Blog assignment for Tuesday October 27, 2009

The topic I choose is, University of Houston parking situation. This is concerning the parking problems at the University of Houston.

This problem is a problem because there is not enough parking on or near campus for the amount of commuters that we have going to and from campus daily. We are mainly a commuter campus therefore we should have enough parking to fulfill the needs of one. This is a problem for all of the commuter students attending the University of Houston. It affects everyone that parks in the main parking lots past ten o’clock. If this parking problem is not solved then it will lead to lower attendance in classes because nobody will want to come that early in order to just find a parking spot that should be there in the first place.

The people who are able to solve this problem are those that work here at the University of Houston and are in charge of parking on campus. There are many things that can be done in order to accommodate the commuter students such as build parking garages and expanding parking lots. The problem is starting to get solved; they are building a new parking garage near the new Cullen Lofts. However one reason that it hasn’t been solved yet is because the campus is growing each year with more and more students, so this might have been a fine amount of parking for a few years ago but not anymore. Another reason why it hasn’t been solved yet is because there is limited room for them to add new parking. If you get too far away from campus it will be the same problem as waiting for a spot to open up because nobody will want to walk that far.

One way that this problem can be solved in addition to what they are doing now by making a new parking garage is to open up more of the parking lots that aren’t being used by staff to some of the students. As well as having shuttles transport students to and from some of the farther parking lots. This would make the farther away lots more appealing than waiting for 30 min for a closer parking space