1. FSU Parking Study
Group E:
Daniel Adler || Mitchell Angus || Jonathan
Jones || Erik Turley || Courtney Williams

2. Topics to be Covered
 Who We Are / Mission
 Background Information / Question
 Student Opinions / Statistics
 Observations / Statistics
 Conclusion / Analysis

3. Who We Are/Our Mission
 We are the Florida State University Parking
Division
 We make sure that the parking facilities and
transportation services are adhering to the
overall mission of the university
 We wanted to find the answer to a question
we are asked often:
 Is there a problem parking on FSU’s Main
Campus?

4. Basic Background Information
 According to a recent survey, 92% of all Florida
State University students attending the main
campus drive to campus.
 Although are 11,252 parking spaces located on
FSU’s main campus, there are 29,710 parking
permits given out every year.
 1,871 students who live on FSU’s main campus
have parking permits.
 These students only make up for 6% of the total permits
given out each year.
 However, since there cars are most likely on campus at
all times they take up almost 17% of the parking spots.

5. Cars Students
Allowing all
No designated
students to park parking lot for
students living
Too many on campus
permits
Students living on
Overnight Takes too campus with
parking long to parking permits
park
Park cars in Looking for
same areas parking at the Problem
over night same time with
Parking
Most classes Not enough room at FSU’s
scheduled in the to build more lots
middle of the day Main
Not enough FSU overpopulated Campus
with students
Many day spaces
classes Teachers Too many
unwilling to
teach at night
students
parking
Few Night on
Classes campus
Class Parking
Times Spaces

6. Student Opinions / Statistics
Opinions During the Opinions After the First
First Week of Classes Week
 44% of students said  Students said that
that parking was okay parking got worse
 29% said that it was after Drop/Add
bad  39% said that parking
 6% percent said that it was just ‘okay’
was just horrible  34% said that parking
was bad
 6% said that parking
was horrible.

7. Students Overall Views on Parking
 85% of FSU students found parking on the
main campus unsatisfactory.
 60% of students hate parking.
 When asked if they would be in favor of
expanding parking:
 89% were in favor
 92% of those in favor felt that FSU
needed more parking spots.

8. Amount of Time it Takes To Park
 Of the students we  Due to a lack of
asked, over half of parking spots,
them said it takes students are late to
more than 10 class:
minutes to park  28% are rarely late
 39% said it takes  20% are
10-20 minutes occasionally late
 34% said it takes  14% are frequently
20-30 minutes late
 15% said it take 30
or more minutes

9. Observation: How Many People Are Looking for
a Parking Space?
Average Number of Cars Seeking Parking Spaces
160
Avg # of Cars Seeking Parking Spaces
140
120
100
80
Woodward
60 Traditions
UCB Lot
40
20
0
Time of the Day

10. Observation: Woodward Garage
Average Number of Open Parking Spots in Woodward Garage
70
Average Number of Parking Spots
60
50
Monday
40
Tuesday
30 Wednesday
Thursday
20 Friday
10
0
6am-8am 9am-11am 12pm-2pm 3pm-5pm 6pm-8pm
Time of the Day

11. Observation: Traditions Garage
Average Number of Open Parking Spots in Traditions Garage
25
Average Number of Parking Spots
20
15 Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
10
Thursday
Friday
5
0
6am-8am 9am-11am 12pm-2pm 3pm-5pm 6pm-8pm
Time of the Day

12. Observation: University Center B Lot
Average Number of Open Parking Spots in University Center B Lot
140
Average Number of Parking Spots
120
100
Monday
80
Tuesday
60 Wednesday
Thursday
40 Friday
20
0
6am-8am 9am-11am 12pm-2pm 3pm-5pm 6pm-8pm
Time of the Day

13. Observation: How Long Does it Take to Find
a Parking Space?
Average Number of Cars Seeking Parking Spaces
19:12
Avg Amount of Time to Find Parking (min)
16:48
14:24
12:00
9:36
Woodward
7:12 Traditions
UCB Lot
4:48
2:24
0:00
Time of the Day

14. In Conclusion,
 There are not enough parking spots for each FSU
student with a parking permit.
 Students aren’t too happy with the parking situation;
85% say parking is unsatisfactory.
 Most students say that it takes longer than 10
minutes to find parking; sometimes causing them to
be late to class.
 The Traditions Garage is usually the most
crowded, while the University Center B parking lot is
the least crowded.
 Parking is the worst in all areas between the hours of
9:00am and 2:00pm.

15. So, IS Parking Really A Problem?
 Our answer is YES!
 As FSU continues to grow as a prestigious
university, more and more students will be
admitted, potentially causing the problem to
intensify.
 We, the FSU Parking Division, believe that it is
important to address the issues so that the
missions of the Florida State University and the
Parking Division can be supported.
 In the near future, the FSU Parking Division will
have to make decisions about adding parking
spaces, the distribution of parking permits and
on-campus parking procedures.

16. Any Questions?