Parking Facility

Question: Write a proposal that promotes ideas for improving student parking at XYZ University. " Answer: Introduction To arrange for the proper parking facility for the students of XYZ University in the downtown area within the university campus. Project Purpose There is a major crisis as far as parking is concerned with the increase in the number of students and the rising number of vehicles which are being used for communication to the university (John, 2011). The university being in a downtown area, more number of vehicles are coming up and the parking space is decreasing every passing day (Shoup, 2011). Approach The University Sponsors Program Officer has been approached and the matter has been put up before him; The area being a downtown region, suffers from over parking issues and the snapshots of this problem have been shown to the authorities; A three level parking facility in the university campus to be established; The research and design has been provided and it has also been shown that the infrastructure is already there in the university and it needs to be worked upon; The parking will be made available for all students who come in their personal vehicles at the rate of $3 per hour; Certain tactics to meet with the problem have been identified. These are staggering the class timings, efficient management of the incoming vehicles and the availability of valet parkers who can efficiently park the vehicles (Edwards, 2002). Institutional Resources To slow down the inflow of traffic, the university can think of schemes to offer incentives to those students who do not drive; They can think of developing the structure to multi level parking; Another very viable solution is to provide a van pool service (Peng, 2011). This can sort out the issue as well as raise funds for the university. Budget Around $100 were spent for identifying the costs involved. Wordy Expressions: a. Push the red button in case you see smoke rising from the cooking surface; b. more than 40% of the people polled believe that the government spending should be cut down; c. Please send further information on the new line of pesticides; d. Because two of the three highways were being repaired, I was late for my appointment by 20 minutes. Sentence Types: a. Tim got additional duties for his promotion. (Simple) Tim was given a promotion and assigned with additional duties. (Compound) Tim was assigned with additional duties in connection to his promotion. (Complex) b. Our corporate Counsel, Eileen will write the letter on our behalf. (Simple) Eileen is our corporate counsel and he will write the letter on our behalf. (Compound) Eileen, who is our corporate counsel, will write the letter on our behalf. (Complex) Parallelism: a. This is in parallel structure. b. According to the survey, most employees prefer either holding the employee cafeteria open later or its hours keeping the same. c. This is in parallel structure. d. Our career guidance book will cover writing resumes, application letters, and techniques for taking interviews. Writing Confidently: a. There is no reason why a wristwatch should not be bought for dressy occasions. b. There is no point to disagree that my offer provides good value for money. c. I am sure that my offer provides good value for money. d. I hope you will visit our gallery on your next visit to galleries in this area. Using Nondiscriminatory Language a. The mayor opened contract talks with the union who represented the policemen of the area. b. While the salesmen are at the convention, their better halves will be treated to a tour of the citys landmarks. c. Our company gives each supervisor a day off on his birthday. d. Our public relations director, Heather Marshall, will ask her secretary, Bonita Carwell, to take notes during the presidents speech. e. Neither Rev. Batista nor his secretary, Doris Hawkins, had met the family that had arrived lately. References Edwards, R. (2002).Making policy work. London: RoutledgeFalmer. John, P. (2011).Making policy work. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Peng, Q. (2011).ICTE 2011. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. Shoup, D. (2011).The high cost of free parking. Chicago: Planners Press, American Planning Association.