UCF Pedestrian/Traffic Signage

Highlights from observations on main campus

Spring 2003

April 2003 OEAS 2

Agenda• Signage at peer institutions• Data collection/observations• Campus map on the web • Welcome and Visitor Information signs• Building ID and directional signs• Parking• Signage to Orientation and Open house activities• Most popular buildings by # of GEP courses• Other observations

April 2003 OEAS 3

Signage at Peer Institutions (Metropolitan Research Universities)

SourceHighlightInstitution

IU-PU web siteDriving directions to undergraduate, graduate and international admissions offices, and to orientation available on the web

Indiana-Purdue

“Significant issues”;master plan document“Fundamental plan concepts”;master plan document

“Vehicular and pedestrian way-finding is difficult”“Create a friendlier campus with upgraded signage, information kiosks,….”

Western Michigan

Key issues;master plan document

“There are multiple perimeter entrances without appropriate university identification or directional signage”

Nevada-Las Vegas

April 2003 OEAS 4

Data Collection/Observations• Data collected in January 2003

– Some changes have been done since then (installation/removal)• Signs• Maps on the web

• First-time visitor perspective– Data collected from the sidewalk or car – a sign might be somewhere but

not visible enough to visitors or new students

• Approximately 230 signs; 490+ pieces of information– Types of signs

• For pedestrians and/or drivers (directional)• Building identification (ID) -on the ground or attached to the structure• Not included: signs on golf carts, skateboards/roller skates, recycling

bins, road adoptions

April 2003 OEAS 5

Campus Map on the Web• Screen version

– Missing Academic Village II

– Missing Biomedical Sciences

– Sport facilities/courts area behind Wayne Densch Center need to be updated

– Missing Lynx Transit Center

• Printable version– Missing Biomedical

Sciences– Sport facilities/courts

area behind Wayne Densch Center need to be updated

April 2003 OEAS 6

Welcome & Visitors Information Signs

• Three out of six entrances to main campus lack welcome/visitors information signs– Central FL Blvd.– Gemini Blvd. Orion Dr.– Orion Dr.

• Research Pkwy./Libra Dr. entrance– There is not a follow-through sign at Libra Dr. and

Gemini Blvd. to the welcome/VI sign by Libra Dr./Neptune Dr.

April 2003 OEAS 7

Welcome and VI signs

UCF

VI

VI

Alafaya Tr.

Orio

n B

lvd.

Libra Dr.

Cen

tral F

l. B

lvd.

Uni

v. B

lvd.

Ent

ranc

e

Gem

ini B

lvd.

S.

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

Gemini Blvd. E.

Greek Park Dr.

Gemini Blvd. W.

North East

North West

South West

South East

VI

Welcometo UCF

Wel

com

eto

UC

F

UCFWelcome

to UCF

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

VI

VI

VI VI

VI

VI

VI

VI

VI

N

VIB

Centaurus

Dr.

W

April 2003 OEAS 8

Building/Areas without visible ID

– Academic Village I– Academic Village II– Apollo Community– Libra Community– Burnett House– Creative School– Early Childhood

Center– Environmental Center

– H&PA II– Math & Physics– Physical Plant– Portables (behind

Classroom I)– Recreation & Wellness

Center

April 2003 OEAS 9

Building ID: Opportunities

ParkingGarage East

ParkingGarageSouth

ParkingGarageWest

MillicanHall

Library

Parking GarageNorth

LibraCommunity

Apollo Community

Academic Village

CreativeSchool Early

ChildhoodCenter

BurnettHouse

PhillipsHall

Math &PhysicsCenter

Health &PublicAffairs II

Lake Claire

ClassroomBuilding

CoulbornHall

Arena

StudentUnion

EducationComplex

Arts andSciences

BurnettHonorsCollege

WashingtonCenterRehearsal

Hall

ChemistryBuilding

Theater

BiomolecularSciences Biological

Sciences

Health CenterComputerScience

BPWScholarshipHouse

Barbara YingCenter

Center forMultilingualMulticulturalStudies

ComputerCenters

Creol

Business

Administration

Communications

Engineering I

StudentResourceCenter

Visual Arts

Engineering II

Health and

Public Affairs IHousing

Recreationaland WellnessCenter

WayneDenschCenter

Visitor’sInformation

No signs

Sign on 1 side of building

Sign on 2 sides of building

Sign on 3 sides of building

Sign on 4 sides of building

Parking

Portables

Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr.

