Post Classifieds
New parking plans could benefit commuters
By The Record Staff
On October 10, 2012
Parking, or lack thereof, has been a consistent problem for students at Buffalo State
and thousands of other colleges alike for years.
In fact, we have old issues of The Record in our office dating back to 1970 with
stories detailing similar parking troubles students who roamed the campus more
than 40 years ago also shared.
As a campus which now features well over 8,000 commuters (that's almost 70
percent of the student population), this is understandable.
Every semester you have die-hard commuters who schedule their classes at 8 a.m.
or strategically arrive on campus an hour or two early just to ensure they have a
good parking space.
Some might think the simple solution is to purchase land around Buff State and level
it for more lots. But as parking services will tell you, it's not the lack of spaces that
frustrates students, it's the location of these spaces.
Commuter students don't like the fact that they may have to pay to get a good spot
by Cleveland Hall or the Burchfield Penney, lest they walk that extra few minutes
from Lot M to Rockwell Hall. Considering the brutal snow and wind Buffalo is prone
to during the winter months, who can blame them?
Either way, something must be done to address the parking problem to ensure a
better experience for commuter students present and future.
The college has recently formed a parking committee to do just that.
The administration has already come up with a number of possible solutions. These
include electric shuttle busses, a carpool lot and digital signs, which will feed to a
phone app to notify you how many spaces are available in a given lot en route to
campus.
Moving forward, the committee will look at these ideas and decide which are most
realistically effective for the college.
Early on, it seems the initial ideas presented by the committee will make it easier for
students to find spots. There have also been whisperings of increasing the campus
escort van service for students who are forced to park in the most remote spots on
campus.
That doesn't change the fact that students have to park so far away from their
classes. Or that students who violate our school's strict parking policy are handed
tickets quicker than they can make it out of the parking lot. Members of our staff
have gotten three tickets in a single day for parking in the wrong spot or outside the
arbitrary time limits.
We applaud the college for being so progressive in its efforts to amend a difficult
situation. But the administration should know that students, whether now or 40
years from now, are always going to find a reason to criticize parking. That's just
Buff State's style.
Perhaps then we'll at least have some cool form of floating parking technology to
look forward to. At this point, that may be what it takes to alleviate our parking
shortcomings.
Get Top Stories Delivered Weekly
Recent The Record News Articles
Kids give new outlook on college
I think I speak for many college students, male or female, when I say that being a college student is hard, but balancing school with ...
Kerry's comments carry credibility issues
It appears as though John Kerry needs a vocal filter. In his first address to a foreign nation since assuming his current role as S...
Bathroom messages inspire hope in hard times
I have always struggled to understand the "bathroom stall graffiti" phase. Like most things that seem to be exciting for everyone ...
Discuss This Article
GET TOP STORIES DELIVERED WEEKLY
FOLLOW OUR NEWSPAPER
LATEST THE RECORD NEWS
- We've Moved to www.buffstaterecord.com!
- Obama divulges new higher education initiative during visit to UB
- Ailing Podolefsky steps down as president
- SUNY appoints Cohen interim president
- President Podolefsky announces leave to fight cancer
- Rappers put Pepsi in a bind
- Congrats to grads: take next step with gratitude
RECENT THE RECORD CLASSIFIEDS
OUTSIDE THE LINES
- The Gap in Gum Care: Why Caring For Your Teeth’s F...
- Top Tips for Signature Scents and Better-Smelling Laundry
- A Dog Trainer’s Top Tips to Support Pets Through Life S...
- Clear the Air of Indoor Pollutants This Spring
- Stroke & Dementia in Black Men: Tips for Staying Healthy...
- Hispanics and African Americans at Higher Risk for Eye...
- African Americans at Higher Risk for Eye Disease
- Infinity Kings: Final Book In A Favorite Fantasy Series
- What You Need To Know About Keratoconus and the iLink...
- Your Child’s Tomorrow Begins Today
FROM AROUND THE WEB
- No Child is Forgotten By Marine Toys for Tots
- Sweeten Your Springtime Salads With Healthy Chilean Grapes
- Young Author Translates 4,000-Year-Old Text to Reveal...
- Keeping Cool and Energy-efficient Amid America’s “...
- Addressing Sarcopenia with a Healthy Diet
- Subway’s New Wraps Elevate Eating on the Go
- Family Teacher Conference Topics Beyond Academics
- Youth Take Down Tobacco
- BookTrib’s Bites: Four Reads to Kickoff Spring
- Curbing Colorectal Cancer in Minority Populations
COLLEGE PRESS RELEASES
- Shoff Promotions Comic Book & Sports Card Show
- Semiconductor Research Corp unveils 2024 Research Call, $13.8M Funding
- Charles River Associates Opens Second Scholarship Cycle, Expands to the UK
- BLUMHOUSE AND AMC THEATRES LAUNCH FIRST-EVER HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN FILM FESTIVAL
- THE GEN Z IMPERATIVE: LISTEN TO FEELINGS AND GIVE GEN Z A VOICE
