<p>I’m glad I don’t have to deal with parking. I get a free space with my apartment. 
Way too expensive for UT parking or any of the private dorm/other big named apartments ( up to $125/month)</p>
<p>Can you imagine how much money they must make off of these damn permits? Damn son of a gun!! I mean, by car, per year. Millions over time. </p>
<p>hah…
But yeah, just the price of a parking permit has made me look at apartments in West campus to see if I might like something for next year.</p>
<p>I’m definitely going to look into apartments for next year.</p>
<p>Do you realize how expensive it is to own a parking lot in Austin? The lots could be turned into public parking for $10 a day per car, with no long term permits allowed at all. They would make more money that way. Or turning it into a 10 story apartment building. That would be a heck of a lot of more money. Parking is a very poor way to use the land actually, although necessary.</p>
<p>Well, nothings for free. I can accept that. Regardless, its still an outstanding amount to add to tuition, housing, and everything else that falls in.</p>
<p>I’m not about to kiss UT’s ass and thank them for not making it a pay by the day parking lot because they just might upon suggestion.</p>
<p>Hey as long as the profit for parking on campus is going to UT, I’m happy. Considering all the budget cuts, I hope all of you buy parking permits so that fewer people can be fired in the upcoming year!</p>
<p>If somebody charged less and it wasn’t UT, I’d sure as heck go to them. I don’t have the funds to just say that it would make me happy that they keep someone elses job because its a pretty big blow to my wallet. Selfish as its sounds, meh. It’s just imo.</p>
<p>@sasha2014: You’re an incoming freshman right?</p>
<p>I know that the parking prices hurt, but the university is cutting a lot of staff AND lecturers. While I hate it too, I know that the profit from parking actually goes to keeping the university running UNLIKE football. Man, if we could even get a 15% cut of that, I think we would be in a less financially dire situation we’re in now.</p>
<p>Yes and no - I’ve been a student already. </p>
<p>But I see your point.</p>
<p>yeah their endowment went down, but so did a boatload of other schools.</p>
<p>hey I am selling a parking.
and yes parking is expensive. Did you know that for every car in the United States, there is at least seven open parking spaces somewhere in the U.S. I support paid parking. Therefore, maybe we could then realize how detrimental it is to the environment to have cars.</p>
<p>Hey I believe san gabriel square is selling parking for a good price. I saw their ad on craigslist. san gabriel square is a apartment.</p>
<p>So…you mean we should have 7x as many cars as we do now? ;)</p>