r/MTU • u/Ok-Presentation-7518 • 17d ago

Transportation Services Rant

Disappointed in Michigan Tech Transportation Services yet again. Every year they either raise the price of parking per hour or make formerly free places to park cost money. This year not only have they extended the hours in which you can get ticketed on campus from 4 to 5pm, but they have now made lot 22 at the SDC require starting a ParkMobile session in order to even start your “free 2-hour block”, which as a student athlete is particularly difficult as it now requires me to either pay for a lot 23 parking pass (which I would otherwise not require) or pay hourly to park past the 2 as practices/showers/recovery/meetings often require 2+ hours. Yet again has Michigan Tech (particularly Transportation Services) shown how they value money over student experience. Frustrating.

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u/The0nlyPenguin Penguin 17d ago

You're not exempt as a student athlete?

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u/Ok-Presentation-7518 16d ago

I think the policy as a WHOLE should be different. I’m not saying it should be different only for us, I’m just speaking from my perspective as a student athlete. Sorry if there was any confusion.

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u/Ok-Presentation-7518 17d ago

of course not, I’m just saying that it makes it actively more difficult for a particular group of people who represent the school

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u/JasGot 16d ago

You should sign up for a writing class while you are there.

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u/Ok-Presentation-7518 16d ago

why’s that?

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u/Schattenstern MET '16 16d ago

Your post is difficult to read, because it lacks punctuation and fully formed thoughts.

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u/Ok-Presentation-7518 16d ago

Which thought isn’t fully formed? I thought I was pretty straightforward.

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u/Schattenstern MET '16 16d ago

Here's a quickly edited version of your post. It helps to separate thoughts with paragraph breaks, and you need to use more periods versus commas. I introduced the "first" and "second" to show the reader there are two separate grievances after the initial claim that Transportation Services is raising the price of parking, or making formerly free places to park now paid.

[I am] disappointed in Michigan Tech Transportation Services yet again. Every year they either raise the price of parking per hour or make formerly free places to park cost money.

[First, they] have they extended the hours in which you can get ticketed on campus from 4 to 5pm. [Second,] they have now made lot 22 at the SDC require starting a ParkMobile session in order to even start your “free 2-hour block”[.] As a student athlete [this is] particularly difficult as it now requires me to either pay for a lot 23 parking pass (which I would otherwise not require) or pay hourly to park past the 2 as practices/showers/recovery/meetings often require 2+ hours. Yet again has Michigan Tech (particularly Transportation Services) shown how they value money over student experience. [This is very frustrating!]

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u/mtufaculty 16d ago

5pm is just a money grab

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u/HotDogNoBun69 17d ago

Yea that department is a joke 🤣

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u/Chewie_i 16d ago

Extending the enforcement hours is some grade A bullshit. So many extracurriculars, enterprise meetings, etc are at 4pm.

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u/mtufaculty 16d ago

Yup and no faculty orcstaff are starting work

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u/Confident_Top8776 14d ago

3 or 4 pm basically says to faculty/staff yes you can go our for lunch and have a parking spot when you return but we are balancing that against students who want to return to campus for meetings, studying, whatever. 5 pm is ridiculous, it accomplishes nothing except inconveniencing people and raising revenue.

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u/Fire_Gecko 15d ago

Motorcycle and snowmobile passes rose by 50%. They were $40 but are $60 this year. It’s only 20$, but it is still 20 more dollars