Campus ParkingCampus Parking

By: Stephanie Labas & Jimmy Wright

Rowan's Parking System Parking permits required Residents lots:

Triad, Mansion Park, Edgewood Park, Chestnut lot, Parking garage, B, and D.

Overnight parking is allowed.

Commuter lots: A, C, D, M-1, R, and Y. Monday-Friday commuters can use

employee lots H, Z-1 and P, between 4:30pm-12:00 midnight. Overnight parking is not allowed. (2am-6am)

The Problem Location:

Commuter lots are located at one end of campus. If a student must reach the opposite side of campus there is no parking for them.

Time: Commuters are not allowed to park in their designated lots

between 2am and 6am. This make is impossible for commuters to stay on campus over night if they don't have an off campus place to park their car.

Safety: The parking lots have no lighting which becomes a safety

hazard for students. The time restraint also becomes a safety hazard for those individuals who need to drive or move their cars because they need to stay between 2am and 6am.

What do other colleges do? Seton Hall:

Parking permits required.

Parking lots are not designated for certain people but certain spaces are.

No parking 2am-6am

Rutgers Camden: Parking permits required.

Parking lots are designated for certain people.

Time restraints are placed on certain parking lots.

What do other colleges do? Rider:

Parking permits required.

Spaces color coordinated with parking permits.

No time restraints.

Saint Joseph's: Parking permits required.

Parking is on a first come, first serve basis.

No time restraints.

Survey Based on 6 Rowan commuters:

3 males, 3 females How far is your commute?

2-35minutes

How many times a week do you come to campus?

2-7 times a week

Do you play sports or are you involved in any activities outside the classroom?

3 yes, 3 no

Have you ever had to stay within the time period of 2am-6am?

3 yes, 3 no

Survey What would be your main cause for having to park in a Rowan parking lot

between 2am-6am?

Drinking, staying with friends, studying, parties, sports

Have you ever put yourself and/or someone else in danger because you felt that you needed to move your car because of Rowan's no parking between 2am-6am rule?

4 no, 2 yes

Do you feel that parking in the designated commuter lots becomes a challenge or problem in anyway?

6 yes, too far away from certain locations on campus, hard to find a spot.

Dangers!! According to duilaws.com, over 32 million people admit that

they have fallen asleep at the wheel in the past year. About 2 million say that they have had an accident because they fell asleep.

In college life you are bound to come across parties. Like some of the commuters we took surveys from, students find the need to stay on campus because of parties. If commuters attend a party, consume alcoholic beverages, and then need to move their cars because they can't park on campus between the hours of 2am-6am they will be putting themselves and others in danger.

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Solution At least one commuter lot should be an overnight lot, which

would allow commuters to park in this lot any time day or night. This would reduce the dangers that students face due to parking situations.

Commuter lots should be more scattered across campus and not all placed on the same side of campus farthest away from campus buildings.

Street lights should be placed in all parking lots so individuals do not have to walk in the dark to get to their cars. This will reduce the risk of attacks and dangerous situations in the parking lots at night.

Sources Rowan University Campus Map

http://www.rowan.edu/map/campus.html

Seton Hall

http://www.shu.edu/offices/policies-procedures/parking-services-rules-and-regulations.cfm

Rutgers Camden

http://parking.camden.rutgers.edu/student_regulations.html

Rider University

http://www.rider.edu/175_570.htm

Saint Joseph's University

http://www.sju.edu/resources/security/parking.html

Drowsy Driving

http://www.1800duilaws.com/dui-articles/drowsy_driving.asp

Rowan Parking Regulations

http://www.rowan.edu/safety/information/publications/parking_brochure.html