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Easy parking
+ More parking
+ PARKING LOTS
+ Please more U permit parking!
For the love of god, please fix the housing and make it so upper division students can get housing +yes, if your a student you should have the option for housing all 4-5 years
Either make or so upper division students can actually get housing or add more parking. And for the love of anything holy give EAE (or whatever it's called now) a real building and not a storage closet. You brag about being on top for game dev and give the department scraps. +PREACH
As a former student and a current employee…the parking situation is not sustainable…
+ Huge huge problem!!!!
+ Parking is never sustainable. It just doesn't scale. The only solution to parking is decreasing the number of cars that need to park.
Do NOT increase parking! Prioritizing sustainability, clean air, and preserving green space means alternate means of getting to the University must be emphasized. I am lucky -- I live very close to a bus route that gets me to campus -- but not all geographic areas from which campus community members commute are so easy to access. If we are going to value a limit on parking, we have to come up with other ways for people to travel here.
The U’s Mission statement says we contribute to sustainability through “research, teaching, and demonstrating best practices.” Unfortunately, we hide these achievements. Create a way for campus users to learn about and celebrate sustainability, such as our platinum LEED-certified Law School, our ground source heat pump energy in Gardner Commons, our new experimental landscaping of the Williams building, and bird window collision mitigation on Alfred Emery. Create standards for new buildings that build on these achievements, such as adopting the best green standards, third places for students to spend time on campus instead of driving elsewhere, bird-friendly window standards, attractive transit stops, on-site food composting. Making sustainability a shared, visible, and exciting goal across campus!
University of Utah efforts to alleviate parking have so far been disappointing. If the university wants to get rid of the "commuter school" reputation, the University of Utah MUST create more on-campus housing and keep it affordable for the intended residents. Salt Lake City off-campus has become too expensive, and if the university does not want people driving their cars to commute from a half-hour to an hour or more away from the university, then the university MUST provide affordable campus housing (yes, I repeated myself to make sure the point comes across; this point is NOT negotiable given the current housing market). If this means demolishing current structures and building new apartments, so be it. New structures must be built vertically, like the medical towers, if the university does not intend to acquire more land. The university will also have to make sure students have all the resources they need (e.g., food, toiletries, school supplies) on campus. Only once there is enough housing and sufficient on-campus resources for undergraduate students can the university reasonably expect that parking will get better. However, to make this happen, the university may also have to make parking unavailable to undergraduates or else severely restrict (perhaps through very high fees) the ability of undergraduates to buy a parking pass.
The university should not expect graduate students, staff, post-docs, or faculty to avoid using their cars. Non-undergraduate members of the university (such as myself) often live off-campus and may live miles away from the university in order to purchase or rent a home more suitable for their stage in life. Partly because we are more likely to live further away from campus, it should not be expected that public transportation or riding a bike will be sufficient for transportation to the university. My commute by car is 20 minutes with no traffic or 45-75 minutes during rush hour traffic one-way. Just given the length of time alone, I will not use public transportation or ride a bike to the university (plus, driving allows me to more easily run errands). If the university wants to reduce parking and emissions issues with non-undergraduate members, remote work should be allowed where possible. Yes, many companies are trying to bring back in-person work due to presence of physical buildings and a belief among some that an office culture is beneficial. However, not everyone benefits from being in an office; some (like myself) benefit from working from home since we do not get as much work done in an office setting. Being in an office can be distracting when working on tasks that require a lot of focus, and frankly, the commute through Salt Lake City alone can be maddening and create a terrible start to the work day. Having people stay home when office work is unnecessary would reduce the number of cars on campus, reduce emissions from commuting, and make some employees happier.
We need more childcare centers on campus. Bio kids give dept. of biology parents preference, the childcare center on president's circle is dictated by student schedules which doesn't work for employees who work 8 - 5, Ukids on guardsman is impossible to get in to, Ukids east village give priority placement to student families living in the student apartments. What are the rest of the 28,000 employees supposed to do for childcare? For an academic institution that is supposed to serve the community, its severely lacking in supporting its own employees. When I had my first kid before the pandemic, I was given a large pdf of all the childcare centers around the university by the childcare center on president's circle. It's like they already know there aren't enough options for parents, so they have a huge document with alternative options. Affordable childcare is a major issue in our state and our institution and employer could be making a difference and setting an example when it comes to supporting their employees and their families.
Please dont build a parking garage and instead focus on better public transportation. Adding more car parking will increase the problem and public transport is free, easy, cheaper, and lets the campus have room for more student housing and classrooms. Also ots cheaper
I would like to know what the plans are for 729 Arapeen Drive (Imaging and Neuroscience center building). The building currently houses a neurology clinic, the VAST lab, UCAIR, and the MR research department, and others. It is an old building. Knowledge of future plans will help determine our strategic vision for MRI research and capital equipment needs. It will also help determine if other tenants will have to be relocated in the near future.
