PARKING is out of hand
posted about 12 years ago
I am pretty fed up with the parking situation. This is my 3rd year at UMBC and this is by far the worst parking experience I have had. There are certain times of day where parking is just not possible unless you sit and wait off to the side and follow someone to their car. I was literally driving around the overflow lot for almost 45 minutes today. At that point it no longer becomes an overflow lot. People have to park all the way up the ramp to 195 where it even says "NO PARKING".
I dont know what they can do but something needs to change. I have had to miss class on more than one occasion because of not being able to find a spot. I have a class at 11am and normally get there about 20 minutes early and can usually find a spot all the way at the back of the overflow lot. However, today i was running a few minutes late and got there right at 11 and could not find anything. There are just certain times where it is completely full. Where are we supposed to go?
There is a half full lot every day by the campus police station. How about instead of reserving the entire lot for 3 police cars, reserve a few spots and open the rest up to teachers. Then you could at the very least make the new D area where you first come in off the roundabout back to student parking.
I dont know what they can do but something needs to change. I have had to miss class on more than one occasion because of not being able to find a spot. I have a class at 11am and normally get there about 20 minutes early and can usually find a spot all the way at the back of the overflow lot. However, today i was running a few minutes late and got there right at 11 and could not find anything. There are just certain times where it is completely full. Where are we supposed to go?
There is a half full lot every day by the campus police station. How about instead of reserving the entire lot for 3 police cars, reserve a few spots and open the rest up to teachers. Then you could at the very least make the new D area where you first come in off the roundabout back to student parking.
I know space is limited but change has to be made. UMBC can't keep up with the flow of cars and it can become very frustrating as commuters who have to fight for parking spots. And many of the spots we do have are really tight. It could just be me but it feels like all of the over flow spots are really really close together.
I found it humorous that they professed how the new building was very environmentally friendly because of all the "green space." Really? You added grass and call it environmentally friendly. If they really cared why not get rid of the gigantic concrete sidewalks that are all over the place and make them less frequent and not as wide. Just turn the space around it into faculty parkin which will free up space around campus for commuters. Also, it could double as visitor parking during events. I dont care about seeing grass and strategically placed trees.
Here is my solution. Take the area that is next to the campus police station and across from the new building, and turn it into a multi story parking garage. That way no "green" space suffers, and commuters get a some of their parking back. The garage could even be reserved for faculty and that would open up a lot of D areas for commuters.
I found it humorous that they professed how the new building was very environmentally friendly because of all the "green space." Really? You added grass and call it environmentally friendly. If they really cared why not get rid of the gigantic concrete sidewalks that are all over the place and make them less frequent and not as wide. Just turn the space around it into faculty parkin which will free up space around campus for commuters. Also, it could double as visitor parking during events. I dont care about seeing grass and strategically placed trees.
Here is my solution. Take the area that is next to the campus police station and across from the new building, and turn it into a multi story parking garage. That way no "green" space suffers, and commuters get a some of their parking back. The garage could even be reserved for faculty and that would open up a lot of D areas for commuters.
