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Volume 47
Number 8
November 23, 1976
Traffic Difficulties Reviewed
In Commuter Student Study
In January of 1974, Professor
Howard Crandell began a
Study with his students in
"Civil Oesign Case Studies" on
commuter travel to the college.
The success of this study
encouraged two more years of
research. The following are the
results of this study.
The data for the study was
gathered by written question-naire
from a representative
sample of the student
population of the College.
Four hundred students were
interviewed. We also made a
complete analysis of student
population distribution from
student records.
The questions we asked
related to travel mode, trave
time and distance. Students
were asked what difficulties, if
any, they were encountering in
getting to school. It was learned
that 85% of the 6400 daytime
students commute to school,
the remainder live at the college
dormitories on campus. 95% of
the travel to school is by car,
with a single occupant in each
car in 90% of the cases. 66% of
the students live within 10 miles
of the College. Figuring the
cost of gasoline and oil at 7c per
mile, 5000 students making an
average round trip of 20 miles
per day spend $1,000,000
annually for this item of travel
alone. The $200 per student
annual cost for gasoline and oil
is more than 25% of the cost of
tuition. In addition, it costs the
college $30 annually per
student to subsidize personal
transportation to 'provide
parking facilities and traffic
regulation on campus.
Surprisingly enough, very
few students express a concern
for the rise in price of gasoline
to twice its cost before the
embargo, aUhough the cost of
o p e r a t i n g a car is a
considerable portion of a
student's cost of living. Some
students stated that they wuld
simply have to work longer
SUMMARY
ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL TO SCHOOL DATA
(400 students from 13 programs of study were interviewed)
Mode of transportation:
car 380 95%
other 20 5%
Drive alone 342 90%
car pool 38 10%
Number of people in car pool:
two 15 38%
three 25 62%
Travel time (Minutes)
1-15 156 39%
16-30 104 26%
31-45 77 19%
46-60 63 16%
Travel distance (miles)
1-5 96 24%
6-10 120 30%
11-15 42 12%
16-20 64 16%
21-25 16 4%
26-30 16 4%
31-35 12 3%
36-40 28 7%
Entrance used to campus:
Route 110 188 47%
Melville Rd. 212 53%
Interviewees:
Sophomores 240 60%
Freshman 160 40%
hours on their after-school job
to meet increasing expenses.
The study points up the lack of
adequate public transportation
to the College, the inability of
students to form car pools due
to lack of uniform scheduling
of classes, and a deficiency of
parking facilities on the
campus, with a resulting
confusion and ill-will generated
between the students and the
school.
The report notes the
disappearance of fields, woods
and open green spaces on a
lovely suburban campus, as
they succomb to asphalt
parking lots. Thirty percent of
the total campus area, and
eighty percent of the built up
area of the campus is devoted
to parking fields. Keeping in
mind that the value of
surrounding land in the area
has increased to as much as
$100,000 per acre, it is
recommended that land
utilization policy on campus be
revised to reflect these
economic costs, as well as the
social value of open green space
that cannot be replaced at any
price. Means to develop
alternate modes of trans-portation
to the college are
discussed.
Two Positions Filled
Dr. Darryl B. Feldman of
Flushing and Mr. Henry
Walker of East Northport have
joined the staff of the Division
of Student Affairs at the State
University at Farmingdale.
This announcement was made
jointly by Dr. Charles W.
Laffin, Jr., President of
Farmingdale College and Dr.
Paul Bedell, Vice President of
the Divisifin. Dr. Feldman will
assume the duties as the
Director of Counselling and
IDC Fee Ruled Illegal
Dorm students from now on
will not have to pay a $7.00
dormitory fee. A New York
State Law states that it is illegal
for any other organization
other that Student Govern-ment
to charge the students as a
fee. The Student Government
is only charging $35.00, but
totaled with the $7.00 dorm fee,
the dormitory students have
been paying $42.00 a semester.
The fee of $7.00 went toward
the Inter-Dormitory Council.
This is an organization
r e p r e s e n t i n g the dorm
students. They provide the
students with social events for
each of the eight dorms here on
campus. The money also goes
toward dorm improvement
such as new furniture, office
supplies, and painting the
rooms.
I.D.C. President Jim Ford is
now looking for a new means of
maintaining I.D.C.'s budget.
Meetings between President
"Ford" and S.G.A. President
Marc Sanders will hopefully
bring about a solution. S.G.A.
plans their budget in March of
the previous year. Therefore
any help that may be offered by
S.G.A. cnnot take place until
the fall semester of 1977. I.D.C.
will be asking for a share of the
$35 activity fee. S.G.A. does
not that that they will be able to
provide I.D.C. with the full
$7.00 but they will try to fit
I.D.C. into their budget. If
I.D.C. does not have enough
money to carry on their normal
functions then money making
benefits will be held to
maintain their budget.
Mr. WAlker has been
appointed Coordinator of
Veterans Affairs.
A graduate of Queens
College with a B.A. degree in
Psychology in 1969, Dr.
Feldman received his Master's
degree in 1973 in Clinical
Psychology, and two years
later, was awarded his Ph.D.,
also in Clinical Psychology
both from Long Island
University.
P r i o r to coming to
Farmingdale, Dr. Feldman was
a member of the Jewsih Board
of Guardians Infant Home of
Brooklyn. He was responsible
for diagnostic testing and
intake interviews for the
resident children. He also was
on the staff of Mt. Sinai
Hospital nd the City Hospital
Center in Elmhurst where his
expertize was in the area of
s p e e c h p a t h o l o g y , and
communication disorders.
At L.I.U., Dr. Feldman was
an Adjunct Assistant Professor
and taught courses in Child
Development. He is a member
of Psi Chi, which is a national
psychology honor society. As
Director of Counselling, Dr.
Feldman will provide service to
the students along educational,
social and emotional lines.
Dr. Feldman, an avid
photographer, is married; his
wife Phyllis, will receive her
Ph.D. in Psychology from
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