| Entrance - designate an athletic corridor. Tennis facility - south through track for expansion. |
| North/south pedestrian corridor needs to be established. It would be nice to see a tunnel through Romney and the PEC so that Montana Hall is your focal point. |
| Where is the entry to the campus? Are there identified campuses within the campus? |
| Entrance/connection - close Grant from 11th to 7th to make pedestrian corridor. |
| You'll never stop people from taking the shortest routes from point A to point B, but you can make them look nicer. |
| There are many runners, bladers, etc. on campus and in the area. A "jogging trail" marked and maintained as such that winds through the campus would be nice. Perhaps consider a European style path? |
| Designate 4 main entrances to campus. |
| We aren't doing much to support biking. Too few bike racks, don't accommodate mountain bikes, clogged with abandoned bikes and parts. No bike paths. I have to pay to register a bike?! You should pay me for not driving! |
| Though cow paths are unsightly, they cannot be eliminated without drastic fencing measures. Put in paved paths where needed, just deal with it where not. It won't kill you. |
| Conditions of walkways during snow is poor. Broken sidewalks and walkways in wrong spaces. |
| Get rid of stairs at exterior entrances - in planning consider weather issues. |
| Develop campus west of 19th. Walkway over the top of 19th for access at several points. |
| Covered walkways for new building and connectors. |
| Concerned about increasing traffic on Harrison, College, and south 8th due to a parking garage in the area. Lots of families and kids in these areas! |
| Auto traffic - there are no main arteries on campus. Kagy/Garfield need to go through to the west and another "19th" needs to be built farther to the west. |
| Work with the city to minimize effects of traffic on minor streets; channel traffic onto major arteries. |
| No main gate to Campus. Need gates on North-South corridor. Need an Athletic gate. |
| All building designed with entrance steps heated by subsurface system or ramps only. Steps are dangerous and difficult to maintain in winter. |
| Improve 8th Street entrance to campus. |
| No bikes allowed on campus. |
| Put sidewalks in where the "cattle trails" are on campus rather than putting sidewalks in and having people walk in other areas. |
| Connect SUB to Library - Annex. Make it a student-centered enclosed solarium space; more vibrant than library. |
| Bike - pedestrian conflicts; how to address this - encourage more bikes. |
| Encourage bicycles and bike parking - alternative means of transportation. |
| Create bike-friendly ways to traverse campus. |
| How about a large block-size indoor or covered walking area? Maybe a big "tunnel" above ground connecting several buildings where we can walk, especially during winter. Like skywalks in St. Paul. |
| Regions planned for commuters coming to work on campus. |
| Tour routes for "Campus Visit" - Design/designate 2 routes through campus: one drivable, one pedestrian. These should receive best design and maintenance treatment/dollars and should highlight the best the campus has to offer visually in terms of buildings and landscape. Should be protected from construction blight. |
| Covered walkways help with snow and ice. Heated walkways on campus. |
| Add gravel sidewalks where paths are worn through the grass. |
| Do not "baby" campus users - encourage walking for those who are able, while providing convenience for handicapped (not lazy). |
| Bicycle lanes through the campus. |
| Encourage and accommodate bicycle usage as well as pedestrian traffic. |
| Provide "drop off" places for drivers with passengers for campus that are safe and well-marked. |
| MSU should become involved with community mass transit system to alleviate some parking problem and massive parking lots. |
| "A short 10 minute walk" from parking to our office is NOT OK under icy conditions. Small lots similar to the one for Roberts Hall is a great idea for staff. Larger lots farther away will work for students. |
| ….So students can fall and break their necks??? |
| Promote healthy lifestyles - encourage walking with realistic sidewalk designs where people walk! |
| Please minimize steps (exterior). Safer - less snow removal hazards. |
| Walking surfaces need to be level, smoother (i.e. cobble of Mall - rough and irregular). |
| Need covered walks. One now needed is to connect parking by Fieldhouse to campus. |
| I would like to have pedestrian bridges across College and Kagy for those of us that walk and fear crossing these streets during busy hours. |