Building 72 feels like it needs a rework. The department of games is so large and always growing and the space feels underutilized and isolated from the rest of campus. The bottom floor feels somehow both empty in the open spaces and cramped in the classrooms.
I agree with many of the other comments that the U lacks a good quad/central meeting and socialization space for students. The plazas in front of the library and the union feel like barren concrete blocks with very little student activity. I really wish that the U had more of a central recognizable landmark. I also would hope that in the future new buildings on campus had more personality and character to their design. The most recent buildings on campus (i.e. Kahlert Village, Student Life Center, etc.) feel so cold and impersonal, I would love to see more buildings on campus that have designs similar to the buildings in President's circle.
Please no new parking on campus. If new parking must be built it should be placed on the periphery of campus with adequate bus/shuttle/bike/walking routes connecting to central campus. Building new parking on campus will only further the feeling on isolation and disjointedness on campus. We should be prioritizing places for people to gather, socialize, and grow but instead many people seem to be more inclined to use space that could be used for students to sit their personal property on campus, doing nothing, for hours each day.
I feel it very important to communicate that I expressly do not want to increase the parking on the University. I fell that if this was done, we would face a system of induced demand, such as those faced by highways. This process is one within which by increasing the available parking, a number of people who would have otherwise used options such as the Trax system then find themselves using the new parking spaces. By increasing these parking spaces, rather than the number of user staying the same, thereby increasing availability, the spaces are then met with more demand, keeping them at the same level of overfill. Instead, increasing the availability and demand for public transportation or more physical commutes could allow people to be more willing to use those in place of the already limited parking. By increasing timing, capacity, and stops for public transport, alongside prioritizing it through things like bus lanes and preferences in lights for these mass transit solutions, it would make the options more convenient for people who are on the fence about using it, or people who need to use it because they cannot afford to own and maintain a personal vehicle. I implore people to consider the larger scale impacts and costs of increasing parking rather than investing in other methods of transport.
For graduate students who already pay a hefty amount in tuition, there should be more flexible opportunities for parking. As an MBA student who only has evening classes. I'd love to have the parking in front of the Eccles school of business free after 5 pm, since there are almost no more students in school at that time.
The intersection between 1300 E and University Blvd is always jammed up. There needs to be some way for the train to get through without stopping traffic (maybe a brief tunnel).
A better usage of space already available in buildings would be huge! There are a lot of areas that could be classrooms, study areas, or office spaces that are standing empty. It's nice to have these buildings that are "pretty" but in a school, function should be preferred over form. High ceilings in a lobby area with large windows are nice. But a second floor there instead would provide more usable space and help with heating and cooling costs.
As mentioned several times already, parking. There needs to be more. When a new building is built, why not build a parking garage for U and A permits underneath? Build up instead of out. It's also particularly galling to be an employee, who already has to pay for parking, only to have "special/sports events" close down lots that are near to your work space. And the only option is to park miles away and hike in just to get to work.
More study spaces for people to go and Maby sharing those spaces with new students when they arrive so they don’t just go searching for hours to find a suitable location.
As someone working on achiveing a game major. I would also like to see some improvements to building 72 as the place feels empty and when I go there the best part is the classes I’m taking but it doesn’t feel like a game design building more like a computer lab.
Besides I also heard from some other students that it’s more prone to flooding than some buildings for its location mostly and being filled with computers that’s a concern for me. In addition to some rooms not being to handle too many devices at a time. So seeing the utility expanded should be amazing event though it could be troubling for anrchetecture and finacing.
There should be more gender-neutral/family bathrooms, more accessible seating at the stadium, more food options on campus, more meaningful student events, and more departments working together—not so separate. We are one University after all.
Central Campus Trax Station. This is prime real-estate at a Trax stop and a public transportation gateway to campus. Move Facilities 350, Buildings and Grounds 306, 305, Motor Pool and the fuel pumps to Fort Douglas or Research Park. People get off of Trax or buses only to have to walk through parking lots and maintenance areas. It is not an inviting entrance. This should be an area welcoming to all that come to the U of U. What a great place for retail, restaurants, grocery, campus book store, Red Zone, coffee shop, etc.
STOP trying to force people to use public transportation to get to campus! BE REAL! There are people that will ALWAYS drive especially when commuting by public transportation takes a minimum of 1 1/2 hours one way to get to campus. Who, in their right mind, wants to spend 3 hours commuting to/from campus each day? BUILD MORE PARKING STRUCTURES!!! Flat service lots can only accommodate so many vehicles!
