<p>So I'm gonna try and visit my friends labor day weekend and I was wondering how I would go about parking. A cursory glance at the DOTS page says it'll be like $40 for parking ($15 for Friday and Monday, $5 for Saturday and Sunday). I know DOTS is terrible in general but really? $40 for a weekend? Am I missing something or is it really that bad?</p>
<p>Whatever you do, don’t park where you’re not supposed to. DOTS is predatory and nasty.</p>
<p>You can park in lots 1, 6, 9, 11, and Mowatt lane garage U5 during the weekend free of charge.</p>
<p>Are those lots free all weekends? Or just this upcoming weekend?</p>
<p>predatory is the word! i paid at a parking meter and cam back 16 minutes early and had a ticket. this had happened before so i took iphone pictures of when i started and when i returned and the ticket was clearly given out way before the end of my paid time. witnesses and i wrote letters. hahahha! too bad for me…so pay your meter and come back an hour before it runs out and pay some more. what a hassle. and this was not the only time this happened to me.</p>