Comments on: NAU students should rise to campus parking challenges

By: Transfer Student

Transfer Student — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:34:55 +0000

I have heard i lot of mumbling and grumbling about the vehicle and parking situation here on campus; and it does appear that parking services has been on the war path as of late. But isnt it their job to cite people who are parking on campus without permits, or citing those who are parking in places where they shouldn’t be? I transferred here from the University of Washington Seattle Campus, where there are more than 60,000 (sixty thousand)enrolled, and there are only 10,000 parking places. Parking permits at UW are nearly 600 per quarter, not semester or year as we have it here. To top it off, they have a dedicated parking patrol, that does its rounds randomly every hour while students are in class, with an average ticket of 50-75 dollars. Our small prices that we pay if we are unfortunate enough to get one are nothing in comparison.

Nau’s parking staff needs to be instructed as to proper protocol in ticketing. I do not have a parking permit, and thus seldom drive onto campus, but when i do, i park in a metered parking spot, and i always pay my fare. As of late it seems they are standing next to my meter waiting for it to say expired so they can throw that ticket on my car. No warning, no chalk mark on my tire… just a nice ticket. They need to understand that my professors dont always let me out on time, nor do they take into account i have a social life… and perhaps i want to say hello to a friend as i a busily walking back to my car to drop another dollar in quarters into the machine.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:00:59 +0000

I had my car booted at 8:30pm at night!!!! When I came out at 9pm ready to go home, I realized the green sticker they had left on my car had lots of important information blacked out. With a Sharpie marker. Seeing the towing information marked out, I decided since it was late at night my car would not be towed, and I would be able to deal with this situation in the morning. At 8am I strolled into parking services to pay all my fines. They informed me that infact my car had been towed at 10pm. That it was my fault for not contacting them sooner. I asked how I was supposed to contact them when their workers obviously blacked out all the important information on my green ticket (Which I had in hand as proof to show them)

The girl simply stated, “Well atleast you now know our policy for next time”

CROCK OF S***. Parking Services needs a checks and balance system, they abuse their power.

By: Kevin Konst

Kevin Konst — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:41:36 +0000

While I don’t agree with everything Parking Services does I will applaud them for actually ticketing people who need to be ticketed. I cannot say anything about the prices of parking passes or the price of tickets but there are plenty of places to park on campus if you a willing to walk a few extra steps. The recently built parking garage continually sits nearly vacant throughout the day. People for some reason feel the need to drive to and from classes every day congesting the streets on campus and then complain about how hard it is to get to class on time because of it. There are many alternative to driving everyday; walking, riding your bike, taking the bus, car pool, etc. These all can dramatically decrease the traffic and you can still be on time. By leaving your vehicle during the day you can guarentee yourself a spot on your return. If you’re just running into a building to drop something off find a spot to park and you won’t get a ticket, when you park in a fire lane you will. This is a dangerous act in of itself, you are then obstructing rescue services from reaching the building which in the event of their need can cause dire results. So when you need a place to park just follow the rules and you won’t have to worry about parking services.