Section D·Page 6
The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 17, 1998
Parking stickers replace hang tags for cars
Park-n-ride saves off-campus students from finding a spot
By Liz Wriston Kansan staff writer
Many students receive parking tickets for invalid parking permits and insufficient meter payments. These are some of the most frequent parking violations, said Donna Hultine, assistant director of the Parking Department.
"Some students don't seem to realize that there is no free parking." Hultine said. "A student must either buy a parking permit or be ready to pay the meter."
Four different parking permits are available based on student and faculty needs. These permits are color-coded for parking places that decrease in campus convenience based on the status of permit recipients.
The most convenient on-campus parking permits are reserved for school deans, professors with long years of faculty service and higher-level campus positions. These passes allow permit holders to park in blue lots and along Jayhawk Boulevard.
The red lots are reserved for campus design inspectors and faculty with budgetary responsibilities. The green lots are available to students who live in residence halls and campus housing, and the yellow lots are for students living in off-campus housing.
The parking department now offers parking stickers to students in place of the hang tags that have been used in the past.
The department hopes that the use of these stickers will cut down on the number of parking permits stolen each year. Students are asked to apply the parking stickers to the outside of their rear, driver-side window. The application of the sticker to the outside of the car will keep the sticky adhesive from damaging heating coils in the window, Hutline said.
"Parking should be a nonevent," said Hultine. "The new stickers provide easy vehicle clarification and keep students from losing their permits or exchanging them with friends."
The department also has added a "park-n-ride" program. The new program allows students who live off campus to purchase a special yellow parking sticker that enables them to park their vehicles in the Lied Center parking lot, and then ride a bus that takes them to campus. The combination permit allows students to "park-n-ride" between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost is $120 for the regular school year.
"It will keep off-campus students from spending their time looking for a parking spot," said Don Kearns, director of the parking department.
The new system has not been the cause for any concern at the Lied Center.
"I don't think that any parking problems will occur as a result of the new program," said Fred
"I think that it is a good idea,but it won't be helpful for everyone.I share a car and I think that it would make the program a little inconvenient for me. I also think that it is very expensive."
Jim Park Arkansas City senior
Pawlicki, director of operations for the Lied Center. "I think the system will allow students to take advantage of the campus convenience."
Some students remain unsure as to whether the program will meet the needs of off-campus students.
"I think that it is a good idea, but it won't be helpful for everyone," said Jin Park, Arkansas City senior. "I share a car, and I think that it would make the program a little inconvenient for me. I also think that it is very expensive."
For students in car pools and with multiple-car availability, the parking department will continue to provide hang tags. Larger hang tags will be available for faculty use.
Students can purchase permits at the parking department, 1501 Irving Hill Road. Fall parking stickers went on sale July 15. Kearns recommends that students purchase their stickers as soon as possible.
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