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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Parking predicament
Jason Benavides/KANSAN
Parking on the University of Kansas campus can be tough. To help students avoid the frustration of trying to find a parking spot in a full lot, the Kansan staff and correspondents surveyed campus lots Thursday, Friday and Monday. Note: The School of Business reserved metered parking spots near Memorial Stadium on Thursday and Friday for a career fair.
Campus parking, 10:16 a.m.
Open parking spots
Lot# Thursday Friday Monday
1 125 5 0
2 0 5 0
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
5 0 1 0
10 0* 0 0*
13 0 4 0
14 1 2 0
15 0* 4 0
16 1 0 3
17 1 4 0
18 0 0 0*
19 5 8 10
21 0 0 0
34 3r/24y 0 Or/0y
36 6 7 0
36 0 0 0
37 0 5 1
38 2* 0 0*
39 1 0 0
50 1/0y* 0r/9y 0
52 0/0b 0 0
53 18 16 0
54 10r/3b 18 1
58 8 0 0
59 . . . . .
61 1* 1* 0
62 2* 6 0*
70 . . . . -
71 . . . . -
72 0 0 0
73 . . . . -
90 2* 0* 42
91 0/2y 3r/15y 0/0y
92 0 0 0
93 0 0 0
94 125 70 5
117 4r/6b 4r/10b 0r/2b
125 . . . . -
127 1 6 0*
Lled E 111 41 107
Lled 687 680 689
Open meter spots
Open meters spots
Lot# Thursday Friday Monday
1 1 6 0
2 NM - -
3 NM - -
4 0 4 0
10 NM - -
13 NM - -
14 NM - -
15 NM - -
16 1 0 3
17 1 0 1
18 0 0 0
19 15 14 12
21 NM - -
34 0 0 0
35 NM - -
36 NM - -
37 NM - -
38 NM - -
39 NM - -
50 NM - -
52 NM - -
53 1 0 0
54 NM - -
58 1 0 4
59 NM - -
61 NM - -
62 NM - -
70 NM - -
71 NM - -
72 6 - 5
73 NM - -
90 7 0 5
91 61R 34 6
92 22R 15 11
94 0 60 50
117 0 0 0
125 NM - -
127 NM - -
Lled E 0 0 0
Lled 0 0 0
R= reserved
NM= no meter
= cars waiting for parking spots
r= red lot
y= yellow lot
b= blue lot
Campus parking, 1:15 p.m.
Open parking spots
Lot# Thursday Friday Monday
1 10 1r/6b 2
2 0 4 1
3 0 3 1
4 0 9 2
10 0 2 0
13 0 3 0
14 0 3 0
15 0 3 0
16 0 2 3
17 4 1 1
18 1 2 0
19 5 2 0
21 0 0 5
34 0 9/1 1r/0y
35 0 7 7
36 1 2 0
37 0 0 0
38 0 1 0
39 0 1 1
50 0 23r/53y20
52 0 4 3
53 0 110 60
54 4r/9b 37r/20b 0
58 1 6 4
59 - - -
61 3 0 0
62 0 18 0
70 - - -
71 - - -
72 0 2 0
73 - - -
90 0y/5b 0y/0b 8
91 - 11y/0r 44
92 0 0 0
93 0 0 0
94 38 25 100
117 0r/0b 8r/12b 0r/0b
125 - - -
127 24 22 16
Lied E 79 104 152
Lied 690 676 -
Open meter spots
Lot# Thursday Friday Monday
1 6 0r/1b 3
2 NM - -
3 NM - -
4 2 13 0
10 NM - -
13 NM - -
14 NM - -
15 NM - -
16 0 9 3
17 2 0 0
18 2 1 0
19 22 21 0
21 NM - -
34 1 0r/4y 0
35 NM - -
36 NM - -
37 NM - -
38 NM - -
39 NM - -
50 NM - -
52 NM - -
53 0 54 5
54 NM - -
58 0 0 0
59 NM - -
61 NM - -
62 NM - -
70 NM - -
71 NM - -
72 NA 4 NA
73 NM - -
80 0 0 2
91 NA 40 56
92 NA 11 38y/5r
94 4 5 50
117 0 0 0
125 NM - -
127 NM - -
Lied E 0 0 0
Lied 0 0 0
N= reserved
NM= no meter
cars waiting for parking spot
r = red lot
y = yellow lot
l = left lot
Parking space demand remains high; supply low
By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer
The battle continues. Each day, students, faculty, staff and visitors scramble to find parking spaces for which demand outweighs supply.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said students needed to understand that the parking department oversold the lots.
