Parking at UAH, the big deal is that the price went up from last years price of $30 to $130 (?). So the big deal is that people are complaining about the price jump. I can understand the compliants, I mean we pay that much money a year when most parking lots are under construction and there is never ANYWHERE to park. But there is another side to the argument. Recently,UAH just built a new parking garage, yes the garage is in the middle of nowhere and is a 5 minute walk to the nearest classrom, but this coming august, it will serve as the sophmores new parking lot.
So maybe that justifies the raised parking price? I do not know.
Also, certain people are exempt from paying for the parking decal. Personally, I think that is stupid, if you park your car at UAH, it is required for everyone the pay the price.
But when you compare parking here to parking at larger universities, we have it pretty good. UA’s parking decal cost a little over 200 bucks and the can’t park anywhere they want. Each decal there has a specific area assigned to it….so in the sceme of things, we have a pretty good deal.
Yes, when parking went up it was no fun paying the extra 100 bucks, but its going to happen sometime or another, prices have NEVER stayed the same, and will continue to rise.
They are also about to begin construction on another parking facility on the north side of campus. The current parking facility on the south side of campus is only a short walk to any of the buildings on that side of campus.
I agree, we do have it pretty good compared to larger universities. And at least we know that our money is being put back into the campus. With the economy in the state it is in, the university needs to get money from somewhere. I don’t like the fact that there is rarely any parking where we need it, but in reality, UAH’s campus isn’t that big. It’s a 5-10 minute walk basically anywhere on campus.
10 minute walks in the cold and rain are never fun, i’d happily pay $110!!!