| Second floor walkways between close buildings, covered and glassed in. |
| Encourage all forms of alternative travel on campus. |
| Plan for bicycle parking - numbers, location. Provide adequate, suitable (hard surface) bike rack areas. Continue standardization of bike racks. |
| Travel within campus - having a circular driving area for bikes to go around the outside edge and maybe electric commuter busses or trolleys to move pedestrians within campus as it gets bigger, also name the sidewalks after mountains or famous people on campus so they find their way around easier. Baby boomers getting older or handicapped people. |
| Eliminate/discourage "desire lines" across lawns (paths people create to get from point A to point B faster). |
| Enforce areas where bikes should be pushed, not ridden, in busy areas. |
| Spend some time on traffic flow. Can bus service be added from the far parking lots to campus, or make an MSU parking lot in Belgrade or Four Corners that staff can park there and be bussed to campus in time for work at 8am. Entice folks by having these be no fee lots. |
| Many people now - and many more as development grows - use S. 7th from Figgins and Alder Creek, and other subdivisions, by foot and bicycle. But crossing Kagy and competing with the VLT Building traffic is difficult. Make all of 7th pedestrian and bike friendly. |
| Require all freshmen to NOT bring a car to campus. Relieves existing parking, promotes riding bikes and bus. |
| Establish/maintain vehicular connections across/through campus. |
| Provide continuous shuttle services from other spots in town, especially when there are big events. |
| Work more toward community transit issues/parking problems. I would use a park and shuttle service. |
| Campus access intimidating to non-campus community. |
| Covered walkways and bike racks. |
| Heated sidewalks? Increases safety but should we use our resources for this. |
| Campus & facilities Services need to have ways to service buildings without having to drive trucks and vans on sidewalks. Aesthetic horror! |
| The campus should have designated bike lanes and corrals all through campus. |
| If new buildings are built on the Mall, can skyways connect them. |
| Do not have major student crossings over busy streets. i.e. Eleventh and Nineteenth. |
| To make/open underground tunnels for students to use during winter months and rainy days. |
| No covered walkways. Heat the darn things. Save the scenic sightlines and outdoor social space. |
| Make it safer for bike riders on campus (maybe close-off some streets like Eleventh). |
| Use buses on weekend nights to discourage drunk driving. This will improve the standards in Montana, and help MSU students not to make bad decisions. Buses run from housing/campus stops to bars and back again at scheduled times. |
| Eliminate the current campus bus system. Instate a parking shuttle system. Create with the City a City/MSU bus system. Reorganize routes, pick-up times and drop-offs. |
| A focus on alternative travel. |
| Bike racks near Library. I know it is against the rules, but the bikes are there anyway and ugly. |
| Gravel walking paths that won't turn into mud though the open spaces. |
| It would be nice if the City would actually plow the roads to make biking and walking accessible in the winter. |
| The service drives for many buildings are too visible. |
| Bike racks: Keep bikes OFF ALL lawns. |
| An expanded bus system would greatly improve existing traffic problems. Cyride (www.cyride.com) is a well-functioning, sustainable example of a city similar to our size (Ames, IA - approx. 50,000 in size) Can we develop something similar. |
| Perhaps a bike system, and keeping more well maintained all of the existing trails, would promote biking to school and not so much driving. |
| I would like to see better bike access throughout campus. We should have bike only zones/trails NOT "No bikes allowed". |
| Less roads and more grass and trees. |
| Heated sidewalks and walkway over Eleventh of the Mall. |
| Utility easement thru farm already - request for road easement likely. |
| Nineteenth Street to become a 5 lane from Freeway Interchange to Stucky Road. |
| Encourage alternative modes of transportation. Pedestrian and bike friendly campus. |
| Negative side of shuttles - not very efficient and golf carts (for handicapped) not good most places due to terrain steepness. Would put vehicular traffic right back into the heart of campus. |
| Walkways above the streets (11th & 19th) should be considered as campus expands to the west. Separate cars and pedestrians. |
| Bike and skateboard rules should be enforced. |
