Do you park your car in South Campus and take a shuttle to main campus? At least 650 students in SJSU do it.
I did a Park and Ride Lot research in last two weeks.
The shuttle schedule is from Monday to Thursday, every 15mins from 6AM-11PM.
There are 4 buses on daytime, 2 buses on evening.
2 routes are available for riders:
Route 1: Park and Ride Lot – Duncan hall
Distance: 1.13
miles
Driving time:
5mins
Walking time: 22mins
Route 2: Park and Ride Lot- Duncan Hall – library –
Engineering building – business tower – park and ride lot
Driving: 3.68
miles
Driving time:
17mins
Driving distance:
2.21 miles
Driving time:
10mins
Walking distance:
3.47 miles
Walking time:
1h7mins
Walking distance:
2.01 miles
Walking time:
39mins
Based on the information from parking service and transportation solution, I calculated the costs and benefits of the park and ride lot. Replacing a new/used bus, buses repair fee, gas fee, 7 drivers' salary, land lease, repair and maintain fee of the parking lot are included in the costs.
The utilization ratio of the park and ride lot is 77.4%, even though the university sell 95% parking spots. From the SJSU/VTA Collaborative Research (2010), the average parking utilization ratio is 74%. Tamien Station, the one close to south campus, the parking utilization ratio in this area is 71%.
