Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney

Facilities Development Plan
Parking
There are over 3,100 surface stalls available by
permit or meter on the contiguous campus and
in adjacent lots. The existing parking stall-topopulation
ratio is over 43 percent. Projecting
through 2015, with enrollment growth of 1.5%
per year and maintaining 14% ratio of staff to
students, UNK will need 445 additional parking
stalls, based on current space guidelines.
Expansion of campus parking will be needed
during this planning period. Options to
develop additional parking capacity range
from developing new lots on available buffer
property to constructing parking decks over
existing surface lots. Only 62% of our parking
spaces are on the eastern side of campus,
where 77% of classes are taught and 85% of
resident students live. This suggests that we
should give fi rst priority to new capacity on
the east side of campus. Also, policy or pricing
changes may be needed to encourage parking
farther from fi nal destinations.
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2006 - 2015
Sinclair Hille Architects was engaged to
develop a campus parking study. The intent
of this study was to evaluate a variety of
alternatives, including both surface and deck
parking. These options focused on increasing
stall counts near the academic core utilizing
parking decks and perimeter surface parking
utilizing buffer properties. These options
could create 250-450 additional stalls within 10
minutes of the library entrance. If the lot north
of Otto Olsen is converted to green space, an
additional 100 spaces will be needed.
Table 6
UNK PARKING INVENTORY
TYPE OF SPACE Spaces
ADA 64
Faculty/Staff 700
Student (Residents + Commuters) 1,399
Faculty/Staff/Student 950
Visitor* 7
Service/Departmental/Loading Zone 25
Cashier/Meter 18
UNK TOTAL** 3,163
* Visitor reserved spaces, other visitor parking available
** Excludes motorcycle parking
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