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Circulation Routes

A major goal throughout the planning has been to advance the concept of a pedestrian campus at Clemson. This idea is strongly reflected in the Campus Master Plan in the pattern of walkways and by the many outdoor gathering places, shown on Drawing 22. Attractively landscaped plazas or courtyards will visually enhance the walking experience while providing social space that will help to build community.

Walkways that link the different sectors of campus will be strengthened. As the automobile will be limited to the periphery, walkways that connect parking reservoirs to the center of campus will also be strengthened. Such changes in primary walks are shown on Drawing 23. Bus use will be encouraged by more effective routing and placement of bus stops, indicated on the drawing by the black dashed lines and blue octagons.

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Providing designated bicycle paths and bicycle racks at destination points is another way to support a pedestrian campus. This system is shown by the dashed green line on the drawing. Projected new jogging paths, important to collegial life, are the red dashed lines. Planning for the connections of campus bicycle and jogging paths to those off campus is important to the success of these networks.

Parking

Lack of parking is a common complaint at any university including Clemson. This is often a perceived deficiency as there may be enough parking, but there may not enough spaces in the most desirable places. In any case, availability of parking is critical to sustaining a pedestrian campus.

The University has appointed a Parking Advisory Committee to address parking issues and recommend solutions to any problems that arise. In April of 2002, the Committee adopted ten parking principles that are incorporated into the Campus Plan.

Ten Principles of Parking

1. There should be reasonably convenient, safe and consistently reliable parking options for everyone in the campus community, regardless of income level. "Reasonably convenient" is defined as parking within 20 to 25 minutes of one's destination.
2. Clemson should be guided by a parking philosophy that utilizes both "district" and "perimeter" strategies of parking.
3. Long-range master plans and plans for individual buildings and districts should include plans for parking.
4. The financing framework for parking services should rely more on parking permit revenue and fees than on parking citation penalties.
5. Emphasis should be placed on parking education, managements, and preventative maintenance of all parking facilities.
6. Operating within the framework of principle one, consistently reliable public transit service is integral to the success of an overall parking system.
7. Walking, biking, and other alternatives to single-occupancy vehicle use should be encouraged.
8. The campus should be a "visitor friendly" place with appropriate way finding provided to direct casual visitors to visitor parking appropriate for their ultimate destination.
9. Organized groups of visitors and regular vendors should be expected to help pay for parking services.
10. Thorough and consistent enforcement is critical to ensuring successful management of all parking facilities on campus.

Presently parking is allowed along the central campus streets, which negates the basic planning premise that Clemson be a pedestrian campus. Allowing roads and parking in the center of campus is both unsafe and unsightly, especially on the historic campus. As the amount of parking is increased, these spaces will be eliminated; and bus service will be improved.

Currently there are 13,158 parking spaces on the Clemson campus. This translates to 83 spaces per 100 students. The average from our database comparing eighty institutions is 55 spaces per 100 students. For a direct comparison, the following table shows the amount of parking at institutions of equivalent size. The numbers range from 36 to 69 spaces per 100 students, well below the 83 spaces at Clemson. This data suggests that either there are more cars per capita on the Clemson campus or that, since there is a feeling that parking is insufficient, concentrations of parking may not be in the preferred locations.