Starting in Fall of 2022 Penn State's Transportation Services decided to stop enforcing its own rules -- mainly "No student parking 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday - Friday". This change in enforcement has created a daily headache for those of us who pay a monthly parking fee.
Has the increased traffic in the Nittany Parking Deck caused you any of the following?:
1) Late to meetings on campus or off campus.
2) Late picking up your child from school or daycare.
3) Increased stress leaving work.
4) Seen or experienced increased levels of impatience/recklessness in the parking deck.
5) Stuck in the parking space for prolonged periods unable to back out due to a steady line of cars trying to exit the deck.
6) New faculty are unable to get parking permits.
When Transportation Services was asked about this change in enforcement they offered the following response:
"Providing access to other users brings in additional revenue to cover the expenses of operating the facility, which helps us minimize permit rate increases to employees"
All we are asking is that PSU Transportation Services address this problem by enforcing their own rules.
If your daily commute in and out of the Nittany Parking Deck would be improved if Penn State Transportation Services enforced their own rules by barring student parking during the hours of 7:30am-4pm, please sign this petition.
Updates
December 5, 2022
The momentum for this deck issue is growing fast. Your frustration is loud and clear.
16 Comments
Although the parking office has attempted to make it obvious to pay for parking before exiting, this doesn't appear to be happening. Recently, I spent 10 minutes sitting in my parking space because a line of cars was backed up around several levels. This is not OK. I find the statement from facilities that they are allowing the parking by students to provide revenue so they don't have to increase the monthly permit rate insulting. The fact that we have to pay for parking is bad enough, and, we paid during the pandemic while the campus was shut down! PSU can do better for their employees.
Student drivers are often fast and reckless as they try to get in and out quickly before and after class, leading to dangerous pedestrian conditions. They pay at the gate, leading to long lines. One has to budget additional time or try to enter/leave the deck in the middle of scheduled classes rather than during class changeovers.
It doesn't seem right that there are employees waiting for passes while students are allowed to park.There need to be spaces for visitors in the garage but the majority of the "visitors" are now students in violation of the stated rules. Also, couldn't they incentivize prepaying? Like an app or using the kiosks in the stairwells provides a discount (or impose a convenience fee for paying at the gate).
There is no reason why you can’t at least manage the situation better. An exit lane dedicated to permit holders and limiting visitors to the very top two levels would go a long way to alleviating the problems we now face daily using this deck.
They need to dismantle the payment machines at exit, that is what cause the delay. Also not sure the reason for attendant in booth, I have had issues with pass and he makes you push button for help. What is his job, to tell you to push button. Please disable machines at exit, the those parking garage can wait in line to pay at machine by steps and faster exit.
I realize a parking permit is no more than a hunting license qualifying the holder to search for a space. But that has become a much more challenging proposition now that the garage is full to overflowing with student vehicles. An excessive amount of time is spent getting in and out of the garage, although admittedly the experience is enlivened by a correspondingly great increase in erratic and overly fast driving, endangering pedestrians making their way to their cars.
Please consider having a pass-holder only exit so that monthly pass holders do not have to wait in long pay-to-park lines to exit.
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Starting in Fall of 2022 Penn State's Transportation Services decided to stop enforcing its own rules -- mainly "No student parking 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday - Friday". This change in enforcement has created a daily headache for those of us who pay a monthly parking fee.
Has the increased traffic in the Nittany Parking Deck caused you any of the following?:
1) Late to meetings on campus or off campus.
2) Late picking up your child from school or daycare.
3) Increased stress leaving work.
4) Seen or experienced increased levels of impatience/recklessness in the parking deck.
5) Stuck in the parking space for prolonged periods unable to back out due to a steady line of cars trying to exit the deck.
6) New faculty are unable to get parking permits.
When Transportation Services was asked about this change in enforcement they offered the following response:
"Providing access to other users brings in additional revenue to cover the expenses of operating the facility, which helps us minimize permit rate increases to employees"
All we are asking is that PSU Transportation Services address this problem by enforcing their own rules.
If your daily commute in and out of the Nittany Parking Deck would be improved if Penn State Transportation Services enforced their own rules by barring student parking during the hours of 7:30am-4pm, please sign this petition.
Updates
December 5, 2022
The momentum for this deck issue is growing fast. Your frustration is loud and clear.
16 Comments
It is ridiculous that students park in deck , get semester permits and full time employees are put on waiting lists to get a pass!!!!!! We have people in landscape that are on waiting list for a pass, to be able to park for work, TOTAL BS!
Although the parking office has attempted to make it obvious to pay for parking before exiting, this doesn't appear to be happening. Recently, I spent 10 minutes sitting in my parking space because a line of cars was backed up around several levels. This is not OK. I find the statement from facilities that they are allowing the parking by students to provide revenue so they don't have to increase the monthly permit rate insulting. The fact that we have to pay for parking is bad enough, and, we paid during the pandemic while the campus was shut down! PSU can do better for their employees.
Student drivers are often fast and reckless as they try to get in and out quickly before and after class, leading to dangerous pedestrian conditions. They pay at the gate, leading to long lines. One has to budget additional time or try to enter/leave the deck in the middle of scheduled classes rather than during class changeovers.
It doesn't seem right that there are employees waiting for passes while students are allowed to park.There need to be spaces for visitors in the garage but the majority of the "visitors" are now students in violation of the stated rules. Also, couldn't they incentivize prepaying? Like an app or using the kiosks in the stairwells provides a discount (or impose a convenience fee for paying at the gate).
There is no reason why you can’t at least manage the situation better. An exit lane dedicated to permit holders and limiting visitors to the very top two levels would go a long way to alleviating the problems we now face daily using this deck.
They need to dismantle the payment machines at exit, that is what cause the delay. Also not sure the reason for attendant in booth, I have had issues with pass and he makes you push button for help. What is his job, to tell you to push button. Please disable machines at exit, the those parking garage can wait in line to pay at machine by steps and faster exit.
I realize a parking permit is no more than a hunting license qualifying the holder to search for a space. But that has become a much more challenging proposition now that the garage is full to overflowing with student vehicles. An excessive amount of time is spent getting in and out of the garage, although admittedly the experience is enlivened by a correspondingly great increase in erratic and overly fast driving, endangering pedestrians making their way to their cars.
Please consider having a pass-holder only exit so that monthly pass holders do not have to wait in long pay-to-park lines to exit.
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It is ridiculous that students park in deck , get semester permits and full time employees are put on waiting lists to get a pass!!!!!! We have people in landscape that are on waiting list for a pass, to be able to park for work, TOTAL BS!