Ithaca College Parking Problems

By: Justin Ashley, Joshua Savacool, and Andrew Coburn

Why Parking?It’s a meaningful IssueIt affects a large portion of IC studentsEssential part of everyday life at IthacaSignificant dissatisfaction among studentsPotential to affect class attendance $$$

The WeatherSnowstormsHailRainCold Temperatures Wind Average Winter Temperature: 16 degrees without

wind chill.The city of Ithaca gets close to 3x the national

average of snowfall per year.

Survey93% of students believe parking at IC is a

significant problem.81% of students believe amount of Red parking

spots is a problem.75% of students believe the location of Red lots

are a problem. 73% of students believe the convenience to

academic buildings is a problem.

Student Quotes “There is not enough accessible parking for

students. I shouldn't have to park in Z Lot for my class in Hill.”

“Parking is very far from academic buildings. Also, there are hardly enough spots for those that live off campus and must drive to campus.”

“There are too many blue parking lots that aren't being filled by professors and should be made available to either red or blue parking passes.”

Student Quotes“There’s not enough red parking spots/lots, and

many of them are too far away from academic buildings.”

“I understand that IC is probably doing their best to accommodate everyone, but the parking situations are a bit ridiculous. We are forced to pay for parking permits but yet have the worst parking areas (red lot) being that the parking spots are so far from academic buildings.”

“Having a car is supposed to make life easier on campus but it isn’t easier if we can’t park anywhere near our academic buildings.”

GoalsTo make parking both convenient, accessible, and

less difficult for students.To solve this problem for the betterment of the

Ithaca College community. To make parking so simple and so easy that it no

longer becomes an issue.

Short-Term SolutionReassign Lots J and S. Lot J is Towers parking lot. Lot S is Emerson tennis courts. Solution: Make all of Lot J Red, and a strip of

parking behind the tennis courts BlueResult: Lot J- All Red and Lot S- Red/Blue

BenefitsCost-EffectiveImmediately better parking situation for students. Closer proximity to key elements of campus such

as the academic quad, library, and two campus dining halls.

Shorter walking distances to class in poor weather conditions.

Can be done theoretically overnight.

Long-Term solutionParking Garage behind towers. Built off of existing J lot.Size of current lot except built upwards.Student, faculty, and staff accessible.Begin Summer, 2016.End Fall, 2016.Budget $2-3 million

BenefitsApproximately 875 additional spots Will open up other lots even more.Better parking for students, faculty, and staffWill provide more spots for future studentsGives Ithaca College an opportunity to continue to

its growth. Better location in regards to key aspects of campus. Library, academic buildings, dining and residence

halls, all close in proximity.

Let’s Fix IC Parking Together!!!