1. University of Arkansas Vehicle Research Project
Clark Rogers
Capstone for Minor in Sustainability
Department of Agriculture, Food and Life Science
Parking on Campus The Outcome Sustainability
• I have gathered information from the UofA parking and
transit facility of all vehicles registered on campus from Fayettev
Student
ille Campus
Car Type
Car
Data
Vech Count
Ye a r
2009-2010
6,659
2010-2011
7,484
2011-2012
7,875
Gra nd Tota l
22,018
• Social Systems
Year % 36.8% 38.4% 39.3% 38.2%
SUV Vech Count 3,615 4,232 4,299 12,146
the past 3 years. No Vech Type
Year %
Vech Count
Year %
20.0%
2,023
11.2%
21.7%
1,751
9.0%
21.4%
2,167
10.8%
21.1%
5,941
10.3% • People tend to buy vehicles based on looks
Student Vehicle Truck Vech Count 1,615 2,149 1,825 5,589
+16.7% Motorcycle
Year %
Vech Count
Year %
8.9%
7
0.0%
11.0%
7
0.0%
9.1%
17
0.1%
9.7%
31
0.1%
or the size that best fits them.
• You will see that the student enrollment is continuously Scooter Vech Count
Year %
3
0.0%
9
0.0%
4
0.0%
16
0.0%
• Students and Faculty will now have
Stude nt Ve ch Count 13,922 15,632 16,187 45,741
Stude nt Ye a r % 76.9% 80.3% 80.7% 79.4%
growing each year. Which means more traffic and more Faculty Car Vech Count
Year %
1,833
10.1%
1,568
8.1%
1,628
8.1%
5,029
8.7%
different opinions of vehicles driven on
SUV Vech Count 1,008 926 1,024 2,958
vehicles on campus.
Year % 5.6% 4.8% 5.1% 5.1%
No Vech Type Vech Count 807 745 649 2,201
Faculty Vehicle Year % 4.5% 3.8% 3.2% 3.8%
- 7.7%
Truck
Motorcycle
Vech Count
Year %
Vech Count
536
3.0%
1
602
3.1%
559
2.8%
6
1,697
2.9%
7
campus.
Year % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
•
Scooter Vech Count 2 2
It is important to recognize that if enrollment continues to Faculty Vech Count
Faculty Year %
Year % 0.0%
4,187
23.1%
0.0%
3,841
19.7%
0.0%
3,866
19.3%
0.0%
11,894
20.6% • Students and Faculty will think of taking
Tota l Ve ch Count 18,109 19,473 20,053 57,635
grow then we will not have enough space for students to Tota l Ye a r %
10, 000
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
different types of transportation.
9, 000
park on campus. 8, 000
7, 000
• People when purchasing a new vehicle will
6, 000
5, 000
4, 000
3, 000
2, 000
• The graph below indicates that the student population
1, 000
0 now hopefully choose one with great fuel
No Vech Type
No Vech Type
No Vech Type
SUV
SUV
SUV
Car
Car
Car
Truck
Truck
Truck
and the student vehicle count is steadily increasing each 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
efficiency.
F acility Student
year. • Vehicle count on campus is likely to
decrease due to the student enrollment
25,000
population.
7 of Every 10 Students have a vehicle
Registered on campus •It is obvious that over the past 3 years the majority of students and faculty drive a car compared
20,000
to a SUV or Truck. • Restrictions on parking will be heavily
enforced since enrollment is increasing.
•SUV’s however are the second largest vehicle driven on campus by students and faculty.
15,000
•We are unaware of 5% of the vehicle models registered on campus.
•I believe that the number of motorcycles and scooters is extremely low due to students and
10,000
faculty listing them by their make (ex. Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki). What this means is that we
Reflections
are unable to identify whether or not it is a motorcycle or scooter. By all means I believe we have
5,000
a lot more motorcycles and scooters compared to what the graph shows.
•The student vehicle count has increased 16.7% in 3 years. However, the faculty vehicle count
0
Student Enrolement
2009-2010
19,845
2010-2011
21,405
2011-2012
23,199 has decreased by 7.7% in 3 years. • I have realized not everyone is fortunate
Student Vech Count 13,922 15,632 16,187
enough to pick any vehicle out they desire.
Many students are handed down vehicles from
brothers, sisters, parents and grandparents.
Outlook
The Methodology • Sustainability is a bold word. You do not
become sustainable over one night. It takes
Top 10 most common makes of vehicles on time and development to becoming a
• Received an excel spreadsheet from the parking and sustainable community or person.
Campus
transit facility of vehicles registered on campus from the 3000
past 3 years. 2500
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
• By purchasing a vehicle with great fuel
• Categorized each vehicle as either a Car, SUV, Truck or 2000
efficiency you will save money and
no vehicle type for both students and faculty. 1500 reduce your carbon footprint.
• I have honestly enjoyed working on this
1000
• Started building charts in excel and comparing numbers 500
of Cars, SUVs, Trucks and no vehicle types registered on 0
project and have gained more skills to
Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty Student Faculty
campus. Chevrolet Ford Honda Toyota Nissan Jeep Dodge Hyundai General Motors Mazda living my life sustainably.
• Began analyzing the numbers and realized how can the • Within the last 2 years I have purchased a
UofA reduce the amount of traffic on campus if the •No matter the vehicle make, cars overall are the most fuel efficient.
bicycle and chosen to take the public
student vehicle count continues to rise each year. •Gas mileage for SUVs and Trucks vary depending on the make and model. transit to class more often.
• To become a more sustainable campus I believe the UofA •If gas prices continue to increase I am hoping to see more students and faculty driving cars.
in the future will have restrictions on who can park on • Biking or public transit is fun and you are
campus. •If campus were to have smaller parking spots it would allow more room for parking and also not worrying about finding a parking spot
decrease our amount of SUVs and Trucks. or awful traffic.