N

April 2003 OEAS 10

Buildings with no ID’s: Opportunities

Additional facility ID on north side of building (by Gemini Blvd.)

Recreational & Wellness Center

Additional ID signs on east, north, and south sides of building

Math & Physics

Additional ID on north side of building (by Gemini Blvd.)

Early Childhood Center

Additional facility ID on north and east sides of building (by Gemini Blvd. And Libra Dr.)

Creative School

Additional ID’s on north and south sides of community (by Apollo Cr. And Gemini Blvd.)

Apollo Community

Community ID on east side of AV I and west side of AV II; additional campus follow-through signage

Academic Village

Additional ID’s on north and south sides of community (by Apollo Cr. and Gemini Blvd.)

Libra Community

Additional ID on north and south sides of building; on-campus follow-through signage

Portables

Possible ImprovementBuilding

April 2003 OEAS 11

Other Possible Improvements

Visible ID sign from the parking lot (Gemini & University Blvd.)

Only ID sign is not easily accessible

Education

Additional ID sign by Pegasus Cr.

ID in the front onlyThe Burnett Honors College

Additional ID’s on east and west sides

Useful ID’s in the front and on the back

Library

Additional ID’s on east and west sides

Useful ID in the front only; visual obstruction on the back

Student Union

Both are labeled as Health & Public Affairs

Both are labeled as Engineering

Current Situation

Differentiate both buildings

Health & Public Affairs

Differentiate both buildings

Engineering I & II

Possible ImprovementBuilding

April 2003 OEAS 12

Building ID

ParkingG arage

East

ParkingG arageSouth

ParkingG arage

W est

M illican Hall

L ibrary

ParkingG arage North

Eng.

I

LibraC om m unity

Apollo C om m unity

Academ ic V illage I

C reativeSchool Early

ChildhoodCenter

BurnettH ouse

PhillipsH all

M ath &PhysicsC enter

Lake C laire

C lassroomBuild ing

C oulbornH all

A ren a

StudentUnion

Education

Arts andSciences

BurnettH onorsC ollege

W ashingtonCenterR ehearsal

H all

C hem istryTheater

B iom olecularScience Biolog ical

Sciences

Health C enterC om puterScience

BPWScholarsh ipHouse

Barbara Y ingCenter

Center forM ultilingualM ulticulturalS tudies

Com puterCenters

C reol

Bus in ess

Adm in is tra tion

Com m .

Eng . I

S tud.Res.Ctr.

V isual A rts

H& PA IH ousing

R ec/W ellness

W ayneDensch

Center

Visitor’sInform ation

No sign/ID

Sign/ID on1 side of building

Sign/ID on 2 sidesof build ing

Sign/ID on3 sides ofbuild ing

Sign/ID on4 sides

Parkinglots

Portab les

A lafaya Tr. A lafaya Tr.

Academ ic V illage II

N

Eng. II

H &PA II

View from driver/pedestrian angle of potential new ID

TreeTr

ee

April 2003 OEAS 13

Key Buildings – Signs Across Campus

• Library– Five signs in the same area– One sign in the wrong

direction– Nothing in the southeast

and northwest• Student Union

– There is only one sign on the perimeter main entrances -Alafaya/Centaurus W.

• Millican Hall– Only three

“Administration” signs, all in the southwest

– Millican Hall (ID) vs. Administration (signs)

• Bookstore– Only four signs– No signs in main entrances

except for Alafaya/Centaurus W.

April 2003 OEAS 14

Direction to key buildings

Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr.

Orio

n Bl

vd.

Libra Dr.

Cen

tral F

l. B

lvd.

Univ.

Blvd

. Ent

ranc

e

Gem

ini B

lvd.

S.

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

Gemini Blvd. E.

Greek Park Dr.

Gemini Blvd. W.

North East

North West

South West

South East

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

Library

Lib

Library

StudentUnion

S tu .

U.

Adm/M.H.

M.H

.

M.H.

S tu .

U.

N

Directional signto Library

Directional signto StudentUnion

Millican Hall/Administration

Bookstore

Bookstore

Wrongdirectionto library

April 2003 OEAS 15

Parking: current

• Well identified in terms of types of permits, i.e., students, faculty, reserved

• No indication on what buildings the lot is better for

• No direction sign to meters

April 2003 OEAS 16

Parking: Opportunities

• Looking for closest parking– Provide information

announcing adjacent buildings; at least colleges and key buildings

• Once in the parking– Provide direction to

adjacent buildings– Provide direction to

meter (when applicable)

April 2003 OEAS 17

Orientation & Open House Activities

• Orientation– All entrances, except

for Univ. Blvd./Alafaya, lack signs

• Open House– Libra/Gemini S.,

Gemini N./Alafaya missing sign

– No follow-through signs on Gemini E. Gemini N.

