Parking Progress, 1986

From the February 1986 issue of UNO Today

 

A Whole New Image for UNO?

Sufficient Parking is a Positive Factor

 

January 13, the first day of classes for the spring semester, 1986, marked the opening of UNO’s new three-level, 500-space parking garage. Located south of the Arts and Sciences building, the structure brings the total number of on-campus parking spaces to almost 4,000.

 

The garage contains an electronic monitoring system for security purposes. Television cameras will monitor the stairwells and the closed and underground areas. Campus security will monitor the exposed parking on the top level.

 

The four new parking lots added at the west end of campus will also be open. Most of the new circulation road will be open to give access to the parking lots. Shuttle parking at Ak-Sar-Ben has been discontinued.

 

Lou Cartier, director of University Relations, said that an overflow is expected at certain times of the day since the number of spaces available will still fall short of the 5,000 estimated necessary during peak hours. He suggested the students park on nearby neighborhood streets, Elmwood Park or the church lots.

 

Cartier went on to say, “. . . we still don’t have the resources to totally match the overflow. We had to develop a program for the most consistent pattern of use.”

 

Tim Fitzgerald, assistant director of University Relations, said he hopes that the negative light the parking problem has shed upon UNO will soon pass.

 

“Sometimes at the mere mention of UNO the first thought that comes to the minds of most people is parking. WE hope that people will carry a more positive attitude toward the University now.”