October 2008

Parking Office Issues

October 13, 2008 by Anonymous

by Martin Rottler

A few days ago I came across an e-mail posted at work about a series of “town hall” meetings to share information about the recommendations of a so-called “Parking Task-Force” on campus. This group of people had apparently been commissioned by Vice President Robert Gallager to undergo the daunting task of recommending several fixes to the bane of every faculty, staff, student and visitor’s existence on campus: the Parking Office. These recommendations include the following two items that caught my eye:

Raising the cost of a Faculty/Staff permit to $225 per year (THREE TIMES the cost of this year’s price).

Raising the cost of a Student permit to $155 per year (that’s more than DOUBLE the cost of this year’s price).

In 2005, permits cost students $40. An overpriced parking garage was still a pipe dream and promises were made to pave several parking lots (including the one behind Archives). Since then, the garage that no one wanted has become a reality and the lots promised to have been paved are still covered in gravel.

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