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Planning & Operational Principles

 

Planning & Operational Principles

Parking and Transportation Committee

Dartmouth College

20-Apr-06

 

 

Planning

 

  1. Reinforce the pedestrian character of the campus
    1. Facilitate walking, bicycling, use of public transportation
    2. Strengthen  and improve the network of pedestrian walks and bike lanes

 

 

  1. Preserve and enhance the campus landscape
    1. Reinforce open space through the placement and design of landscaping, parking lots, roadways and walks

 

 

  1. Promote pedestrian and bicyclist safety
    1. Delineate well-lit roadway crosswalks with clear sightlines
    2. Minimize the potential for pedestrian/vehicular conflict at intersections and along roadways

 

 

  1. Provide parking locations appropriate to the type of use
    1. Proximate lots – visitors (may need to expand; approximately 50-70 vehicles per day take a green permit space), disabled, faculty, staff
    2. Peripheral lots – faculty, staff, service vehicles, construction workers, Hanover Inn patrons
    3. Satellite lots – faculty, staff, students, special event

 

 

  1. The location and assignment of parking should respond to the different needs of commuters and visitors to Dartmouth.

 

 

  1. Maximize support of the College mission (i.e. education, research) through the allocation and location of parking

 

 

  1. Minimize traffic congestion within the central Town of Hanover through the geographic placement of satellite lots along the major faculty and staff commuter routes.

 

 

Operational

 

  1. Improve the capacity, convenience and timeliness of shuttle bus service between the Hanover campus, DHMC, Centerra, perimeter lots and satellite lots.

 

 

  1. Tailor permitted parking lot locations and transit operations to the home origins and entry routes of faculty and staff.

 

 

  1. Market and effectively communicate regional and inter-campus transportation alternatives.

 

 

  1. Provide financial incentives to decrease the demand for Proximate zone parking spaces.

 

 

  1. Implement physical restrictions (e.g. gates, card-access) to limit use of high-demand parking lots.

 

Last Updated: 4/21/06