| Since 19th street is going to be 5 lanes, make sure we will be able to connect the future west side and the east side campuses. Construct the new 19th underground so there is adequate pedestrian corridors to cross 19th but will appear to be ground level. Do not build overpasses. Build underpasses. |
| Encourage people to traverse campus rather than park right next to where they work. MSU-Bozeman does not have a parking problem. |
| Have commuter transportation from Belgrade (at least - would love it from Three Forks) that is reasonable price and timing schedule. |
| Consider creating dis-incentives intended to decrease ease/attractiveness of traveling to and around the campus via personal automobile, i.e. actively force/incentives alt/pedestrian friendliness/attractiveness. This will evolve perhaps "naturally" since UC Boulder has 5000 spaces for 30,000 students - as the campus grows - parking need not increase, but alternatives should. |
| Focus more on a pedestrian-friendly and bicycle-friendly design for future. |
| Covered walkway from parking - avoid ice build-ups. |
| Figure out more creative ways to direct foot traffic besides construction fences (those hideous orange ones). Use landscaping creatively. |
| Students/staff walk through campus via the shortest distance. Why not put sidewalks where they walk. Green space could be created where old "unused" sidewalks are. |
| N-S pedestrian mall (ala Centennial Mall) along 11th between Cleveland and Grant. Start planning for it now! |
| Put sidewalks in consideration of student efficiencies - quit fighting the cow paths… they materialize for a reason. |
| Cow paths through campus need to be eliminated by either placing bark or some other natural product on them or enforcement by bushes, shrubs, or other natural attractive barrier. |
| "Cobblestone" mall makes it difficult to walk, for wheelchairs, etc. Use practical materials for Montana. |
| Figure out a way to mark sidewalks and obstacles so that landscaping and infrastructure don't get torn up every winter thanks to snow removal. Stop the insanity! |
| Promote alternate transportation. It would be nice if the city plowed well enough for bikes to be used all year around. Clean bike paths, not just driving lanes. |
| Current bus route is not frequent enough to accommodate most peoples schedules. ASMSU and Galavan are currently working on an expanded system. |
| Design sidewalks where people walk naturally…Students are the only ones who can take that first step to stop cow paths by policing themselves. |
| Covered walkways - block views and hold smoke in the area - no ice, but restrictive - feeling of being trapped. |
| Heated walkways: Many people enjoy the various climate changes. Still outdoors, but may be safer. |
| Are there plans for an overpass to cross 19th, if AG was moved. Groundwater is a problem for a tunnel. |
| Need to connect to property across Nineteenth. |
| Improve bike/pedestrian access to Technology Park/Towns Farm & Marsh Lab. Nineteenth is a barrier. |
| Walking/running trails in and around campus that are quiet and away from traffic. |
| A walking loop that can be completed in 15 to 20 minutes for taking a work break. |
| Close South Eleventh to through traffic, either full-time or part-time. |
| Define a main entrance on Nineteenth, Big sign/booth. Visitor orientation. |
| Eliminate Eleventh Avenue? Close for a portion of the day? City owned road-City has turned down previous efforts. |
| Main Campus difficult to navigate. Way-finding difficult. Visitor parking unclear or non-existent. |
| Land near Nineteenth will be more accessible in the future than the central campus of today will be. |
| Incorporate (campus) entrance with Garfield. |
| Need a Visitor Center. A way to get directions. |
| Labs, such as the grain lab need to be easily accessible to the rest of Campus to allow students to work in these labs yet easily maintain their academic schedules. |
| Nineteenth will be MSU's visual Edge (for both sides) Lets develop that edge now for the future.. |
| Eliminate driving on Eleventh from College south. Would make a nice mall. This is a City street, need to approach again about reduced speed/closure during school hours. |
| Learn from pedestrian mall failures… some cars able to penetrate the perimeter actually changes the campus… and allows for people to be exposed to the campus who may not otherwise stop (no parking) and walk (time). Perhaps we think about a designated auto tour route and enhance the corridor. |
| Keep pedestrian scale - access, ease of use by bikes and walkers. Small, short "blocks" on grid roadway network. |
