Retiree parking permits are extended to retirees in appreciation of their service to the institution. We believe the retiree-parking permit is an important benefit that should be retained. However, CU-Boulder is a dynamic environment. Population growth and construction are constantly shrinking the campus parking supply, while increasing the costs of operating and maintaining its parking system. Changing conditions have led Parking and Transit Services to reconsider existing policies, and to look at future needs.
Current conditions support a revision of our policies regarding the retiree permit.
The EAP more than doubles the parking space of the previous facility, but is now regularly overwhelmed by parking demand. The use of retiree permits has a significant impact on parking availability in the Euclid Autopark. Between April 1998 and March 1999, retiree accesses at the Euclid Autopark averaged about 48 per day. The average duration of each retiree permit parking access during this period was about 3 hours. EAP parking is free to those displaying retiree permits.