Not to worry. One of UCLA’s parking facilities has info on what number to call to make it right:
Up to now in the UCLA parking facility where the photo above was taken, yours truly has seen only campus “golf cart” type electric vehicles used by service staff plugged in. Now that hybrid electric and all-electric vehicles are being sold for regular street use, scenes like the one above will become more common. (The car shown is a Honda model.) However, most parking spots do not have nearby electrical outlets. Presumably, UCLA is ok with such charging where a nearby outlet exists. But will there be more of them installed?
Only a handful of parking spaces in the UCLA lot near Wilshire are numbered. Surely, for those that are, there must be some easier numbers available to remember. (Like 1, 2, 3…) However, do your best:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G52JKyAqD4?feature=player_detailpage]
Inside Higher Ed today has a short story about a controversy over a proposed long-term lease of parking facilities at Indiana University to a private operator in exchange for a lump sum payment. The story links to a longer AP article on the issue which notes that Ohio State U has gone in that direction. Readers of this blog will know that at the Regents’ retreat last month, the Regents discussed a proposal to transfer campus parking services – after a rate increase – to the UC pension fund. With the higher rate, the parking services would have higher value…
At the Regents retreat today, everything connected to the budget was “on the table.” One unusual option presented by UCOP’s financial staff was a proposal to raise campus parking fees (thus making the parking services more valuable) and then give the UC parking system to the pension fund as a portfolio asset. Doing so would reduce the need for pension employer and employee pension contributions. The idea is a variant of a plan some cities have implemented or considered to sell their parking meters and parking lots to a private firm for an upfront payment. It was pointed out that…
The proposed UCLA hotel/conference center would involve demolition and removal of the parking spaces of parking structure #6 (shown at left). UCLA policy is to reimburse the parking service for such demolitions. In the UCLA case, however, the planned reimbursement seems over $10 million less than policy would require. Parking expert Prof. Donald Shoup – author of the acclaimed book “The High Cost of Free Parking” – examined the planned reimbursement and has questioned the proposed reimbursement on behalf of the UCLA Faculty Welfare Committee, a committee of the campus Academic Senate. The Faculty Welfare Committee’s minutes for the June…
