Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
If You Ain't First...You're Last!!
My biggest pet peeve is when you are in the parking lot searching for a spot and then as you see the golden spot, someone comes out of no where and parks there! I have a horror story that inspired this blog post...I wanted to go see the new gym and it was way to hot for me to walk across campus. So i decided to drive over to the parking lot is on the corner of 49th and Powhattan Ave. These are mostly reseverd spots, however there are a couple spots that are free to park with decals. So as I drive through the lot the first time there are no spots, then i see someone walking to their car. I drive all the way around the parking lot to get back over there. As I am coming around the corrner i see the spot right there....then out of nowhere this red truck pulls into the spot!!! Then to make matters worse, he decides to pull out and back in! I was pissed...i mean i was right there...it was almost my spot...but i guess almost doesnt count where there is more people than parking spots on campus! Ricky Bobby said it best..."If you aint first, then your last." I was last that day!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
WHY???....
So I have yet another frustration with Old Dominion University parking services. Not only do I have to deal with the daily struggle of actually finding a parking spot, but now I have to deal with major roads being blocked off due to events held at the Ted Constant Center. Now I understand that when the shows are Kid oriented it is not safe for cars to be zooming by, but that is what the traffic cops are there for to stop traffic while the children cross. However for some strange reason ODU decides to block off the entire streets, causing us drivers to have to drive all the way around just to get to our buildings. At first it doesn't seem like a big deal to have a road blocked off until you realized that it causes more traffic, not that Hampton Blvd needs any more. Hopefully ODU parking services will realize that blocking off these streets are not worth it, because they ultimately cause more problems. Not to mention that when they block off these streets they are also blocking access to two parking garages. Which once again causes parking problems. It becomes a domino effect for people who are trying to park in the limited spaces that we have.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Get it together
So in reference to my theme about the parking situations on campus at ODU, I ran into another reoccurring problem in the parking lot of the Village Apartments. The entrance gate had been broken once again! It seems that on an average of once a week someone breaks the gate, so you can just drive in, instead of having to swipe your card to open it. This leads to anyone being able to park in the lot, which takes away from the people who actually paid to park there.
Especially since this particular lot between 43rd st and 45th st is located behind most of the shops in Monarch way, a lot of the patrons can easily park there. Especially at night when they are going to the bar Boar's Nest. This is another concern for safety, since anyone can park in the lot there is no telling who these people are. Since there have been several incidents recently which attacks on ODU students, I would think that campus security would be doing everything in their power to keep areas safe. Having the parking gate broken could be seen as an invitation to strangers to come onto our campus. Or letting anyone be able to park in the parking lot, taking the spots that students with decals paid for.
Especially since this particular lot between 43rd st and 45th st is located behind most of the shops in Monarch way, a lot of the patrons can easily park there. Especially at night when they are going to the bar Boar's Nest. This is another concern for safety, since anyone can park in the lot there is no telling who these people are. Since there have been several incidents recently which attacks on ODU students, I would think that campus security would be doing everything in their power to keep areas safe. Having the parking gate broken could be seen as an invitation to strangers to come onto our campus. Or letting anyone be able to park in the parking lot, taking the spots that students with decals paid for.
Friday, February 13, 2009
An Hour or Less...and it's FREE!
It seems that the City of Norfolk has been clued in onto one of the hot spots of free parking on campus. 43rd street at the corner of Killam Ave. has always been free parking, until the other day. I walked out and saw that they had posted new signs stating that this was now "1 hour parking"...which i was confused about why it was not 2 hours, but that's another story. Normally there would be at least 20 to 30 cars parked along this street, so I was very interested on seeing how they felt about this.
The first person i came across was a sophomore named Chris, who was a commuter. He said that he parked on that street because he refused to buy the ridiculously high priced parking decal. He also thought that it was not fair that people who are only part-time students don't have a special area where they can park for cheap.
The second person I interviewed was a senior named Ashley, who was a resident of the Village Apartments. She said she parked on that street instead of buying a decal mainly because it was convenient. She didn't see the purpose of paying all the money for a decal when there was free parking next to her building. She seemed sad that the street was no longer free and was contemplating on whether or not she was going to buy a decal or just look for another free street.
It will be interesting to see how other students are going to react to this new parking restriction. However, there is one thing that I am sure of, Norfolk will be giving out a lot of tickets to those students who don't recognize that their "hot spot" is gone.
The first person i came across was a sophomore named Chris, who was a commuter. He said that he parked on that street because he refused to buy the ridiculously high priced parking decal. He also thought that it was not fair that people who are only part-time students don't have a special area where they can park for cheap.
The second person I interviewed was a senior named Ashley, who was a resident of the Village Apartments. She said she parked on that street instead of buying a decal mainly because it was convenient. She didn't see the purpose of paying all the money for a decal when there was free parking next to her building. She seemed sad that the street was no longer free and was contemplating on whether or not she was going to buy a decal or just look for another free street.
It will be interesting to see how other students are going to react to this new parking restriction. However, there is one thing that I am sure of, Norfolk will be giving out a lot of tickets to those students who don't recognize that their "hot spot" is gone.
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