Manhattan Development & Aggieville Parking

[DQ12]

most importantly, tex winter triangle park is so k-stateo and awesome.  agree that should happen.

I love KStateo but that idea is awful.

i think it's a tremendous idea.

it's a funny name for the "park."  all parks should probably have funny names imho.

[star seed 7]

it is incredibly embarrassing we don't have real public transportation.

WELL I DIDN'T NEED IT!  -  everyone blocking it.  also see 'clams fact of old people being stupid.

[Emo EMAW]

I could have not hooked up with a fatty or two because their apartments were super close.  Just think about that.

[Belvis Noland]

I'm not sure NK has ever been to Manhattan

Seriously, though, Sunset is like a block from Throckmorton. Maybe Belvis was a mile away, but Throckmorton would still be one of the closest buildings to him.

Sunset runs north and south.  I lived a mile south of throck on sunset. Get a map.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

If you can't walk to any location on campus in under 15 minutes you are either a fatass or an athlete (they walk slow)

[Stevesie60]

There needs to be another parking garage on campus.

Nope. The opposite. Less parking garages.

Am I the only one who walked to class?

did you ever live on campus?  the derby and strong complexes desperately need adjacent parking garages.

I lived in Haymaker, right across the hall from Ayo Saba. He and I always agreed that another parking garage wasn't needed. Its all we ever talked about.

Also, he stole Capri Suns from my fridge constantly.

Well, I lived on the same floor as Freemaw his freshman year and beat him in Mario Kart a few times on the GameCube.  He always said how much a parking garage would help with football recruiting.

Pffft. I lived in Haymaker and Freemaw always parked his moped in the 30min parking. He'd have a handful of tickets everytime I walked by it. He also used to try to do tricks on my roommate's skateboard. It was quite the treat to watch.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

There needs to be another parking garage on campus.

Nope. The opposite. Less parking garages.

Am I the only one who walked to class?

did you ever live on campus?  the derby and strong complexes desperately need adjacent parking garages.

I lived in Haymaker, right across the hall from Ayo Saba. He and I always agreed that another parking garage wasn't needed. Its all we ever talked about.

Also, he stole Capri Suns from my fridge constantly.

Well, I lived on the same floor as Freemaw his freshman year and beat him in Mario Kart a few times on the GameCube.  He always said how much a parking garage would help with football recruiting.

Pffft. I lived in Haymaker and Freemaw always parked his moped in the 30min parking. He'd have a handful of tickets everytime I walked by it. He also used to try to do tricks on my roommate's skateboard. It was quite the treat to watch.

I used to leave my dorm the same time Alan Evridge would kick out his fillie for the night

Also saw Freeman passed out in a yard at a house party and someone stole his shoes 

[hemmy]

I don't care if they add it or not, but not once in my 5 years did I ever wish they had transit to get me to class.

[Belvis Noland]

 

I don't care if they add it or not, but not once in my 5 years did I ever wish they had transit to get me to class.

Just makes the school look small timey.  That's my biggest issue.  I walked to class. Never really thought much about transit, at the time.  But now, having seen a lot of other campuses, it stands out to me. 

It's basic infrastructure.  Lot of people don't live on campus.  Lot of people commute from surrounding areas.  Lot of people would use transit.  That's why it exists on pretty much any BCS campus in America. 

[michigancat]

All real parks have sweet band shells. Hope Tex Winter park can be a real park soon.

[michigancat]

Also, they shouldn't add any parking anywhere before they add transit.

[wabash909]

The fact that K-State is the only university in the BigXII without campus wide public transit should be embarrassing to everyone.

And just because you may like walking to class, doesn't make it less embarrassing.

I mean for eff sakes, it's 2013 and we still don't have a bus system.

[chum1]

I WANT A PARKING GARAGE AND A BUS SO THAT I DON'T FEEL SMALL TIMEY

AND WHAT IF OTHERS THINK I'M SMALL TIMEY OH GOD THAT'S SO EMBARRASSING

[Stevesie60]

I think it's complete crap that we're trying to make Jardine an incredible place to live yet we put it half a mile from campus and have no public transit for people to use from there. Not to mention it's on the side of campus with the least used buildings. It's especially embarrassing that we're trying to get all of our athletes to live there. Can you imagine those recruiting visits? "Here's where a lot of our athletes live. Campus is (strains) rrrriiiiigghhttt past that large white building. Yeah you can, yeah, barely see it there. No, that that large white building, the one right past it. No, right past that one. Yeah, that one."

