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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 9
For Faculty and Staff
OCTOBER 21, 1987
Solving campus traffic problems in five years
3,600 more parking spaces- a UCF mass transit system
A special study recently completed for
the University says the best way for UCF
to get traffic under control over the next
five years is to provide a minimum of
3,600 more paved parking spaces, coordinated with a mass transit system on
and around the campus.
The key to bringing this about is funding
for the proposed Fieldhouse with its requirement for 4,400 paved parking spaces, Scott Leftwich, civil engineer and faculty member who compiled the study,
told The Report.
"Regardless of where the Fieldhouse is
located on campus the parking that goes
along with it will provide the relief needed,
so long as we coordinate a system to
move people from their cars to where they
want to go on campus," he said. The campus master plan sited the proposed arena
for sporting events and other large-scale
indoor attractions on Central Florida
Boulevard near Alafaya Trail.
The report envisions a fleet of 15-
United Way logs
record first report
The 1987 United Way campaign at UCF
has recorded its best ever first report,
Drive Chairman W. Rex Brown reported.
On Oct. 12 the pledges and collections
amounted to $13,795.38, or nearly 66 percent of the $21,000 goal for employees of
the University. The last of three reports
will take place on Oct. 26.
"If we could broaden the base ofvolun-
teer giving it would be easier for everybody," Dr. Brown said. Dr. W. Lloyd Fernald of the College of Business was
named associate chairman of this year's
drive to bring in more faculty contributions.
passenger vans picking up students who
live in apartments near the campus and
depositing them near the Administration
Building where tram trains would shuttle
up to 65 passengers to classrooms scattered over the campus.
Surveys conducted by students helping
Leftwich indicate 69 percent of students
living in off-campus apartments would like
to leave their cars at home and ride the
bus vans. Rides would be free.
The fleet of eight vans and six shuttle
trains would be accumulated
as revenue provided the funds. Survey
cost projections suggest everybody who
goes to school or works for the University
could fund the mass transportation system if they pay an annual $16 transportation fee.
Promotion campaigns would encourage
use of the Knight Area Rapid Transit
(KART System). That name was chosen
as a convenience by those who prepared
the report. Leftwich suggests a campus
contest to pick the permanent name.
CEBAII groundbreaking
ceremony on Wednesday
A formal groundbreaking ceremony for
CEBA II will take place on Wednesday,
Oct. 28 at 11 a.m.
Speakers will include President Trevor
Colbourn, College of Business Administration Dean Clifford L. Eubanks and Richard Swann, outgoing chairman of the
Board of Visitors , College of Business
Administration.
The $10 million facilty will rise between
the College of Engineering and the UCF
Theatre and will be ready for use early in
1989.
The motive for the mass transportation
recommendation is the 3,000-space parking shortage that will grow to a 3600-
space shortage by 1990, if no parking is
added. The parking decal fund is in debt
and cannot be considered as a source for
more parking, the report relates.
A hope for relief lies in the possibility
parking needs can be considered part of
construction costs for CEBA III, CEBA
IV, Computer Center and Fine Arts/
Communication buildings.
But the best solution to catch up and
even provide for a growing enrollment is
for the Fieldhouse to get built and to have
that building contract include parking ,
Leftwich said.
Leftwich recommends rethinking the location of the Fieldhouse the master plan
sited off Central Florida Boulevard, near
the present athletic facilities and close to
Alafaya Trail.  In that location traffic for.
big events will pile up and cause jams on
Alafaya, he said.
He believes that a Fieldhouse with parking in the undeveloped northeast quarter
of the campus could still solve the University's daytime parking problem while the
longer road approaches would better
handle the heavy crunch of traffic. Off-
campus road building is important for this
Fieldhouse location.
The study foresees a major road extended from the east end of the East-
West Expressway to a beltline loop, tied
to a fourlaned McCullough Road and eastward extension of Maitland Boulevard.
Expected cost of the vans is $10,000
apiece and 65-passenger trams are budgeted at $70,000. The plan calls for buying four vans and one shuttle at a cost of
$110,000 in 1988.   The projected system
income is $286,000 for that year. Four
more vans and one shuttle would follow in
1989, while the system revenue grew to
$293,120. The van fleet would be complete.
Expecting the Fieldhouse and its parking to be ready by 1990 Leftwich recommends buying two more shuttles in 1990
and one in 1991. By 1992 he sees the cumulative total capital and operating costs
to be $1,479,000 and income to be $1.5
million.
Management of the KART System
should be by Student Government with responsibility for day-to-day operation, the
report says. A board of directors consisting of Student Government, faculty and
staff representatives should help advise
the operation of the system.
The President's Advisory Staff heard
from Leftwich and his graduate student
assistant, Arturo Perez, in September
and asked Leftwich to schedule meetings
with the Faculty Senate, Student Senate
and Staff Council to discuss the report.
Informing the campus community may
take the rest of the fall semester, Leftwich said.
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Unless a man undertakes more than
he possibly can do he will never do all
that he can.
Henry Drummond
Landscape paintings
loaned to UCF gallery
The 19th Century American landscape
paintings from the Charles Hosmer Morse
Museum of American Art can be seen
next week at the UCF Art Gallery.
President and Mrs. Trevor Colbourn cordially invite you to the opening of the
show on Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 6:30
to 8 p.m. at the gallery on the third floor of
the Humanities and Fine Arts Building.
The exhibition continues through Nov. 20.
The paintings from the collection of the
Winter Park museum are loaned through
the courtesy of the Charles Hosmer
Morse Foundation.
Student survey gives UCF
high marks for satisfaction
UCF tag
President Trevor Colbourn accepts the first state license plate with the
UCF emblem on it from Orange County Tax Collector (and tag agent)
Earl K. Wood. See ad on Page 3 tor how to get one.
A randomly selected sample of 707 students have awarded UCF high marks on
an in-depth questionnaire measuring their
satisfaction with aspects of college life
ranging from academic to campus experiences.
In the a report released last week by the
Division of Student Affairs, based on student responses to a questionnaire administered last Spring, nearly 9 out of 10 students (88.2%) reported being "satisfied"
or "very satisfied" with their overall UCF
experience. A nearly comparable proportion (84.8%) agreed that they are "proud
to go to UCF."
According to the study, a large majority
of students say they are satisfied with
their academic experience here (86.9%)
and their academic progress (84.6%).
Most respondents, the report revealed,
have gained an understanding of themselves (88.9%), an ability to learn on their
own (90.4%), a broad general education
(89.6%) and have advanced in the area of
writing clearly and effectively (83.4%)
while at UCF.
The questionnaire is a proven research
instrument, said Kenneth D. Lawson, assistant vice president for Student Affairs,
and project director. The questionnaire
was developed by Hampshire College and
has been used each year since 1975 by
the University of Massachusetts
(Amherst).
On measurements of satisfaction with
student services, the Library rang up the
greatest approval with 90.7 percent of respondents reporting satisfaction. Other
reported satisfaction levels were: Registrar's Office, 78.8%; Student Health Services, 77.4%; Financial Aid Office,
70.0%; and the Career Resource Center,
68.2%. Of students using the Veteran's
Affairs Office, more than 9 out of 10 reported satisfaction with the services provided.
At the lower end of satisfaction scale,
slightly more than 1 out of 10 students
(48.3%) felt "a sense of community" ( at
UCF.) In addition, almost 4 out of 10
thought that administrators "do not seem
to care about students."