2008 Woodie Awards
ASG addresses parking issues
City of Oxford plans to create metered spaces on Tallawanda
Dave Matthews
Issue date: 1/18/08 Section: Campus
Miami University's director of parking and transportation, Perry Gordon, said that improving Miami's parking is often difficult, comparing the job to "trying to fit six gallons in a five gallon bucket."
Tuesday night Gordon defended his department in front of Associated Student Government (ASG), fielding questions from ASG.
Gordon, who took over Richard Keppler's position in October, addressed several key issues facing Miami parking, including the perceived lack of business in the new south parking garage by the Goggin Ice Arena, cutting the number of parking spaces on Tallawanda Avenue, the possibility of sending Miami Metro busses out to Wal-Mart, and acting upon recommendations made to Miami by Walker Parking Consultants.
Gordon seemed optimistic about the south parking garage, saying that the 600-space structure has been used a little more than 23,000 times since the beginning of the school year-double what the number was this time last year.
Gordon said Miami expects to build a new parking garage behind the Engineering Building (where the old Goggin Ice Arena was) by around this June. With regard to Tallawanda Avenue, Gordon said that the decision came from the city of Oxford, which technically mandates the use of the street.
The city plans to convert the blue pass student parking areas on Tallawanda into two-hour pay meters by late spring or early summer.
Gordon also said that Miami has no current plans to send Metro busses to Wal-Mart, since no current Metro routes go that far north up U.S. Route 27.
Another topic of interest was Gordon's actions upon recommendations made by the Walker Parking Consultants, a firm out of Indianapolis. Gordon, who has been writing parking tickets at Miami since 1989, worked with the consulting group to evaluate the state of parking at Miami throughout the 2006-07 school year. In October, the group presented their findings, but Gordon said due to financial planning of the university, he has not made any final decisions on the recommendations and could not give a timetable on when decisions would be made.
Tuesday night Gordon defended his department in front of Associated Student Government (ASG), fielding questions from ASG.
Gordon, who took over Richard Keppler's position in October, addressed several key issues facing Miami parking, including the perceived lack of business in the new south parking garage by the Goggin Ice Arena, cutting the number of parking spaces on Tallawanda Avenue, the possibility of sending Miami Metro busses out to Wal-Mart, and acting upon recommendations made to Miami by Walker Parking Consultants.
Gordon seemed optimistic about the south parking garage, saying that the 600-space structure has been used a little more than 23,000 times since the beginning of the school year-double what the number was this time last year.
Gordon said Miami expects to build a new parking garage behind the Engineering Building (where the old Goggin Ice Arena was) by around this June. With regard to Tallawanda Avenue, Gordon said that the decision came from the city of Oxford, which technically mandates the use of the street.
The city plans to convert the blue pass student parking areas on Tallawanda into two-hour pay meters by late spring or early summer.
Gordon also said that Miami has no current plans to send Metro busses to Wal-Mart, since no current Metro routes go that far north up U.S. Route 27.
Another topic of interest was Gordon's actions upon recommendations made by the Walker Parking Consultants, a firm out of Indianapolis. Gordon, who has been writing parking tickets at Miami since 1989, worked with the consulting group to evaluate the state of parking at Miami throughout the 2006-07 school year. In October, the group presented their findings, but Gordon said due to financial planning of the university, he has not made any final decisions on the recommendations and could not give a timetable on when decisions would be made.
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Tom
posted 1/18/08 @ 10:06 AM EST
We never really seem to a parking problem until Miami decided to let freshmen keep cars on campus. Who's wonderful idea was that?
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