Solving
the Problem
My initial problem was the lack of
parking at The University of Florida on campus. There are more parking passes
granted than actual spots on campus, and the majority of the spots of not in a
central part of campus. As a result, most people cannot drive to classes and
when parking have to often park as far as a mile away from there dorm to get a
spot. This is a large issue at UF and needs to be solved.
A solution I have for this is to
first of all, have UF stop giving out so many parking passes when there aren’t
enough spots. They need to stop worrying about making money and start focusing
more on the experience of the students. Next, I would make underground parking
garages in central campus. Every dorm should have an underground parking garage
that all residents of the dorm should be able to park in. Every time a building
is being redone, which is often as there is nearly always a construction
project on campus, there should be an underground parking garage built under
that building.
For example, I know Rawlings hall is
being redone in the near future. This is a prime location for where an
underground parking garage could be made. I am aware that this is a slow
project, however if every building in the next five years that is redone is
made with an underground parking garage, it will greatly help parking on
campus.
With underground parking, it does
not distract from the beauty of campus as the garages would not be visible.
Simultaneously, it will add thousands of parking spots in central campus. This
will allow better parking for students, staff, and visitors. In addition, this
will allow for UF to sell more spots and eventually may be able to remake the
money it cost to build the underground garages.
Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI understand your view about the university placing priority on making money rather than enhancing the student experience, but I believe that they sell the amount of passes due to the belief that not all those students will be on campus all days of the week or all hours of the day. However, I think your solution to the parking issue is great and feasible. I do not know much about underground construction, since it does not happen here in Florida often, but we must have the technology and techniques to make it happen safely.
Aaron
ReplyDeleteWhile I do understand your point of view I do also understand that of the school. I don't think the school sells the passes with the intention of making money and writing tickets. However this does not mean that there isn't a problem. I loved your solution and I can't wait to see how you further develop it in the future.