Parking at KSU is an important subject to both current and prospective students.

                The new selection of lots is going to be done during student’s registration process, which can also create another problem. The students that get early registration will be allowed to choose first, and the chances of getting the lot needed will become more difficult at later registration times. Arthur Cabral, a prospective student looking to begin this fall said he is already worried about his parking situation.

                “I’m still waiting on my acceptance letter so I can’t even register yet, but all the people I know that go to KSU are already telling me that I won’t get the lot I want,” said Cabral. “It’s funny that I didn’t hear any other warnings from my friends about the campus, but they all say that I should get ready for the parking situation.”

                All in all, parking at KSU will still be a major concern to current and prospective students. However, the Department of Parking and Transportation is definitely taking action towards a solution to the problem, even if students are skeptical about it. Only in the Fall 2012 will the new system be tested and possibly approved by the student body, or it will fail and have to be re-evaluated.

Big Owl Bus

     In recent years, KSU has also created the park-and-ride options, where students can park off-campus and take a shuttle to the main campus. The park-and-ride option is also getting three new locations added to the list of lots that students may use, and the fee will remain at $40 per semester. For students at apartments provided by KSU will have the lowest fee of $20 per semester. Former KSU student Peter Piotrowicz said that knowing that he had an extra option was helpful although impractical.

                “I used to start my first class around noon, which is the worst traffic time around KSU, so I decided to try the shuttle service,” said Piotrowicz. “But it was pointless, because I would then wait for the shuttle that would sit in the same traffic jam I was trying to avoid in the first place.”

The Big Owl Bus

Fees are going up!

                The new parking system will increase the flat fee up to $83 for one of the nine designated parking areas, and students that opt out of driving will still pay a $60 infrastructure fee. In order to choose a designated parking area, students must first register for fall semester classes then choose the area they would like before it has been filled. Though Department of Parking and Transportation is taking a step towards trying to resolve the existing issues, students are still growing frustrated at the situation.

                “Well, the problem is that now I have to pay even more for something that nobody knows if it is even going to work,” said Jones. “I am also worried about not being able to access other lots around school when I have club activities during the weekends.”

The campus map shows how far some building are from the parking areas.

https://web.kennesaw.edu/auxiliaryservices/parking

Parking resolution

                Kennesaw State University Department of Parking and Transportation will implement a new and more expensive parking system after conducting a student survey, system begins next fall.

                KSU’s Department of Parking and Transportation conducted a student based survey in order to try and accommodate students’ needs when it comes to parking. The old system charged all driving students a flat fee of $75 and parking was first come first serve at any of the lots around the campus. Parking on campus has become notorious for being a very difficult and time consuming task when attending classes.

                “There is something really annoying about having a 30 minute drive to school, then possibly another 30 minutes to find parking,” said Sarah Jones a senior at KSU. ”Once I finally find a spot, then I have to walk another 15 minutes to get to class.”

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1996/novdec/articles/parking.html

Parking at Kennesaw State University by Victtor Cabral

   
   
     Kennesaw State University has become one of Georgia's largest universities. As any fast growing institution, they must deal with the overcrowding that will impact students and staff alike. Parking at KSU has become a task in itself, where students can be lucky to find a spot in a few minutes or can drive around for several minutes and never find anything. The problem became so big that school officials decided to conduct a survey and allow the students to help with creating a new parking system for the next academic year.