Distributed February 15, 2002
For Immediate Release

News Service Contact: Mark Nickel



Statement

Brown to make six-month status reports to the city about parking plans

Brown University is conducting detailed traffic studies and user group surveys and is gathering estimates for construction and operating costs of a new parking structure. Laura Freid, executive vice president for University relations and public affairs, has issued a statement about the University’s planning process.


PROVIDENCE — Executive Vice President Laura Freid has released the following statement about Brown University’s plans for addressing its campus parking capacity.

Brown University recognizes that parking is an important consideration for residents and business people near campus as well as for our faculty, students and staff. The University has completed a comprehensive parking review that examines several measures which could mitigate the parking problems and is investigating a number of options for an additional parking structure.

Parking-related initiatives being considered for implementation include investigating the feasibility of “satellite” parking serviced by shuttles, making changes to student parking policies, and adopting attendant parking.

To address a problem with its overall parking capacity, Brown plans to build a parking structure or additional lot within the next three years. The University is considering a number of sites including the Tockwotten property, the Brown athletic center near Hope and Lloyd, and below ground at Pembroke Field.

The University is conducting detailed traffic studies and user group surveys and is gathering estimates of construction and operating costs.

Brown will continue to hold meetings with community groups to gather information required for determining the best location for the new structure. The University plans to present the status of this project to the City Plan Commission at six-month intervals during the process.

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