Ten Principles of Parking
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1. There should be
reasonably convenient, safe, and consistently reliable parking options for
everyone in the campus community, regardless of income level.
Within a concentric ring philosophy (faculty / staff park
nearest to center campus), a goal or benchmark for reasonable convenience for
all is defined as parking within 15-20 minutes of ones destination. Twenty
(20) minutes total combined time for the following activities: 1) walking to
and from the campus bus stop, 2) waiting for the bus to arrive and 3) riding to
the destination stop.
2. Clemson should be guided by a parking
philosophy that utilizes both district and perimeter strategies of parking.
Recognizing that parking needs vary among different groups of
users, it is necessary to offer a range of parking options. As the campus
continues to expand from the center, parking facilities (a combination of
structured and surface parking) will be associated with districts. A parking
district is defined as parking facilities associated with a specific group of
buildings within the greater campus. Coupled with this need is the provision of
perimeter parking that accommodates a more static need.
3. Long-range master plans and plans for
individual buildings and districts should include plans for parking.
This relates to goal 2.3 of the Strategic Plan for Community
Relations. In the campus core, parking should be considered for each facility
and incorporated into the planning of facility space requirements. Replacement
parking should be a part of any construction plan where existing parking is impacted
and additional parking should be constructed when new construction will
increase the parking need in a district.
4. The financing framework for parking
services should rely more on parking permit revenue and fees than on parking
citation penalties. A graduated fee structure is acceptable within the
guidelines set forth in principal one.
This graduated fee structure shall be implemented on the basis
of the income of the individual. Also, the ability to implement fee increases
in a graduated system where the fee paid can be graduated by class standing for
a certain time period until all class standing pay the same fee.
5. Emphasis should be placed on parking
education, management and preventative maintenance of all parking facilities.
Appropriate notice is to be provided when parking will be
closed, except in emergency situations.
6. Operating within the framework of principle
one, consistently reliable public transit service is integral to the success of
an overall parking system.
Clemson University will collaborate with Clemson Area Transit to
provide public transportation that serves the surrounding community and assists
the University in achieving its goals and mission.
7. Walking, biking, a transit system,
carpooling, and other alternatives to single occupancy vehicle use should be
encouraged.
Walkways and bicycle lanes are an important part of an overall
transportation and parking system and should be supported and improved. Also
the formation and upkeep of a transit system is necessary to meet the parking
needs of everyone on campus. This also includes the encouraging of carpooling
for faculty, staff, and students.
8. Campus should be a “visitor
friendly” place with appropriate way-finding provided to direct casual
visitors to visitor parking appropriate for their ultimate destination.
Visitor information kiosks are an important part of way-finding
for casual visitors to campus. Signs should also be provided along roadways and
at parking facility entrances to direct visitors to the parking facility
appropriate for their ultimate destination and length of stay. The campus
community is encouraged to provide invited visitors with appropriate parking
information in advance of their arrival.
9. Regular visitors and regular vendors should
be expected to help pay for Parking Services. Large organized groups of
visitors will be expected to work with Parking Services to minimize their
impact on campus parking.
While seeking to meet the parking needs of campus visitors in
the most effective way possible, it is important that these accommodations
provide minimal impact to faculty, staff, and student parking and do not
disrupt the daily operations of the University.
10. Thorough and consistent parking
enforcement is critical to ensuring successful management of all parking
facilities on campus.
Because reasonable convenience will always be perceived
differently, enforcement is necessary to ensure that the established system
functions efficiently.