Parking bind continues: too
many cars, too few spaces
Students given alternatives
in UNL’s parking fiasco
By DeDra Janssen
Staff Reporter
While parking problems continue at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, one adminis
trator said they could be alleviated if students
explored other options.
Mike Cacak, parking administrator, said his
goal is to inform students of their parking
alternatives.
“We can’t create more spaces just like that,
but we can communicate better to the staff and
students what their parking options are,” Cacak
said.
According to Ray Coffey, UNL’s business
manager,during the 1991 -92 school year, about
5,100 commuter parking spaces were sold whiIc
only 3,435 spaces were available.
A recent study conducted by Walker Parking
Consultants of Minneapolis said there was a
shortage of 2,000 parking spaces. One Walker
official said the Temple lot would be an ideal
site for a future parking garage.
The Walker study also reported that only 50
percent of students use commutcr/rcmotc lots.
“The best deal for incoming freshmen is
remote parking,” Cacak said.
Remote parking, which is as close as two to
three blocks from the center of campus, costs
$17 for annual permits and guarantees that
there arc always spaces available, Cacak said.
He said that remote lots arc or will be lit very
well and have bus shelters and emergency
phones.
Remote lots, which arc only available on city
campus, provide a free bus ride to campus in
heated and air conditioned shuttle buses. Buses
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run continuously between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
with the interval between buses averageing 12
minutes, but there is no set schedule because
trains sometimes delay the buses, Cacak said.
“It sometimes lakes less time than trying to
find a closer spot,” he said. “You can get right
out of you r car and get on a bus that w i 11 take you
closer to campus than any student will.”
Remote permits arc alternatives to com
muter or resident parking permits.
“These (commutcr/rcsidcnl permits) arc
sometimes cal led hunting permits, because you
have to look for and find a parking spot, Cacak
said.”
Both the commuter lots, for students living
off campus, and resident perm its for students on
campus cost $54 a year.
Reserved parking spaces are also available
for commuters and residents. These permits
guarantee students a parking space and cost
$ 155 for annual permits, but is only available on
city campus.
Students who have not yet purchased per
mits, may do so over the counter at the Univer
sity Parking Services Office, 1335 N. 17 St.,
from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 20 through August
14.
Permit sales also will bcconducted at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center between 8 a.m. and 6
p.m. on August 20 and 21 and from 8 a.m. and
8 p.m August 24 and 25.
This year’s permit costs have been increased
by a $2 to S5 supplemental fee to fund a variety
of parking safety improvements, including light
ing and emergency telephones.
New students can receive information about
parking and pick up parking applications in the
Nebraska Union Ballroom during all New Stu
dent Enrollment sessions.
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