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KU'S PARKING-LOT BATTALION "FALLS IN"
The small, on-campus parking lots are full. The big lots will not reach their capacity in the "forseeable future," according to Vice-Chancellor R. Keith Lawton.
'Master Plan' solves KU parking problem
By WILL HARDESTY
Careful planning has given KU the parking lot resources it has today.
Parking was an integral part of the KU Master Plan initiated in 1952.
Original construction and expansion of zones O and X came about through the Master Plan. Zones A and B (behind Carruth-O'Leary and JRP) were once a rock quarry. The Master Plan directed that all earth dug up for foundations in KU's building construction program be dumped in the old quarry. Now there are parking spaces for 346 cars.
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THE MASTER PLAN is just as carefully laid out for the future.
"There will be no big problems in parking in the foreseeable future," R. Keith Lawton, vice chancellor, said.
KU has parking facilities for a student population of 20,000. Lawton said.
The academic complex is designed so that no more lots can be added on top of the Hill. The only choice is further expansion of existing outlying lots.
Zones X and O will be the primary lots to be expanded. Zone X once held 400 cars. Last summer it was expanded to its present capacity of 550. In the future, it will be expanded northward to 11th Street on the east side of the stadium.
ZONE O CAN hold four times as many cars if they are parked in a more orderly manner, Lawton said.
He said the big problem of planning parking at KU is the policy of accepting all graduates of accredited Kansas high schools.
"We can never tell exactly how many students we will have," Lawton said. "We know pretty well, but can't tell for sure."
The current supply of parking spaces actually "in the center of things" will have to do in the future, no matter how many more students come here.
Spaces in these lots are generally given to those who have a definite need to park "close in." Lawton included in this category students and faculty members with health problems, and those who need to park right on the Hill because of their importance to the University.
"We'll have to get more and more restrictive with these small lots in the future," Lawton said. "Health will be the primary consideration for future decisions."
CURRENTLY, NO PARKING lot on campus is more than 15 minutes by foot from the main academic complex. This is a much better situation than many campuses have. On campuses like Nebraska, Wisconsin and UCLA,the main academic area was surrounded by the city before the school could plan for cars and parking spaces.
At some of these campuses, faculty members and students drive to a university parking lot and take a bus the final 3-10 miles to class.
Another problem on other campuses is the cost of parking permits, which may be as high as $40 or $50.
The Louisiana State University Reveille recently ran an editorial in favor of a pedestrian campus similar to KU's.
The Reveille says that in "certain areas of the campus" even in cross walks, "students take their lives into their hands" trying to cross streets.
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Daily Kansan
Friday, December 9, 1966
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presents
Friday-Free TGIF with The Germs Friday night-The Red Dogs-the sound band of the midwest!
Saturday—The Intruders
Make plans now to attend the big Red Dog Christmas Party with Eric and The Norsemen . . . and Santa Claus on Thursday, Dec. 15.
For those going to Wichita, check the Red Dog ads next week for what will be happening at the giant Wichita Red Dog Inn.