YOUR VIEW: Constant C-zone parking changes continue to cause conundrums

Editor, the Auburn Plainsman

I would like to know why the University has decided to make C-zone parking even smaller.

Now, no complaint, in my opinion, should ever be voiced without a solution.

Here are my solutions.

The University decided, since it spent so much money on the new dorms, called The Village, it would require all freshmen students to live in the dorms.

I have no problem with that philosophy.

Auburn is one of the very few campuses that allow freshmen to have cars on campus: i.e. FSU, U of F and U of TN.

Solution: No cars for freshmen.

At one time, the entire parking lot located along Magnolia Avenue and Donahue Drive was all C-zone.

Then it was chopped off at what I will call the back half, the part directly across from The Village; the top half was C-zone and the bottom was residents.

In fall 2009, Auburn then cut C-zone down again for more residents.

Why?

This is wrong.

Every day, hundreds of students play the "Parking Lot Game" looking for a spot when in fact the RO zone has numerous open spots in it.

Yet, if I park there I am ticketed and everyday while walking to Lowder and Nichols I see resident tags in the windows.

Solution: ticket the resident tags and give the spots back to C-zone drivers that were taken in the fall.

Yesterday, while I looked for a spot, I noticed at 7:38 a.m. the C-zone was almost full.

I counted 14 open spots and a line of cars coming in as I pulled out.

I also understand that there could be security issues and that is why the parking was zoned the way it is.

However, isn't that why the University started the 24-hour security shuttles?

Chris Rattan

senior, finance