Parking
We all know parking sucks... and we all know that it's going to get worse before it gets better. But in the mean time where are you going to park? When I park at the North lot, I give myself an extra half hour to get to class because the shuttle takes so long. (Not to mention how many times has the shuttle had to pass you up because it was full?) I used to park on the train tracks East of campus... but then they started towing... that wasn't good. What about the parking mecca in all the residential zones surrounding campus? I swear there's empty parking spots there 24 hrs a day! Only if you want to risk a $30 ticket.

Here's something that you might not know... Parking services gives out permits based on a "ratio" system. This means that they sell more permits than there are parking spots available assuming that those spots will never be totally full. While this theory makes some sense (justifying them making more money), it doesn't make any sense for parking for the dormitories. Hello... do you see any apartment complexes selling more parking than is available!?? If you live there and have paid for a permit, is it unreasonable to expect a space for you?

I remember night after night coming back to the dorms only to find no parking available... so you end up parking in the meter. What this results in is students crawling out of bed the next morning to move their car. Hopefully a spot will have cleared up, but more often than not you have to park on the street! Good luck there... those spots are often taken by those people who live in Manzanita/Juniper the night before. (Makes sense since they don't even have a parking lot.) Well, wait... can't you park in the blue across the street? Well, they might have changed this policy... but last I checked, residential is good only for residential.

So what can be done to alleviate this situation? Don't sell more parking permits than there are spaces available! (At least those living on campus!) That way students can be confident that they can come home to somewhere they can leave their car without getting a ticket.

Some distressing things that are coming in the future...

• they've increased the rate for meters in front of the JTSU. (Putting in a quarter gives you only 15 minutes now! Down from 20 minutes before!)
• They've increased parking permit rates again. (Big surprise.)
• They're building a new parking structure to help alleviate the parking mess... but in the mean time, that just makes finding parking worse!

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