As space is a limiting factor and many have noted the struggles with space and parking it would be exciting to see the U broaden its offering of online options for education and staff to work remotely. The University of Arizon is very notable for the amount of online learning they offer and have increased their enrollment immensly while not affecting physical space. Similary there are many positions which could be done in a remote setting which would free up physical parking and building spaces for those things, like labs, which must be done in person. It would be exciting to see the University embrase a larger vision for education and employement.
In my view, the recent Gardner Commons building was a missed opportunity to add an iconic tower or clock tower to the university landscape. I understand that the architectural style of the campus is very postmodern and eclectic, but regardless of aesthetics I always thought that this was one cozy, elevating element of every great college campus that the U is lacking. If the Union is going to be rebuilt anytime soon, that's the next-best place for such a structure and I hope to see a proper clock tower as part of the design.
Second life center/gym in lower campus with sub-level parking. Many public universities have multiple gyms and it’s surprising we don’t considering how active the U’s population generally is. Adding sub-level parking to an additional gym facility would allow the project to efficiently fulfill multiple roles.
There is a great amount of accessible outdoor seating, but much of it is underutilized due to a lack of outlets. In an increasingly digital world, access to outlets would likely encourage additional use of these areas.
More parking. Cheaper parking. I understand why public transportation is encouraged BUT that is not always a feasible or safe option for many (I have been harassed many times while taking public transport and recently the bust stop near my residence was taken off UTA routes). We are a commuter school and pay thousands of dollars to the institution and we need safe and accessible ways to get to and stay on campus to earn our education. It is also often not a financially viable option to live on campus for many students, so creating more dorms is also not a solution. Thank you.
More parking that accesses different parts of campus. Its a joke that the school doesn't have this already. I have trouble making it to class because of parking issues.
We need a more central quad area on campus for students to gather and rest in between classes and when the weather is nice. Presidents circle is a good space but it’s not continent enough for students to gather. Maybe a space closer to the library or by all the business building
Nap spaces on campus for students. It can be hard for people not living on campus who have long days and large gaps between classes, and on campus nap space would be a great way to recharge.
Install a sky tram/ski lift to get from lower campus to upper campus!! Works in all weather conditions, speeds up cross-campus travel (particularly up the hill from President's circle to campus housing), and would be a fun and unique way to attract potential students
Expand satellite campuses north and south up to at least Weber county and down to Utah county. There are many students who want to attend the U, but it is simply too expensive for them to make the commute every day or move to slc. Not only for general education as well. I believe it would be helpful for medical school and other graduate programs to expand beyond just salt lake
More parking (particularly garages), more gender neutral bathrooms, increase walkability to Red Butte and NHMU, focus on sustainable building design and energy efficiency
+ More parking
+ PARKING LOTS
+ Please more U permit parking!
Only half joking.
+ Huge huge problem!!!!
+ Parking is never sustainable. It just doesn't scale. The only solution to parking is decreasing the number of cars that need to park.
The university should not expect graduate students, staff, post-docs, or faculty to avoid using their cars. Non-undergraduate members of the university (such as myself) often live off-campus and may live miles away from the university in order to purchase or rent a home more suitable for their stage in life. Partly because we are more likely to live further away from campus, it should not be expected that public transportation or riding a bike will be sufficient for transportation to the university. My commute by car is 20 minutes with no traffic or 45-75 minutes during rush hour traffic one-way. Just given the length of time alone, I will not use public transportation or ride a bike to the university (plus, driving allows me to more easily run errands). If the university wants to reduce parking and emissions issues with non-undergraduate members, remote work should be allowed where possible. Yes, many companies are trying to bring back in-person work due to presence of physical buildings and a belief among some that an office culture is beneficial. However, not everyone benefits from being in an office; some (like myself) benefit from working from home since we do not get as much work done in an office setting. Being in an office can be distracting when working on tasks that require a lot of focus, and frankly, the commute through Salt Lake City alone can be maddening and create a terrible start to the work day. Having people stay home when office work is unnecessary would reduce the number of cars on campus, reduce emissions from commuting, and make some employees happier.
As mentioned several times already, parking. There needs to be more. When a new building is built, why not build a parking garage for U and A permits underneath? Build up instead of out. It's also particularly galling to be an employee, who already has to pay for parking, only to have "special/sports events" close down lots that are near to your work space. And the only option is to park miles away and hike in just to get to work.
As someone working on achiveing a game major. I would also like to see some improvements to building 72 as the place feels empty and when I go there the best part is the classes I’m taking but it doesn’t feel like a game design building more like a computer lab.
Besides I also heard from some other students that it’s more prone to flooding than some buildings for its location mostly and being filled with computers that’s a concern for me. In addition to some rooms not being to handle too many devices at a time. So seeing the utility expanded should be amazing event though it could be troubling for anrchetecture and finacing.