"So far, we have sold 6,018 yellow parking permits," she said. "We have 5,034 available spots for students, and that is including 1,000 spots at the Lied Center."
Last year, the Parking Department sold 6,388 permits for the entire year. Hultine said that she wasn't sure exactly how many spots had been sold at this time last year but that she was sure that there had been many more yellow permits sold this year at this point.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm selling swampland," Huline said. "But if students want to continue driving to class, they need to get here early to find a spot."
Adam Rutledge, Bloomington, Ill., junior, said students were ruthless when searching for parking.
Inere are some pretty cut-throat students out here," he said. "I've seen people waiting for spots with their blinkers on, and then someone just cuts right past them to steal their spot."
Rutledge said that only twice had he been able to
find a parking space in the lot behind the Kansas Union.
"I'm also dealing with angry visitors to the museum who can't find a spot," she said. "There is no designated parking for the Natural History Museum. There is absolutely not enough parking here."
"Usually, I'm out there fighting with the construction guys," he said.
Students are not the only ones with parking woes. Parking can be sparse for faculty and staff as well.
Beth Huerter, visitor services manager at the Natural History Museum, said she would have to be on campus by 7:45 a.m. if she wanted a decent spot.
Hultine said there had been suggestions about ways to cure the jammed lots, none of which she had liked.
"Some people want us to not sell permits to freshmen. Another suggestion is to not sell permits to people who live within a certain radius of campus."
"If we didn't sell permits to freshmen, attendance might drop. I'd only have a bunch of empty residence hall lots if I did that, too," she said. "And hopefully people who live close to campus are already riding the bus or walking. Hopefully they aren't driving
Hultine said she didn't want to implement any rules that would have a negative effect on the University.
Park and Ride gets praise for students' convenience
By Seth Jones
Kansan staff writer
Marielle Monteaux, Lawrence junior, sat on the curb and studied in front of the Lied Center as she waited for a bus to take her to campus. Her car was 50 yards away.
"I love it; it's so convenient," she said. "Last year, I'd have to get here an hour early for class just to find a parking spot."
Monteau is one of the nearly 200 students who is using the new Park-and-Ride system. Students park their cars in Lot E of the Lied Center and wait for one of the six to eight buses that stops by each hour. Park-and-Ride passes cost $120 this year.
So far, Nicole Skalla, transportation coordinator, said she had been pleasantly surprised by the program.
"I didn't think it'd sell like this," she said. "But we're very happy with the turnout."
Skalla said Park and Ride didn't work perfectly from the start.
"We had some initial kinks, but we've worked those problems out," she said. "We had some students complaining about not knowing what bus to get on, but with the signs we've got, we're avoiding confusion."
Jenny Schierbaum, Chariton, Iowa, sophomore, said she was frustrated with Park and Ride at the start of the semester.
Christina Harms, Wichita sophomore, said she used Park and Ride every time she went to campus. Last year, she paid for a parking permit and a bus pass.
“In the beginning, all the bus drivers wanted to skip over the Lied Center, so I'd have to walk over the bridge to get a bus to pick me up,” she said. “But now, the bus drivers so over there just like they do everywhere else.”
She tried the same method this year but without much luck.
"Last year, I'd park in the lot behind Robinson, close to Naismith, and catch the bus to campus there," she said.
"There were so many people looking for a spot, the parking lot was like a zoo. Most of the time, I'd end up having to park at the church across from Oliver Hall, and here I was paying for this yellow permit," Harms said. "So my roommate talked me into switching to Park and Ride and saved me about $75."
James Tsai, El Dorado senior, also lives off of the bus route and has to drive to get to class.
"I was so fed up with the parking lots, but out here I'm guaranteed a parking spot," he said. "I really think this is a great idea."
Genie Kingsbury drives one of the buses on the Lied Center route and said that Park and Ride was popular with the students.
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"I get lots of compliments from passengers," she said
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