Students Perceptions of Parking
Parking is generally a major issue on most campuses. We addressed parking in this survey to identify how many students own parking permits, the cost of parking and the convenience of parking on the Concordia College Campus.
Just over 75 percent of survey respondents have parking permits (Figure 20).
Figure 20. Students with Parking Permits (n=452)
The highest concentration of parking permits issued on the Concordia campus were in the FP and C lots, according to respondents (Figure 21)
Figure 21. Parking Lots Used by Survey Respondents (n=343)
Concordia students are not happy with on-campus parking conditions (Figure 22). Greater than 50 percent of respondents rate Concordia's parking convenience as either poor or very poor, whereas less than 3 percent of respondents rate the parking convenience very good.
Figure 22. Parking Convenience (n=452)
Parking affordability has a different shape. Over 54 percent of respondents rate parking affordability as either very good or good, and less than 5 percent rate affordability either poor or very poor (Figure 23).
Figure 23. Parking Affordability (n=452)
Campus Public Transportation
Three questions were asked to help identify the current demand for Concordia public transportation and where services could be added. First, students were asked if they planned to take Tri-College classes. Only 50 of the 445 respondents indicated they planned to take Tri-College classes. Second, those who answered yes to taking Tri-College classes were asked if they would consider using the MAT bus to get to and from Tri-College classes. Just under 40 percent of respondents indicated they would consider taking MAT buses to Tri-College classes with roughly the same percentage indicating they would not consider taking the MAT bus (Figure 24).
Figure 24. Tri-College Students Who would Consider taking MAT Bus (n=445)
Finally, students were asked if they would use a MAT Circulator route serving the MSUM and Concordia campuses that runs with approximately 15 minute intervals (Figure 25). Twenty percent of respondents indicated they would use the MAT Circulator and almost 50 percent indicated they may use the circulator.
Figure 25. Students Who would use MAT Circulator Bus around MSUM and Concordia if available (n=445)
Campus Transit Accommodation
The final two questions of the survey pertained to the desire for more heated shelters on campus and the willingness of the respondents to pay an activity fee for additional transit services. Twenty-five percent of respondents indicated they would like to see more bus shelters on campus, and 40 percent said they would like heated shelters (Figure 26).
Figure 26. Desire for More and Heated Shelters (n=445)
Finally, students were asked if they would be willing to pay an activity fee for free unlimited use of the MAT Bus around campus and the Fargo-Moorhead area. Just under 60 percent indicated they would not be willing to pay additional activity fee for unlimited MAT transportation (Figure 27).
Figure 27. Students Willing to Pay Activity Fee (n=445)