parking on a college campus is always a difficult situation. on many occasions it seems as though the spots are so far from class that you would be late just from the length of the walk to class. i'm not trying to complain about walking to my classes, exercise is good for everybody and walking the distance to class does not hurt anyone. there are plenty of ways to fix the problem of parking, the first would be the students themselves getting to school earlier than their classes would start. this solution has good points as well as its drawbacks, the good is that the students could then get better spots and everything would be much easier. the downsides of this idea is that if each student gets to the school early and their class has not begun, it will cause a bottleneck from teh ammount of students getting to class and the number of students leaving their classes. the next idea would be to make the teachers park farther away. again there is a couple issues with this. if the teachers park farther away teh students would have a couple more spots closer to the buildings and it would be easier to get to their classes. the bad side of this is that if the teachers have to park farther away then maybe they would be late to the classes and then the students would leave anyway. the next thing that could be done is maybe taking some of the tuition money or the money made from the parking permits and tickets themselves and build a parking terrace. if the school were to do this, yes, it would take a bit of money but it may make it so that the students were more willing to but their parking permits if they knew that they could park fairly close. but the main problem with this is that to build a structure like this it would require zoning and other steps, plus then the school couldn't blow money on sliding doors and tile, as well as a brand new pointless fountian!

truly there is nothing that many of the students at these schools can do since the school has already made up their mind on how they like to spend the money, whether it is smart or stupid. personally i feel that they should just do away with the parking passes completely since the parking usually is not very good and we already pay a hefty ammount for books and the tuition. like the school really needs my extra 15 bucks.

so the issue with parking on campus is not getting any better. now that it is coming into the warmer part of the year this may make some sort of change. with warmer weather comes obviously people walking or riding bikes or motorcycles. obviously this will bring a few more open spots around the campus. some people have said that you could ride a bus to get to class which is a very good idea especially since through the school a free pass for this is given at no charge to the student. another suggestion that has been made was that you could just get to the school early. this is also a very good idea. if you get to school early you can avoid the rush of students fighting for the spots. but at the same time unless your class is very early in the morning it doesn't work too well since they may be full of cars for students that have class earlier than you do. there is a few ideas that depending on your situation, then there is the idea of expansion or changing how the spots are zoned. both of these ideas are pretty much futile since that would cost money, and unless that money would go to pointless automatic doors or a new fountain which have no use, the school wont try to make decisions to be a little more efficient.

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OK. So the issue is student parking. For many people this is an issue and it never seems to get better. So if this issue is ever going to change at all, measures are going to have to be taken. Plan A would be to organize the parking areas that we do have. Plan B would be to build some sort of parking terrace. So the parking terrace is a bit pricey, I understand that. The thing about the parking terrace is that it opens up a huge amount of parking in less area than the original spots did themselves. Plus if the school has enough money to redo the courtyard and put in a new fountain worth thousands of dollars why would it be so hard to convince people to save for this. Not to be rude or pessimistic but pretty sure parking affects the students. What good does that new fountain do?

The issue of parking can have people either for or against it. Many times it is the students who are against it and it usually stems from how they cannot show up five minutes before class and still get a front row spot. The first stance of opposition on this case would be that the students who take the time to get up and out the door a little bit early are the ones who take the initiative to get those good spots. Is it fair that the ones who put in a little extra effort should get the same mediocre spots as the slacker who wakes up right before class and must race to make it on time? No. also the staff is not going to give up the close areas or even the maintenance workers for the argument that they have to teach and fix things around campus and without close spots for them how would the school function? If faculty must be walking large distances to get to their class rooms more students would leave since the teacher would be late and then whats the point of paying the money to attend classes in the first place?

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As written and complained about by many, parking is an issue that every student faces at one time or another and it seems to never get better. with parking being as bad as it is i just think that it is wrong that the students at a school who pay thousands of dollars for their classes and their books get the parking spots that are farthest away. The teachers who get paid off the tuition payments get the spots right up front on each side, just as in any business the workers (a.k.a. the ones getting paid by the customers) park in the farthest spots. Just a thought.

But on the same issue with the parking really being a pain for many the issue of being late is just made that much worse. When a student must drive around and search for a spot for upwards of ten to fifteen minutes it makes getting to class on time impossible. Now it is true with just a small area on each side being faculty it seems as though if they were moved not much would open up but definately orginazation can help a lot and maybe solve many problems.

College, the gateway to higher knowledge, higher salaries and also higher stress levels. Not only are students stressed about the next assignment will be or even the next test, but here at Salt Lake Community College it is more like when the next time they get a parking spot anywhere in the general vicinity of where they must be. College is a different place than high school and it does make a huge difference on where you park. With several different buildings around campus and classes for students being scattered throughout all of them, time is short and being late is a reality everyone will need to face. Is it fair to say that there is not enough parking? No. In reality there is an abundance of parking around the school but really how much room for faculty is truly needed? The real problem with this is that the ones who pay to park and pay high prices for schooling are the ones fighting for the spots. its just like at a restaurant, the customers should get the best pick of the parking lot while the employees either park in the back or farther away in the front. Perhaps the only thing to do is just show up rediculously early for your classes. seems like there should be a better way.