| Functional entries vs. ceremonial entrances. |
| Entry corridors into campus need to be improved. 8th Ave. treated like backdoor, has no sense of a front door. 11th street, 19th street need work. |
| College and 11th seems to be the entry to campus. Can it be improved? |
| Entry corridors into campus - 8th could be a fantastic entry. Need a front door - has been broken and fractured. |
| 8th is a good linkage between aisle and downtown. Trees are a positive on 8th. |
| Access to and from campus - the less time the better - quick commutes. |
| Define a campus entrance. |
| Keep major entrances to campus on major roads. |
| Give campus a "front door." Right now it would be 11th and Kagy? |
| Formal main entrance: 19th and Lincoln. |
| Campus plan revolve around a transit oriented skeleton which includes pedestrian, bike, and transit schemes. |
| Make greater use of 11th Street park. Transit stop at 11th, 8th St. as pedestrian access, 19th as vehicle access. |
| It will be critical to provide transit access in and out of campus. This will require coordination with city and state traffic control. |
| Provide shuttle system on campus. Propane powered, reduce automobiles on central campus. |
| Think transit oriented development in the 25 year plan. |
| What happened to the traffic control after the games, concerts? |
| Bus system that works with the university. Updated. |
| Pleasant pedestrian areas need to extend off-campus - provide corridors for pedestrian access to campus from town and vice versa. |
| Need a transit center and structured parking development on campus with connections to Belgrade and downtown Bozeman, etc. |
| Grants for mass transit is only temp. |
| Traffic - Harrison and Cleveland are already busy - look at safety issues of the surrounding historic neighborhood. Maintaining your historic neighborhood will enhance campus as much as campus enhances our neighborhood. Irving Elementary is on 8th. |
| Bicycle access should be considered in designing transport corridors to facilitate and encourage use of bicycles. |
| Campus roads - better access and signage. Directing traffic. |
| Open Cleveland back open (it used to be) between 8th and 11th. Would that help traffic flow? |
| Traffic flow around campus needs to be improved. Get rid of 4-way stops and add traffic lights. |
| Encourage walking and biking by easing navigation. |
| Transportation planning for easy travel between MSU campuses and future College of Technology campus. |
| Our children walk to school! K through 12! Increase traffic will endanger them. |
| With expansion of campus to west, a means of crossing 19th must be provided. |
| Need to integrate with local traffic better - important to have Lashaway et al contribute to greater Bozeman area transportation plan update. |
| Concern about traffic, safety, and historic nature of the neighborhoods. |
| Channel traffic onto major streets (19th, 11th, Kagy). |
| Need for campus shuttle system to integrate with a city plan for public transportation. Safer option for students who head into town at night and drink. Eliminates need for freshman cars on campus. |
| Sidewalks on S 7th behind MOR would be nice to have… they would provide better access to the track and to the old VLT building and to the community walking trails. |
| Do not put public transportation expense on taxpayer. Cost self-paying or forget it. |
| Public transport/campus busses - huge need - decrease the number of students/freshmen who drive. |
| Keep traffic out of the neighborhoods. |
| Concern about traffic, safety, and historic nature of the campus. |
| Provide mall electric carts on campus for elders, disabled. Individual carts and small electric shuttles for small groups of people. |
| Don’t increase traffic on Harrison, Cleveland, or adjacent neighbor. |
| No parking garage. Proposed site for parking garage will create gargantuan traffic problems - very negative for neighbors, students access to campus - very expensive for all, but only some can use. |
| Keep skeleton of Master Plan based around transit, bike, pathways. Let buildings define the edges of these. Set transit areas. Exterior spaces. |
| Expanded "Bobcat" transit is being worked on. Do we have transit drop-offs planned into this plan? |
| We like to work here, but we want to get home quickly. Coordinate with City/County re transportation routes and numbers of vehicles/day |
| Nineteenth as a 5-lane. Quicker in/out buy makes a physical barrier. |
| How does the entry work today. How will it work in the future. Likely 19th is the future entry. Still need to address the connecting between the east and west halves of Campus. |
