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N T E R C O
MEDICAL CENTER
DUKE UNIVERSITY
VOLUME 13, NUMBER :!
MARCH, 1966
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
PARKING SURVEY STUDIED
Several months ago, question
naires were distributed to medi
cal center employees concerning
where they parked, where they
would like to have parked and
other items.
It is reported that many of
the returns were not only frank
and to the point, they scorched
the printed page.
The consensus, of course, was
that there simply aren’t enough
])arking spaces—at least not
within a half block.
Before, during, and after the
stirvey, parking jokes were fly
ing thick and fast. Cartoons can
still be found clipped and taped
above desks.
The cartoon which warmed
the hearts of nuuiy depicted a
man aj)plying for a job. The
potential employer was giving
the new man a quick rundown
of all the fringe benefits, the
advantages of the job and the
im])ressive, 5-figure salary. To
all of this the applicant replied:
“Forget all that. How’a the
parking?!”
But no matter how nuich
jokes warm the heart, they
won’t keep tight shoes from
pinching in the health-hike
from the more distant parking
lots, nor will they keep you dry
while hiking under a wet slim
mer sky.
What is the answer? ]\Iany
peoi>le suggest comfortable
shoes, a wide umbrella, long
raincoat and high-topped rain
boots. The University Traffic
Commission, however, is trying
another approach to the park
ing problem.
First the December parking
survey was conducted. Then the
results of the survey were care
fully studied in an attempt to
define the problem more specifi
cally.
The results of the survey and
the resulting studies will cul
minate in a report and recom
mendations to be presented be
fore the Traffic Commission
in April.
The recommendations result
ing from the survey will be
aimed at minimizing the exist
ing parking problems, with an
eye to their future solution.
There will also be recommenda
tions made as to what the uni
versity should do in the next ten
years to deal with on-campus
parking.
To determine Avhat should be
done in the future, studies are
being conducted (and have been
programed for a computer), in
an attempt to find some corre
lation between the number of
parking spaces needed and some
continuing factor, such as the
number of employees or—in the
case of the medical center—the
immber of beds. This corre
lation would be most helpful in
A medical lil)rarian at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, is shown
examining part of the first shii)ment of books and journals from the Duke
University Medical Center Library. Medical literature assistance to Guatemala
has now been extended to include dispatch of Xerox copies of journal articles
and copies of bibliographies produced by the Medical Center Library staff.
Any one wishing to contribute books and journals to the Duke-Guatemala
medicjjl lil)rary project is asked to call the library at Ext. 3305.
future planning of medical cen
ter expansion, for planners
would then know that if we add
so many beds or so many em
ployees we will need so many
more parking spaces.
The survey, it is hoped, will
result in a greater utilization of
available parking sj)aces. It is
also hoped that the planning
committee will be able to deter
mine the most logical location
for a multideck parking facil
ity, if such a facility is pro
posed as a practical step in
alleviating the parking strain.
IMeanwhile, wear comfortable
shoes.
2 wheel
Drive
Pet. Drive Pa.ssenger
Bus
Taxi
Vehicle
Walk
Reside
Other
Total
Medical Students
518
61.5 208
39
0
i)
65
2
1
842
Hospital Faculty
280
87.5 34
4
0
0
1
0
1
320
Hosi)ital Stalf
1568
60.3 609
314
7
i)
68
7
22
2600
Hos])itaI Visitors
1534
63.6 308
181
96
0
289
0
3
2411
Above are some of the statistics resulting from the returns of the December Xote: The data collected in December was a partial sampling which was
parking survey which was conducted under the supervision of Mr. Clyde N. expanded to cover the entire university (hero the medical center) pojmlation.
Holland, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Duke, and with the The calculations are based on the peak hour parking demand from 9:00 to
endorsement of the University Traffic Commission. 11:00 A.M.