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 * PROGRESS REPORT 11/12/10**
 * Research Findings**
 * Cheryl -** Researched articles from The Review on parking & transportation; Researched transportation at other schools at []; sent surveys to staff at across campus at UD - currently collecting data. I received a response back from Bill Fitzpatrick for information and he has promised that someone from his office will get back to me next week. I have also started organizing my research into a spreadsheet that I will email to everyone. I think if we all do something similar, it will be easier to write the report. You can add to my spreadsheet, or start your own.

Friday, Nov 12th: Started getting some input from the students in my department. Went to City of Newark again. Was not able to speak with Marvin Howard because he was out of his office for all day. Will call him again on Monday morning and try to get an appointment. So far only useful info I found from City is Unicity Bus which is a free service. Here is the link: []. We can find some useful information in University of California- Irvine Parking and Transportation Services web site[] and []. Will post my online findings about the transportation services of other universities/colleges by Saturday evening.
 * Pinar** - Went to City of Newark; obtained some info about city transportation (unicity bus schedule); will visit Marvin Howard in Planning Department at City of newark, to get more specific information about different mode of transportations on Friday (nov 12th); Sent surveys to staff and students in MT Department (on Nov11th)- asked the participants to return the surveys by Sunday November the 14th. Will do more online search over the weekend.


 * Frances -** created the final survey and am in the midst of collecting the data. will also be emailing it to professors on campus. will analyze data this weekend and create tables and charts based on the opinions of the survey. i am also looking up comparative schools to UD and their parking regulations. created a new parking plan with Galen.


 * Galen -** **MEETING 11/11/10 - Frances & Galen**

Plan: Re-prioritize parking lot access

No parking for Freshman and Sophomores living on campus

Non-Faculty Lots are prioritized as follows: 1) Kent 2) McKinley 3) Trabant 4) CFA 5) Perkins 6) Lot 19 7) Wyoming Road 8) Christiana Towers The Big Bog Lot will be reserved for Freshman and Sophomore Commuters. (Based on how many there are, we can open this up to others if there is available space).

Commuters get priority of parking availability over Residents; not necessarily priority of lots. Residents, meeting Credit and GPA criteria, will be given priority based on the level they fall into. Top priority levels will be filled into the highest priority lots that have not been filled by Mandatory Parkers. We established that parking for residents is a privilege, so the criteria is to reward upperclassmen and students with high GPAs. The garages will not be filled to capacity to allow for visitor parking.

Commuters will have strict deadlines to abide by so that the leftover space can be distributed to deserving residents.

**Mandatory Parking**

Faculty will have designated lots 7am-5pm Weekdays; also eliminates traffic between classes b/c Faculty stay all day Commuters will be accommodated before residents (students within UD radius) **Privilege Parking** Residents within UD Radius
 * Library Lots
 * Lerner Hall
 * Little Bob
 * Trabant Garage (to accommodate capacity)
 * CFA Garage (to accommodate capacity)
 * Level 1 - Juniors and Seniors - Lots: Kent; McKinley Lab; Trabant Garage (after faculty, to accommodate)
 * Level 2 - Freshman and Sophomores - Lots: Big Bob
 * Level 1 - 110 Credits; 3.0 GPA
 * Level 2 - 90 Credits; 3.3 GPA
 * Level 3 - 90 Credits; 2.5 GPA
 * Level 4 - 65 Credits; 2.5 GPA

We edited the survey a bit to make sure that our feedback helps us gauge our goal. Frances is doing that for us. There are some lots that we have not taken into consideration (I just remembered a couple more). We will make use of those once we gather more info