April 2003 OEAS 18

Orientation & Open House Activities

Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr.

Orio

n B

lvd.

Libra Dr.

Cen

tral F

l. B

lvd.

Uni

v. B

lvd.

Ent

ranc

e

Gem

ini B

lvd.

S.

Gim

ini B

lvd.

N.

Gemini Blvd. E.

Greek Park Dr.

Gemini Blvd. W.

North East

North West

South West

South East

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

Orientation

Open House

???

???

April 2003 OEAS 19

Most Popular Buildings by # of GEP Courses –Spring 2003

• Any effort to upgrade signage to guide students to correct buildings

April 2003 OEAS 20

Most Popular Buildings by # of GEP Courses

ParkingGarage East

ParkingGarageSouth

ParkingGarageWest

MillicanHall

Library

Parking GarageNorth

LibraCommunity

Apollo Community

Academic Village I

CreativeSchool Early

ChildhoodCenter

BurnettHouse

PhillipsHall

Math &PhysicsCenter

Health &PublicAffairs II

Lake Claire

ClassroomBuilding

CoulbornHall

Aren

a

StudentUnion

EducationComplex

Arts andSciences

BurnettHonorsCollege

WashingtonCenterRehearsal

Hall

ChemistryBuilding

Theater

BiomolecularScience Biological

Sciences

Health CenterComputerScience

BPWScholarshipHouse

Barbara YingCenter

Center forMultilingualMulticulturalStudies

ComputerCenters

Creol

Business

Administration

Communications

StudentResourceCenter

Visual Arts

Engineering II

Health and

Public Affairs IHousing

Recreationaland WellnessCenter

WayneDenschCenter

Visitor’sInformation

Portables

Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr.

Most Popular Buildings (by # ofGEP classes offered)

Key buildings

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

153

4

327

165

# GEP ClassesOfferedQuadrant

Academic Village II

Engineering I

Q1Q2

Q3Q4

Southeast

SouthwestNorthwest

Northeast

Probably mostused routes bynew students

N

April 2003 OEAS 21

Other Observations• (1) No directional signs to

facilities on Libra Dr. • (2) No directional signs to

facilities in the Research Park

• (3) Portables behind Classroom I: random search for 1st time visitors

• (4) Greek Park: restricted parking advice sign not visible in some fraternities/sororities (mainly east side of Greek Park Dr.)

(3)

(1,2)

(4)

April 2003 OEAS 22

Other observations, Continued

Tree

Tree

5

6

7

8

• Obstructed signs:– (5) Education Complex ID:

by parking garage west– (6) Sign in front of parking

garage south: by trees– (7) Student Union ID-

north side: by trees– (8) BPW Scholarship

House: by construction temp. fence

April 2003 OEAS 23

Other Observations, Continued

10

• Signs that need repair /replacement:– (9) Corner of Alafaya &

Centaurus Dr. West– Ground signs

• Centaurus Dr.• Gemini Dr. &

Centaurus Dr.• Parking Garage East

• ATM machines– (10) No ID or directional

sign

9

April 2003 OEAS 24

Other Observations, Continued

• Except for the “Arena” and “Parking for intramural softball”, no signs for sport facilities were observed: tennis courts, baseball and softball fields, etc.

April 2003 OEAS 25

Misleading Signage

• Deliveries – two signs showing different directions?

• Direction to library – going towards Greek Park Dr.

April 2003 OEAS 26

Alafaya Tr. Alafaya Tr.

Orio

n Bl

vd.

Libra Dr.

Cen

tral F

l. B

lvd.

Univ.

Blvd

. Ent

ranc

e

Gim

ini B

lvd.

S.

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N.

Gemini Blvd. E.

Greek Park Dr.

Gemini Blvd. W.

North East

North West

South West

South East

Gem

ini B

lvd.

N. Deliveries

Library

N

Libr

ary

Aqu

ariu

s A

gora

Dr.

Cen

taur

us D

r. W

.

Misleading Signage

April 2003 OEAS 27

Questions?