Transcript Parking & Transportation Services

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Construction Impacts
Overview of Policy Changes
Shuttle Changes
Enforcement
Faculty/Staff Changes
Visitor & Event Parking Changes
Resident Student Changes
Commuter Student Changes
Q&A
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Lot Closures – (857)
◦ Lot 9 Union/Burdick (183) – Utility work, Road Reconfiguration
 Summer 2010 – Summer 2012
◦ Lot 18 West Village (188) – Phase II Housing
 All but 50 spaces to be permanently lost as of June 2010
◦ Lot 22 – West Village (188) – West Village Garage
 Entire lot to be closed June 2010, replaced by 1,500 space garage
August 2011
◦ Lot 20 – Towson Center (298) – Arena
 50%+ of lot permanently lost January 2011
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Road Impacts
◦ New entry at Towsontown Boulevard – will require temporary
road re-alignment toward garage entrance
◦ Newell Ave – Lot 6a entrance may be relocated to University
Ave
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Modify shuttle service
Expanded Faculty/Staff Parking in
Towsontown & Union Garage
Use of county garages (400) to handle
demand
Auburn Drive to be converted to one way
(north to south) to allow for parking (150)
on weekdays
Towson Center lots to be used for displaced
residents from West Village
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Eliminating Penn route due to lack of ridership
Adjusting Cockeysville route to hourly service
New routes
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Additional service through new routes to:
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Modifying Gold & Safe Ride Weekday Service Times
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Considering modifications to weekend Gold route:
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◦ County garages
◦ Rodgers Forge apartments – off Stevenson
◦ University Village
◦ Towson Center & other campus stops
◦ Ending Gold Route at 10 pm
◦ Starting Safe Ride Point to Point at 10 pm
◦ Eliminate loop service and replace with:
 Tiger Taxi service – point to point with limited off campus
service, 4 pm to 9 pm
 Safe Ride On Campus Point to Point – 9 pm to 6 am
------ Gold Route
--- -- County Route
--- -- Rogers Forge Route
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Necessary service to help ensure a safe
environment and availability of parking for
permit holders
Aggressive enforcement for violations
Changes
◦ Non residents overnight parking will be restricted
to the Towson Center
◦ Violators who accumulate 5 or more tickets (paid or
not) will be subject to towing & other sanctions
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Additional sections of Towsontown garage
will be converted to Faculty/Staff parking
◦ All of the new section on level 2
◦ ½ to ¾ of new section of level 3
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11a outside of the Union Garage will remain
as Faculty/Staff Parking
Excess spaces that have been available in
prior years will no longer be available.
◦ i.e. Do not plan on driving to an event at the Union
or CLA, etc. during peak times.
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Paid visitor parking will be at a premium
Adding Department Code Only spaces in visitor areas.
◦ Assist your visitors/potential students/etc., provide them
with a code
Limited spaces (100 for campus) will be available
during peak times for off campus event guests
parking
◦ Peak Times - Monday – Thursday, 6 am to 5 pm
◦ Lot 24 at Administration building to be first area for event
parking
◦ Towson Center to be back up for days with multiple events
or larger groups
◦ If group is too large or there are other events previously
scheduled, parking for your event may not be available.
◦ Off campus parking at County garages can be arranged for
$5/vehicle.
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No freshman (<30 credits) resident parking will be available on
campus.
◦ If desired, students can contract directly with the county for a space.
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30 permit spaces will be available in West Village.
◦ Assignment of spaces to be determined by URG
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Millennium Hall Residents without an MH permit
◦ No access to lot 18 spaces
◦ Eligible residents will be assigned to Towson Center lot 14
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Eligible residents who could not get a permit for their preferred
lot will be assigned to Towson Center lot 14.
Residents assigned to Towson Center will be required to relocate
their vehicles on Friday evenings prior to major events (ex.
football)
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Freshman (<30 credits) & Non Degree
Students will be assigned to one of 2 county
garages
◦ Chesapeake Garage – next to library
◦ Tolbert Garage – Ware Ave
◦ In unlikely event assigned garage is full, garage
staff will redirect parkers to another county
garage
•2 Garages – 400 Spaces Total
•Chesapeake Garage (next
to library) first to be sold
•Tolbert Garage – Ware
Ave
•Weekday parking only
•No overnight parking
•Shuttle Service
•7:30 am – 10:00 pm
•Pull ticket upon entry
•Show permit upon exit
•County Garage Permits valid
in campus commuter areas
after 3 pm on campus
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Auburn Drive
◦ Will be converted to one way (north to
south)
◦ Angled parking will be available on the
inner loop - weekdays until 10 pm.
◦ No weekend or overnight parking
◦ Watch Posted Signs & Markings
 Vehicle Size Restrictions – no extended
vehicles
 Resident permit restrictions
 Major Event Restrictions
Spaces Lost (Construction)
Daily Empty
Net Loss of Used Spaces
Spaces Added
County Garages
Freshman Resident Restriction
Auburn Drive
Lot 14 Reconfiguration
Total Added
Surplus
= 850
- 350
= 500
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400
150
150
50
750
= 250
(Note: Does not include spaces gained from increased use
of Shuttles and other TDM programs.)