The only concern we can't take care of is the inconvenience to residents. Residents who live on the north side may have to park on the south side during peak hours. But Dubois said this inconvenience is not great enough to deter the change. Student Sen. Doug Draper, who represents the residents, said he does not agree the safety concerns have been answered. He also does not consider it a minor inconvenience for a mother to walk 300 yards to her apartment carrying her groceries and child in her arms.
People are more important than parking spaces.
However, those often are difficult to come by. DuBois said UF continually looks for ways to minimize parking problems on campus. A survey of Maguire Village revealed that 150 to 200 parking spaces remain unoccupied daily. Not using those empty spaces on a campus plagued with overstuffed parking lots would be a waste, he said. All rights reserved.