Last Wednesday, SGA hosted a town hall meeting with Phil Hodges, director of facilities planning and Bob Chambers, director of parking and transportation. Hodges and Chambers answered student questions about parking. Not only were they willing to allow students to confront them on issues, they were prepared with very good answers. Yes, the dirt lot near the Southern Center will close and 500 spaces will be lost. But 600 new spaces will be open to students and more are on the way.
Students can park in one of three different places on campus.
The meeting also discussed the possibility, or rather impossibility, of a parking garage. Contrary to popular belief, a parking garage is too expensive for the GSU budget right now. Also, a shuttle bus system has been looked into but will not be considered further until the campus can no longer provide adequate parking for students. There is and will be parking on campus for students, but as Chambers said, students may find it inconvenient compared to current parking. But walking to class from a lot on campus is better than walking from apartments.