Tulane University Master Plan My Campus Analysis

My Campus

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50%

14%

29%

0% 2% 1% 4%

Student Staff

Faculty

Post-Doc Alumni

Parents/relatives Other

824 total

responses

3% Of student body

responded to the survey

10% Of full time faculty

responded to the survey

7% Of full time staff

responded to the survey y

CONNECTIVITY LIVEABILITY LEARNING

GATEWAYS WALKABILITY DRIVEABILITY BIKEABILITY PUBLIC TRANSIT PARKING

My Campus GATEWAYS

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• Primary gateways are along St Charles Avenue, Freret and Willow Streets

• Secondary access points via side streets are typical.

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de streets are

My Campus GATEWAYS

• Responses identify gateways by parking garages and buildings, rather than by campus boundaries

• Most responses paired safety concerns with gateways (when they leave their car or bus)

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erns with gateways

My Campus ALL COMMUTING

40% of responses indicated a commute time of ten minutes or less

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My Campus WALKING

46% of responses indicated walking

to campus*

*Survey question elicited multiple responses

UPTOWN • McAlister Place serves as the major

artery through campus, but students also take advantage of Law Road and Engineering Road to get from the Academic side of campus to the middle of campus

DOWNTOWN • The downtown campus is a largely

vehicular destination

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My Campus TRANSIT

• The streetcar is the most popular method of public transit – connecting Uptown to Downtown

• The No.16 bus along Claiborne is the second most popular method of public transit

• The Green and Blue lines are identified as the most popular shuttle routes

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My Campus TRANSIT 7%

of responses indicated using public transit to get to campus

9% of responses indicated using the Tulane Shuttle to get to

campus

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My Campus TRANSIT

• Over half of paths leading downtown connected back to the Uptown campus

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My Campus PARKING + ROUTES

Bikes Cars

• There is not enough bike parking in heavily trafficked areas around campus

STUDENTS ONLY 11 1

My Campus PARKING + ROUTES

Bikes Cars

• The Downtown campus is car dominant and has a limited amount of bike traffic and bicycles parking on or around the campus.

STUDENTS ONLY 12

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My Campus PARKING + ROUTES

Bikes Cars

• Faculty and Staff are more likely to drive to campus and are more likely to need to park during peak hours

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My Campus PARKING + ROUTES

Bikes Cars

• Faculty and staff mostly park in garages or the surface lot next to Murphy

• Faculty and staff see garages as safe alternatives to street parking, biking, or public transit

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as safe alternatives totransit

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CONNECTIVITY LIVEABILITY LEARNING

LIVING SAFETY DINING SOCIAL RECREATION OUTDOOR SPACE

My Campus LIVING

21% live on campus

40% Of respondents live greater than two miles from campus

• 21% of responses live on campus – 60% of students

• 40% of all responses live greater than two miles from a campus

• 54% of students living off-campus would live on campus if apartments or suites were offered* *Survey question elicited multiple responses 16 1

My Campus LIVING

• 38% of students rated being close to friends as their highest priority for housing*

• Second highest priorities were cost and proximity to campus

*Survey question elicited multiple responses 17

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My Campus LIVING

• Downtown campus students live in Deming to be close to classes and study spaces. Affordable housing is lacking in the immediate area.

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My Campus SAFETY - DAYTIME

UPTOWN • Vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian conflicts are

viewed as problematic for most comments

DOWNTOWN • Comments reference crime-related

and transit or vehicular issues as the major problems both during the day and at night

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s both during the

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My Campus SAFETY - NIGHT

64% of responses cited lack of

lighting as the biggest safety issue on their commute*

*Survey question elicited multiple responses

• The presence of Tulane police improves safety perception on and around campus

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and around campus

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My Campus SAFETY - NIGHT

73% of responses stated that

better lighting around campus would make

them feel safer*

*Survey question elicited multiple responses

• 62% of responses believe that the Tulane Police escorts make the campuses feel safer

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l safer

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My Campus SOCIALIZING

UPTOWN • Sophomores identified most socializing spots off campus • Freshmen promoted on-campus social activities and were

more insular • Socializing is tied closely to commercial corridors with

dining

DOWNTOWN • There is an even mix of responses from

Uptown and Downtown that go to the French Quarter for socializing

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wn that go to the ocializing

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My Campus DINING

• Dining is an intrinsic part of the surrounding areas on the Uptown campus

• Faculty and staff icons co-mingle along Freret and Maple Streets

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My Campus DINING

• Students, faculty and staff are less likely to leave campus for dining options than their Uptown campus cohort

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My Campus RECREATION

• Reily is very popular among students, faculty and staff but is overcapacity

• Many downtown students pay to join Reily but would prefer a gym on the Downtown campus

General Low quality

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My Campus OUTDOOR SPACE

General Low quality

• Students will travel far distances to access outdoor space for recreation and socializing

• Aububon Park and City Park are popular spaces among all responses

• There is a major need for access to good-quality, safe outdoor spaces and recreation spaces near the Downtown campus

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CONNECTIVITY LEARNING LIVEABILITY

My Campus STUDYING

STUDENTS ONLY

• Students study in many traditional locations as well as non-traditional locations

• Not many students referenced studying in classrooms

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My Campus KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Responses generally indicate that safety issues could be resolved through on campus and off campus improvements. 2. Campus gateways are clear but limiting on the Uptown campus and unknown or specified by entrances to buildings on the Downtown campus. 3. Students, faculty and staff would like to see investment in the downtown campus – for classrooms, outdoor space, recreation, working spaces, and study space. 4. Connections should be leveraged between the Uptown campus, and Downtown and University Square campuses. 5. There are many opportunities for high quality study spaces both indoors and outdoors on the Uptown campus. *Survey question elicited multiple responses

Response Priorities 1. Safety 2. Dining3. Gateways 4. Outdoor spaces 5. Collaboration 6. Socializing 7. Studying 8. Working 9. Living

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