I love that we've fixed up Jardine. But good gracious, let's make it easier to get to campus from there.

[DQ12]

Public transit:



Phase 1:

[EMAWmeister]

I've never been on a campus that is as condensed as K-State that had or needed student transit. I mean, what's it take to walk a mile, 10 minutes?

Also, isn't Sunset west of campus? How were you a stone's throw from Aggieville but a whole mile from Throckmorton?

1.1m to Throckmorton.  .6m to Aggieville.  google maps. 

My only point is that a real university, with 25,000 undergrad students, should have basic infrastructure that other real universities have.  I when I say "other" universities, I mean "every" university in the BigXII.  This isn't Haskell Indian College.

walking is great.  it's fantastic.  But, real universities have dedicated transit systems.  This has nothing to do with laziness or tuckiness.  It's about having the threshold infrastructure of a major university.     


http://www.parking.okstate.edu/
http://www.ou.edu/content/parking/.html
http://www.parking.ku.edu/
http://www.utexas.edu/parking/
http://www.baylor.edu/bus/index.php?id=31447
http://www.sustainability.tcu.edu/transport.asp
http://www.cyride.com/index.aspx?page=1
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/sga/Main_StudentServices_CitibusRoutes.php
http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Morgantown/

I live on sunset, very close to anderson, and I would rather walk to throckmorten over aggieville every day.

[EMAWmeister]

In all seriousness, we need to get Havs in on this discussion. He already has a pretty viable route for MHK Public Transit, and it's much better than the route ATA bus currently takes.

[wabash909]

Folks, there's a reason Jacob Pullen had to steal those bikes.  We gave him no other choice, due to the lack of public transportation.

And I agree with Jaksie, it's extraordinarily restarted that we continue to develop the hell out of student housing at Jardine about a mile off of campus, without a bus system in place or even in the planning stages. 

[Havs]

In all seriousness, we need to get Havs in on this discussion. He already has a pretty viable route for MHK Public Transit, and it's much better than the route ATA bus currently takes.

Here are some quickly developed maps from a few weeks ago (originating from a course I took back in 2010) when 'Meister described to me his pain and agony of being stranded in Manhattan over break with no car. There are two key anchor points at Ahearn Fieldhouse/K-State Union and Downtown/Mall where transfers can be made, and each route either passes a major institution (K-State, Aggieville, Manhattan High, Middle Schools, Downtown, Mall, Shopping Hubs) or major centers of residence for students and other residents.

Overall System


Red Line: Anderson/Bluemont


Orange Line: High School/Campus/Mall South


Yellow Line: Campus North/ Middle School


Blue Line: Campus Northwest


Purple Circulator: Campus/Jardine/Athletic Complex


Green Line: Eastern/Southern Fringe


Silver Circulator: South Campus Neighborhoods/ Aggieville


Brown Line: Campus to Middle School

[Gooch]

One time, I got drunk and walked from 12th and Moro to my apt in west loop right off seth child.  Took me 45 drunk min to make the walk. 

Diaji told me a great walking all over Manhattan drunk story on the way to the Texas game Wednesday. Dude is a marathon walker.

[Belvis Noland]

I WANT A PARKING GARAGE AND A BUS SO THAT I DON'T FEEL SMALL TIMEY

AND WHAT IF OTHERS THINK I'M SMALL TIMEY OH GOD THAT'S SO EMBARRASSING

Let me guess, it's the 'people' that make a university great.  Reminds me of the debates over on GPC about our athletic facilities.  Remember, when we were the only bigXII school to not have a bball training facility?  Pretty small timey, IMO.  But, we're K-State, we don't need them shiney, expensive things. 

[_33]

The fact that K-State is the only university in the BigXII without campus wide public transit should be embarrassing to everyone.

And just because you may like walking to class, doesn't make it less embarrassing.

I mean for eff sakes, it's 2013 and we still don't have a bus system.

Actually neither Iowa State nor Baylor have bus systems on campus.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Unless this bus system is going to pick students up miles off campus and drive them in, I just don't see the point. K-State's campus is tiny.

[CNS]

Unless this bus system is going to pick students up miles off campus and drive them in, I just don't see the point. K-State's campus is tiny.

I agree.  I don't think it should be a campus thing.  It should be a city thing.

[GoodForAnother]

I thought with the city going over $50k they'd be able to get federal funding for public transport?  has that not happened yet?