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University of Massachusetts Lowell Campus Transportation Plan
Table 1 Current Parking Permit Purchases, 2010
Table 2 Auto Commuter Distance(in miles), 2010
STUDENTS
Commuters,
Undergrad
Commuters,
Graduate
TOTAL
POPULATION IN
CATEGORY
TOTAL
PURCHASED
DECALS
PERCENT
PURCHASED
5,367 3,672 68% 1
3,108 789 25% 2
Resident 2,974 1,317 44%
Continuing Ed 2,652 177 7% 2
Total 14,101 5,955 42%
FACULTY/STAFF
TOTAL
POPULATION IN
CATEGORY
TOTAL
PURCHASED
DECALS
PERCENT
PURCHASED
Full Time 1,263 1,177 93%
Part-Time/Adjunct 873 624 71%
Total 2,136 1,801 84%
* Satellite parkers are students and faculty/staff commuters parking in satellite parking lots.
The number of satellite permits for each individual group, students and faculty/staff, is not
known, however, the total number of satellite permits issued is presented in Table 2. Satellite
permits are no longer available.
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As shown by the data, 68 percent of undergraduate commuters purchase parking decals.
However, this value appears to be low. Based on anecdotal accounts, undergraduate students
are observed to park illegally on Lowell streets and park in UMass Lowell parking facilities
without a parking decal. It is estimated that the percent of undergraduate SOV parkers is closer
to 80 percent.
DISTANCE FROM
CAMPUS
STUDENT
PARKERS
FACULTY/STAFF
PARKERS
SATELLITE
PARKERS*
[MILES] [%] [%] [%]
0 to 1 4% 6% 7%
1 to 3 14% 20% 17%
3 to 5 8% 10% 5%
5 to 10 23% 18% 20%
10 to 20 32% 27% 29%
20 to 50 18% 18% 21%
50+ 1% 1% 1%
Mean (mi) 12.4 11.6 12.9
Median (mi) 10.1 9.0 10.5
2
Approximately 25 percent of graduate students purchase parking decals. This low purchase
percentage reflects that registered graduate students may not need to come to campus on a
regular basis. Some registered graduate students may need to fulfill thesis or other written
requirements and may not have course work. In addition, many graduate courses are during
late afternoon/evening hours when parking facility gates are up and parking decals are not
required. Most continuing education students attend evening classes when parking gates are
raised and parking decal purchases are not necessary. Gates at UMass Lowell parking facilities
raise at 3:30 PM.
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