With ongoing construction in the Huston Huffman Center parking lot, OU Parking Services says there are still convenient and accessible parking options available all over campus.
Both the Duck Pond lot east of the stadium and the Jenkins Avenue lot east of the Huston Huffman Center provide open spaces throughout the day, said Vicky Holland, Cleveland Area Rapid Transit spokeswoman.
“The Duck Pond always has spots available,” Holland said.
She said there were nearly 500 spaces open Monday afternoon.
The multi-purpose lot is open to anyone with a valid parking permit. It also offers students a free shuttle ride to the South Oval every 20 minutes, Holland said.
Shuttle pickup is available on the northeast end of the lot.
She said OU Parking Services sells nearly 12,000 permits per year, and there are more than 14,000 parking spots available on campus.
Criminology senior Garrett Rosser said he understands parking is hectic during the first week of school.
“If I lived off campus, I would definitely take the shuttle,” Rosser said. “Parking is tight around campus for commuters.”
The construction on Lindsey Street and in the Huston Huffman Center parking lot have made things frustrating for commuting students.
Kelsey Voytovich, energy management senior, said she has given up on trying to park close to campus.
Voytovich said she parks at Lloyd Noble Center and takes the shuttle from there to campus.
“It’s pretty annoying to be honest with you,” Voytovich said.
“I used to park at the Huff parking lot, but it’s impossible now.”
For students who don’t want to purchase a permit this year, Lloyd Noble parking lot offers a free shuttle to the South Oval.
A section on the north side of the parking lot has been set aside for students without a permit.
The shuttle departs Lloyd Noble Center every five to 10 minutes from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and every 20 minutes from 6 to 9 p.m., according to a release.
Elsewhere in the lot, a permit is required. With no rise in permit prices in the last six years, Holland said OU Parking Services wants to make sure everyone now pays for parking.
OU parking services will issue warnings to people parking without a permit and not in the shuttle area today, and will issue tickets on Wednesday, Holland said.
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wxwatcher 1 year, 9 months ago
I'm suprized more of an effort wasn't made to tell the student body about the change at Lloyd Noble. I don't personally care either way if it's permit parking or not, but I do think a lot of people we're hit out of the blue with that change.
Katja 1 year, 9 months ago
In what is possibly OU's biggest scam of all time, you now have to pay $200 to park in most (read: virtually all) of the areas at Lloyd Noble Center. That's right, OU's once touted "solution" to the parking problem on campus is now just another excuse to extort money from its student body. All the people that parked at Lloyd Noble to ride the free shuttle service can not POSSIBLY fit into the four little squares allotted for them. You will be ticketed if you park anywhere outside that area and don't have a permit - even if you take the "free" shuttle.
All this, after the closing of most of the Jenkins/Huff parking lot? After all the behind schedule construction? If Holland really did say "OU Parking Services wants to make sure everyone now pays for parking", it's incredibly insensitive. Does anyone in the parking office realize what a pain in the a** it is to actually park at LN and ride the shuttle? You want people to pay $200 for that privilege? The same amount of money it costs to park close to campus buildings? (oh, sorry - I forgot we don't have those spots either).
@OUParking DID tweet about the change on August 20. At least all 198 followers knew about it 4 days before school started...
There is no other logical reason for someone to park at Lloyd Noble EXCEPT to ride the shuttle. They've stuck in a few "free" lots to give some sort of horrible illusion that they are still trying to cater to people, but there is NO other reason for people to park down there. It's all kinds of messed up.
localsooner 1 year, 9 months ago
No kidding, how bout sending out an e-mail, parking services?