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Florida International University Parking

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Purpose: I hope to provide possible ways to improve the services provided to aid the parking issues that are found on the Florida International University. The issue of parking at Florida International University is the lack of being able to find parking at most given times. There are a lot of times where I have arrived at Florida International University and have spent over 20 minutes driving in circles trying to find a parking spot. And I am not the only one. Martina Bretous writes in one of her article posts. “It always starts out the same way: a race to the elevator entrance at the sight of anyone entering the garage followed by a head popping out of a lowered car window yelling ‘Are you leaving? (Bretous)’” I would use this excerpt to …show more content…

Though students are not the only ones suffering from the parking issue. According to the FIUSM Editorial, “FIU’s status as a commuter school should mean the University has enough parking spaces available to fulfill the need of its community. But, it doesn’t. The University’s parking problem is not just a student problem, it’s affects the community as a whole (FIUSM Editorial).” To get this point across I plan to use a solution argument to be able to properly state the solutions to the parking problem Florida International University has provided, and show the flaws that the services have within them and ways that we could better than to actually make an impact on the commuting students parking experience. I decided on this purpose because many people already know Florida International University has a parking issue, as well as many universities around the country, but to be able to offer them alternatives to be able to help the problem seems to be the best way to go rather than just informing them of what they already know …show more content…

Although some progress has been made, the solutions Florida International University has implemented have not been successful in helping the parking problem.” The reason I choose this to be my thesis is because Florida International University has implemented programs, such as the carpool programs or mass transit services, but they are not effectively advertised or executed to the point where students feel motivated enough to want to participate in the services. Another of the services that I plan to talk about is the parking space locator. The parking space locator is beneficial, but it can be improved, for example, it only says how much space is taken up in a parking garage, given in percentages, but it does not show on which floors the free spots are located. Clemson has a similar system with the exact location though, “…students can grab their smartphones before they hop in their cars, home in on precious empty spots, and drive straight to the destination. That’s a far cry from the experience of circling blocks and lots for half an hour in search of a spot (Fliegler).” I feel that with that little bit of information could make the service much more

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