Myth: Damaged Pavement Always Needs To Be Replaced
Over the course of time, your parking lot will likely encounter cracks, potholes and other forms of damage. This is an unavoidable part of having
Not all of the parking lots are paved and in good condition like they should be. Many students and staff complain about the gravel lots and the damages it causes to their cars. Potholes are another big problem that drivers have to deal with in their parking lots. Searching to find a parking spot, my boyfriend once hit a pot hole driving through the parking lot and it caused a lot of damage to the bottom front bumper of his car. He complained that parking was not worth messing up his car.…
Different aggregates can be used to create asphalt which include rock, sand or gravel. In order to bind these aggregates into mixtures a binder is used, commonly a material called bitumen is used. Asphalt road surfaces offer many benefits, including cost efficiency. Asphalt is safe, smooth and durable, it can be built too last indefinitely and is 100% re-useable. One of the main properties of asphalt is its durability, Durability is a measure of how asphalt binder physical properties change with age, this is often called age hardening.…
First semester and second semester of last year I got a parking ticket because there weren't any spots open In Commons 1. The first time I got a ticket I went to the store, came back, and there weren't any spots. So, I parked in the handicapped spot. The ULM police department charged me $150. Something was telling me not to go…
An Uber driver is accused as the prominent suspect of shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday, responsible for killing 6 and injuring 2 others. The suspect, Jason B. Dalton, is believed to have been providing rides to Uber customers between unexplainable shooting episodes in 3 different areas around Kalamazoo County. There have been no apparent connections found between the alleged shooter and his victims nor between the victims groups with each other.…
In this case, the entire roof will have to be replaced. Asphalt is not the only material a roof shingle is made from. There are metal shingles, wood shingles, recycled rubber shingles and slate shingles. And each of these shingles has their pros and cons and has different price points. For this discussion we will use asphalt shingles which are a very common roofing shingle…
As you may know, many of the students at Bloomsburg University commute and one area where students are permitted to park is the Geisinger Hospital parking lot area. Many students have complained about the lack of lightning. Being a solar street light construction company we would like to propose to have additional lights installed within the lots and the areas going down to the parking lot. We also propose installing lighting in the blue parking lot on upper campus. This lot is used by students that keep their car at the university while staying in campus dormitories.…
Free parking? It sounds like an idea too good to be true, and that’s because quite possibly, it is. At least that’s what Donald Shoup argues in “Yes, Parking Reform is Possible”. A public policy which allows an extensive amount of parking in a crowded city at little to no cost, regardless of budgets or consequences, will have serious negative effects to a community. Shoup predicts that we can achieve major social, economic, and environmental advantages at virtually no expense merely by subsidizing people and places, rather than parking.…
Tailgating 101 Football season is in full swing, and you know what means…tailgating season is too! Tailgating is the perfect way to enjoy football with friends and family. Delicious food and drinks, combined with good company, it’s the ultimate way to watch your favorite football team battle it out! Tailgating, however, does take a good amount of planning. Whether a novice or a seasoned pro, here are our top tips for the best tailgating experience.…
For the most part, the roads are smoothly paved and have 2-3 lanes at most. Many…
Would you rather pay the prices for theater snacks, or not have a theater at all? If people keep smuggling in their own food from home into theaters, they would be forced to shut down due to the fact that theaters wouldn’t be able to run without the profit made from the concession stand. I believe that bringing food from outside into theaters is not okay. When you bring outside food into the theater it can be disruptive, unfair to people working there, and can sometimes be illegal.…
Is Your Asphalt Parking Lot Damaged? Learn How To Repair Those Small Potholes Nobody likes to see potholes in their parking lot. It not only looks horrible, but is a potential safety risk for customers that pass over them every single day. Thankfully, it’s easy to repair these potholes on your own if the damage is only a couple inches deep or wide.…
“Jenny Lazo gets to school at 7:30 a.m. to attend a 9 a.m. class. Despite her efforts, she still struggles with getting there on time. “There is never any parking. I have to circle that parking lot so many times,” said Lazo, a 21-year-old InterAmerican Campus student. “And by the time, you arrive at the gate, the guard tells you that there are no more spots, to keep going around the block.…
Every time a so-called ghetto neighborhood is mention on television, it is always in reference to the unemployed, under employed, Section 8 or welfare recipients. If you listen to the television, you would think that the aforementioned types of people are the only people who live in these kinds of neighborhoods. Of course you now know from my first hand experience that this is not true. There are diverse population of different professionals like teachers, plumbers, nurses, bus drivers, mechanics, bookkeepers, construction workers, and so on, who also live in low income neighborhoods for a varieties reasons. They just do not make the news.…
Society nowadays face many problems as a whole, as well as problems individually in different neighborhoods. In the surrounding area of Woodside, Queens there are many issues in which should be fixed in order to provide a happier living environment for its residents. People toss litter around like a game of basketball, except there’s no hoop around to aim it in (simile and irony)! Although it is a personal choice to litter and be impatient to locate a trashcan, lack of trash bins for disposable waste is a major issue. Let’s say you go out for a walk with a bag of chips.…
From an economics perspective, the market for airport parking in the city of Melbourne would be a monopoly (assuming that this is limited to the parking that is a part of Tullamarine airport). A monopoly is defined to be a market type where is only one firm operating with absolute market power, with no close substitutes and a large barrier to entry. Firms operating in this market are required to have proximity to the airport, with a large area available for cars to park, and the resources to monitor and ensure the security of these vehicle. These factors require both significant capital and government approval beforehand – ensuring that entry into the market is near impossible. As other firms are unable to enter the market, the sole firm operating…