Comments on: What Parking Problem? http://www.myfountainonline.com/parking-problem UCA's Daily Newspaper Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:43:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin http://www.myfountainonline.com/parking-problem/comment-page-1#comment-291 Justin Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:54:40 +0000 http://www.myfountainonline.com/?p=3872#comment-291 Of those 6,486 spots on campus, how many are faculty only? How many are resident only? How many are handicapped, visitor, time-limited, metered, or motorcycle spots? I'd wager at least half of them. I'm not a huge contributor to gripe about needing more parking. I realize it is an issue, and I also realize certain budget constraints that prevent us from doing much about it. But to boldly deny that this is a problem is completely asinine. An inconvenience is walking five minutes to class. A problem is having to walk fifteen minutes to class in the pouring rain, from a remote parking lot that will likely flood your car anyway. (Namely, University Park, and Hughes parking lots). It is a problem, and instead of denying it, Daves should perhaps be explaining that due to budget and space constraints, we can't afford to address it at the moment. Given Daves' estimation of $1,000 per parking space, a simple solution could be to introduce more metered parking. Each spot (at $0.50/hour) could generate (potentially) $3-4 per day. It would take fewer than two years to recoup the expense. (Additionally, $15 parking tickets for those who don't pay their meter add up rather quickly.) Of those 6,486 spots on campus, how many are faculty only? How many are resident only? How many are handicapped, visitor, time-limited, metered, or motorcycle spots? I'd wager at least half of them.

I'm not a huge contributor to gripe about needing more parking. I realize it is an issue, and I also realize certain budget constraints that prevent us from doing much about it. But to boldly deny that this is a problem is completely asinine. An inconvenience is walking five minutes to class. A problem is having to walk fifteen minutes to class in the pouring rain, from a remote parking lot that will likely flood your car anyway. (Namely, University Park, and Hughes parking lots).

It is a problem, and instead of denying it, Daves should perhaps be explaining that due to budget and space constraints, we can't afford to address it at the moment.

Given Daves' estimation of $1,000 per parking space, a simple solution could be to introduce more metered parking. Each spot (at $0.50/hour) could generate (potentially) $3-4 per day. It would take fewer than two years to recoup the expense. (Additionally, $15 parking tickets for those who don't pay their meter add up rather quickly.)

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