The pain of parking on campus
August 23, 2017
Video by Colin McCann & Tristan Reyes
With the fall semester just starting, there is a huge influx of students. The start of classes means that parking is quite hectic, especially in the garages which are packed to the brim.
The Arena Garage is one of the more crowded places to park since it’s close and is only a short walk to campus.
By 8:30 a.m., cars were lined up down the street to get into the garage. Some people had to park on the top floor of the garage or even retreat to gray lots on the outskirts of campus.
Students and faculty members alike are feeling the pain of not only parking during the first week back, but also the adjustments that come with the new rules on backing in and the switch to electronic parking passes.
People expressed their opinions on the matter of parking on campus in the overpopulated garages.
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N01373349 • Aug 25, 2017 at 11:42 am
I wasn’t actually going to say anything because parking is parking on a school campus, it sucks in general. However, after having to walk in the rain to the closest shuttle stop I am quite irritated. Mind you the closest shuttle stop wasn’t close to my class. Out of all of the campus there is only one gray lot that actually has shuttle stops and the other you have to walk to the main campus and it’s not close either. I understand that gray lots are further out but it’s not fair that there are only a number of shuttle stops along the way and it doesn’t go around the campus. For instance there isn’t a library stop which in my case would help greatly. I am irratated that we don’t have a better parking system for a university. I have a profesor who even complained about parking. Even more we all already pay a butt load for tuition and then have to pay for parking and the parking sucks. I haven’t been an on campus student long but I can already tell you I am not satisfied!
n00439076 • Aug 24, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Many large trucks and SUVs that would normally back in all the way to the wall using their rear facing reverse camera are now unable to.
It is difficult to determine exactly how far to pull up in a large truck or SUV.
Many large trucks and SUVs are sticking out into the aisle because they are unable to reverse into the space.
Additionally, forcing everyone to park forward requires everyone to back out of their space when leaving. This is setting people up for parking lot backing accidents that would normally be avoided.
I understand the cost savings of automatically checking the license plates but I am very disappointed that whoever decided to implement this process failed to consider the other issues here.