2.  A severe shortage of student parking leads to a
wide range of issues affecting our education.
 Many students spend up to an hour or more in
UTSA’s parking lot, waiting for a parking
space.
 Arguments, profanity, horn blowing, and name
calling are the embarrassing norms.

3.  Number of students -- 25,794
 Number of student parking spaces, including
all lots that must be shuttled to campus – 1,425
 The busiest times of day are from 12-1 and 5-7.
UTSA shuttle drivers explain that during these
times, the shuttles fill up so quickly that they
are unable to make it to all the stops in a given
lot, and are forced to leave many students
waiting an additional 10 + minutes for the next
shuttle.

4.  Waiting for parking
 Worrying about parking
 Following students to their cars in a stalker-ish
manner.
 Running to class frantically after waiting for
students who just left class to make it out to the
parking lot

5.  A distraction for the Professor
 A distraction for fellow students
 Missed class time for the late student
 Unneeded stress, not conducive to a healthy
learning environment

7.  A general lack of available parking
 Too many parking permits sold in comparison
to number of parking spots available
 Too much unused staff parking

9.  The University should allocate more resources
to student parking.
 Money should be taken from areas that have
less of an effect on our quality of education.
 Example: Many students might prefer hassle-
free parking over the lazy river. The lazy river,
an albeit beautiful and enjoyable resource,
makes less of a contribution to our quality of
education than quick and efficient parking
would.

10.  Fee is $120
 Total fees for a given semester – 3.1 million; 6.2
million yearly
 If a portion of the monetary resources allocated
the rec center were instead re-allocated to
student parking, our quality of education
would be significantly improved
 These resources could be used to build more
parking lots and add more shuttles to existing
lots.

11.  UTSA transportation fee is $20
 The ability for every student to attend every
class, on time, every time, should be the
University’s number one goal, however, the
allocation of resources does not support this
view.