provide a parking location that: Minimize property purchase cost Minimize transit time to campus Maximize potential system users

Acquired data using WAGDA, sources were King County and City of Seattle. City of Seattle City boundary shapefile Street centerlines shapefile King County Tax parcels polygons Tax account description (property values) Park and ride location shapefile Metro revenue service footprint

Constructed model by inserting base layers. Narrowed scope of KC data by clipping it to City boundary. Applied property values to parcels. Had to adjust PIN join field. Convert fields from strings to numbers. Calculate value/square foot. Apply color gradient to property values.

Quantified requirements: Within mile of I-5 Greater than mile from existing P&R Within 5000 feet of high-density roads Within 500 feet of major bus line Property values less than $25/square foot Applied buffers and eliminated parcels that lay outside buffer region (inside buffer for P&R buffer). Eliminated remaining parcels that exceeded price limit. Resulting area was dispersed along I-5 corridor, greatest density in South Seattle area

Selected South Seattle area because it met analysis requirements, offered greatest concentration of parcels Recommend to UW that it look at South Seattle area for transit expansion project (park and ride) Work with City of Seattle planners, community to determine which specific parcels meet demands, scope of final park and ride location