| Get rid of the street that goes through campus (11th Street). Make it green space/landscape. |
| Pedestrian Friendly and encouraging walkways, public transit apposed to parking ramps. |
| Entry to Bozeman is important too. Seventh Avenue connects freeway to downtown. Eighth Avenue connects downtown to Campus. |
| Nineteenth Avenue does not provide good impression on drive to Campus. |
| How do we draw back into the campus, the area north of Montana Hall? Centennial Mall tends to feature and focus on the areas south of Montana Hall. It takes effort to even tour there (north) when showing someone the Campus. |
| Entrance to Campus needs to be defined. Nineteenth is the main artery. Eleventh is OK. Eighth is not so good, but probably the most common "First-Time" entrance for new comers through a pretty section of town. Right now, no one main entry into campus. |
| Hard to bike safely through town. Even marked bike lanes would help. Work with City/County to develop safe lanes. |
| Sidewalks are largely unshoveled and unsafe. |
| Walking through and along parking lots can be very intimidating. |
| When developing the campus, focus on pedestrian traffic and bicycle accessibility. |
| Promote development of bicycle and pedestrian routes to campus from growing residential areas. |
| The campus should have limited traffic running through it. Parking should be on the perimeter. We do however need more parking but not tall ugly garages. Underground parking would be best, maybe under new buildings. |
| Covered walkways to parking. |
| Traffic - main avenues need to be developed for rush hours. Alternate routes need to be developed. This is a serious issue with Bozeman's increasing population. |
| Better people circulation in the following buildings: Montana Hall, Wilson Hall, Hamilton Hall. |
| Fund off-campus paved foot and bike trails. We can't bike on ice-packed roads. |
| Widen College St. between 8th & 19th. |
| Bike rentals - see: UM's bike rental system. |
| Corridors - maintain Centennial Mall and the new corridor near Linfield and the new Chemistry building. |
| Good ideas: the Century Mall is laid out well. Trees are well situated over most of campus. Bozeman skyline is still visible today. Newest academic buildings have very good architecture. |
| The "goat trails" going through the middle of green space should be eliminated/maintained. Example: put gravel or sand down, like the City of Bozeman's trails. |
| I noticed diagonal sidewalks on the original Gilbert plan - today naturally diagonal walking paths are suppressed by ugly snow fences to save the grass. In the future, better sidewalk design would be good. |
| Develop a simple trail system on the undeveloped west end (Ag lands) of campus to give students a place to recreate and exercise close to campus similar to the M trail at the U of M. |
| How about a functional underground system? Tunnels for poor weather travel, links to basement levels… are we geologically stable enough? |
| The sidewalks in Family and Grad Housing are always icy in the winter. |
| Bus system: regular bus runs 7 days or 5 days a week traveling between campus and north of the town. The bike rack can be installed on busses and encourage students to use bike instead of driving. |
| Good ideas: street infrastructure is laid out well (streets go where they do good, no extraneous streets). Bike paths along streets help reduce sidewalk congestion. Engineering and science buildings are a single complex. |
| Nineteenth and Kagy is the first impression most new comers get of the campus - poor. |
| Up Wilson to Cleveland is a very scenic route to campus through old historic, beautiful portion of town. |
| Nineteenth is now a huge entry into Bozeman, where North Seventh used to be along with the East Main Entrance. City Needs to remake North Seventh as the entry into Bozeman. MSU remake Eighth as Main entry into MSU. |
| Rethink transportation. Discourage cars. Promote pedestrian traffic. Provide transit system and shuttles. |
| Need to loop around Montana Hall to include the north side of Campus. Need to draw people around to that north side and complete the axis. |
| Before sidewalks are installed watch how people go to and from the building for a few months. I have seen times when our Campus has had the "cow" trails between buildings and the mess the extra dirt causes to our buildings and the extra maintenance. People always develop very effective ways to move from building to building. Why fight the collective group when if you give them a very little time they will by default show you where to put the sidewalks and even the size needed. |
