The punishment does not fit the crime. Fines are very excessive, starting at twenty-five dollars, especially when ticketing is as inconsistent as it is. In relation to the meters, prices should also be lowered. The price of meters is high enough that students would rather risk a parking ticket instead of depositing excessive amounts of money into the meters. Parking in the metered lots needs to be enforced more consistently.
Many students park in metered areas without paying and are never warned or ticketed.
Parking Services staff members needs to check every meter on campus on an hourly basis. This would ensure consistency on the job and fairness in punishing all parking violators. There are a high number of faculty, staff and students who park in the handicapped spaces illegally. There is no justification to park in these spaces because the majority of these people are not handicapped or their temporary permits have expired. This in turn causes many problems.