1. Parking and Transportation Master Plan Executive Summary

2. 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
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3. 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.”

4. 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

5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 100+ Transformative Projects
Scope range: small ($500.00) to large ($2,000, )
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
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8. Joint Efforts with UTA, UDOT, SLC and WFRC
Transit Services

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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

12. Parking

13. Pedestrians and Bicycles

14. 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

15. 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.