Cycling to class from South 4th st. was always a nice little workout I enjoyed when the weather was nice!!Boom, don't drive a car?
Cycling to class from South 4th st. was always a nice little workout I enjoyed when the weather was nice!!Boom, don't drive a car?
Can you get upper level tickets and just plop into the parquet in Hilton because someone didn't show up to the game?
And they should charge a fee for the commuter lot...even if a permit was only $50/semester. They lose money like crazy on keeping the parking lots updated because the commuter lot brings in no revenue but gets a ton of traffic.
Here's the solution for everyone's parking mess: Either choose to live close to campus so you can walk, manage your time and use the commuter lot, or pay to park in the MU/at Gerdin/Lied/Armory/etc. There isn't a parking problem. There's a "lazy" problem. The price of tickets isn't a problem at all. Don't park illegally and you don't have to worry.
After the first half and the seat still hasn't been filled? You should definitely be able to sit in the lower tier. Makes the crowd look better on TV. But that is a policy issue. And the parking division's policies suck. They are designed to make money. Nothing more, nothing less. Just another outlet for the university to nickle and dime because $20k apparently isn't enough.
People who don't like the parking division are ones who want better parking options close to campus. I am one of these people. What is frustrating is is having a 50 minute class and having to worry about a 15 minute bus ride there and back. We want something where we can get some short term temporary parking that wont cost an arm and a leg.
I didn't like DPS because the people who worked in the office were incredibly rude to me. I went in to appeal a ticket that I had been given for parking in the visitor section at Freddy Court. I lived on Coconino at that time, but my bf lived at FC. So, naturally, I am a visitor to Freddy Court, right?
Apparently, WRONG. My brother and I had shared my car the year before - he lived at Friley and I lived at MWL, and he bought a permit for the lot off of Hayward. The next year, he and I both lived off campus and didn't but a permit. They saw the old, expired permit sticker in the window and decided that I was not a visitor to FC because I was an ISU student. WTF? How the heck is "visitor" defined? And, they ticketed my brother, even though the prior permit had expired. We could have sold the car for all they knew, but they instead sent him a ticket, even though I was appropriately parked.
When I asked the lady at DPS, very nicely I may add, where I should park at Freddy Court, she told me that there is a short-term parking lot across the street, but that cars can't stay there overnight. I explained that I didn't live at FC - it didn't matter. I'm a big advocate for taking the bus, but it was a long bus ride there, and I wanted to be able to stay the night there after drinking.
Iowa State students aren't visitors to Freddy Court. Whoever let you park there should've told you that since they specifically tell you that when you get the permit.I didn't like DPS because the people who worked in the office were incredibly rude to me. I went in to appeal a ticket that I had been given for parking in the visitor section at Freddy Court. I lived on Coconino at that time, but my bf lived at FC. So, naturally, I am a visitor to Freddy Court, right?
Apparently, WRONG. My brother and I had shared my car the year before - he lived at Friley and I lived at MWL, and he bought a permit for the lot off of Hayward. The next year, he and I both lived off campus and didn't but a permit. They saw the old, expired permit sticker in the window and decided that I was not a visitor to FC because I was an ISU student. WTF? How the heck is "visitor" defined? And, they ticketed my brother, even though the prior permit had expired. We could have sold the car for all they knew, but they instead sent him a ticket, even though I was appropriately parked.
When I asked the lady at DPS, very nicely I may add, where I should park at Freddy Court, she told me that there is a short-term parking lot across the street, but that cars can't stay there overnight. I explained that I didn't live at FC - it didn't matter. I'm a big advocate for taking the bus, but it was a long bus ride there, and I wanted to be able to stay the night there after drinking.
Except for those ****ers in Alpha Beta, think they own the Greek Council.Everyone. They are the most hated people on campus.
Could always park in the commuter lot. Never once did I get a ticket while at ISU - then again I was smart enough to read the signs that told me not to and went else where.
Me thinks this story doesn't pass the smell test.Nope, the jackwagons gave me a ticket in the commuter lot for parking over the line with my truck....nevermind there was snow everywhere and you couldn't see the lines. DPS is ridiculous.
Me thinks this story doesn't pass the smell test.
Me thinks this story doesn't pass the smell test.Nope, the jackwagons gave me a ticket in the commuter lot for parking over the line with my truck....nevermind there was snow everywhere and you couldn't see the lines. DPS is ridiculous.
Iowa State students aren't visitors to Freddy Court. Whoever let you park there should've told you that since they specifically tell you that when you get the permit.
And they'd know if you sold the car because they can run the plate through their database. They do run plates of the vehicles in the visitor spots on campus so if the plate is in their system they know it belongs to a student.
This is why I'm a big fan of not reporting plates to the University. Gives you three "free" tickets which you can write "Visitor" on the back of and it's forgiven.
So you want ISU to provide parking that fits your drinking habits? That's really not their problem.
Probably because FC is ISU property just like anything else. Same reason an ISU student isn't a "visitor" when they park on campus.That's what I was getting at, though...why the heck aren't ISU students "Visitors" to FC? I didn't live anywhere near there...hence, visitor! But it doesn't make sense that they gave my brother the ticket if they ran my plates, because the car was registered in my name.