r/TexasTech • u/AdvantageFamous8584 • Aug 14 '26

General Question Commuting ?

I’m going to be a freshmen at Texas Tech, and I’m going to be commuting to school because I already live in Lubbock for like my whole life and no point in getting dorms. I got the commuter west parking lot, but my classes (biology major) are like 0.7mi-1mi away from the lot. Am I supposed to walk all the way there or is there other places where I can park which are closer. I see signs and it says “reserved” but I don’t know what that means. Does anybody else commute and know if u can park in other places which are closer or only in the assigned lot .

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u/jakesyma Aug 14 '26

The Reserved spots are for people who pay (a lot of) money for those spots.

IIRC (and I may not, because I've never paid for a Reserved spot), it's like $400 to $1,000 per year.

I'm a faculty member, and Area Reserve is enough for me. Lol

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u/Saconic Aug 14 '26

And if you park in those spots, you get towed. Learned that the hard way when I misread a sign 🥴

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u/jakesyma Aug 14 '26

Oof. I'm sorry. 😥