Spring Break
Students explore parking options
Andy Chu
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: News
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As midterm season rears its tiresome head upon the students of San Jose State University suddenly the halls become more crowded and the parking garages fill to capacity.
For Brittany Snyder, a senior majoring in sociology, parking is only a problem for the untrained, she said.
"There are three times of the semester where parking is like this," Brittany Snyder said as she walked towards the south garage. "Look at that long line of cars trying to get out one by one, they don't know there's another way around."
After several years of commuting to SJSU, Snyder is well prepared to get to class on time after searching for parking she said.
"You have to get here are the right time if you are trying to make a nine or 10:30 class," Snyder said. "If you get to the garage right before class starts you're not going to make it because there are like 20 other cars following students to get a spot."
According to parking services, there are 7,347 spots available in the in the garages, street-side and the Park and Ride lot. There are approximately 30,000 students who attend SJSU and several students have found alternatives to driving a car to school.
Greg Falgiano, a senior majoring in business marketing, has tried many different ways to commute to campus he said.
"I've tried it all - light rail, the bus, even park and ride, but riding a motorcycle is the best way to get here," Falgiano said. "The best thing about it is it's free."
There is courtesy parking for motorcycles around the perimeter of the campus but spaces are limited. Currently there are 15 parking spots on Fourth Street, 26 on San Fernando Street and 17 on 10th Street - totaling 58.
During high traffic times on campus the free motorcycle parking can get full quickly, especially this time of year, Falgiano said.
"The spaces can get taken up pretty quickly since the weather is getting better," Falgiano said. "If they could expand the motorcycle parking I think that would be a good idea. If they took just one car space away that could fit like five bikes."
For Brittany Snyder, a senior majoring in sociology, parking is only a problem for the untrained, she said.
"There are three times of the semester where parking is like this," Brittany Snyder said as she walked towards the south garage. "Look at that long line of cars trying to get out one by one, they don't know there's another way around."
After several years of commuting to SJSU, Snyder is well prepared to get to class on time after searching for parking she said.
"You have to get here are the right time if you are trying to make a nine or 10:30 class," Snyder said. "If you get to the garage right before class starts you're not going to make it because there are like 20 other cars following students to get a spot."
According to parking services, there are 7,347 spots available in the in the garages, street-side and the Park and Ride lot. There are approximately 30,000 students who attend SJSU and several students have found alternatives to driving a car to school.
Greg Falgiano, a senior majoring in business marketing, has tried many different ways to commute to campus he said.
"I've tried it all - light rail, the bus, even park and ride, but riding a motorcycle is the best way to get here," Falgiano said. "The best thing about it is it's free."
There is courtesy parking for motorcycles around the perimeter of the campus but spaces are limited. Currently there are 15 parking spots on Fourth Street, 26 on San Fernando Street and 17 on 10th Street - totaling 58.
During high traffic times on campus the free motorcycle parking can get full quickly, especially this time of year, Falgiano said.
"The spaces can get taken up pretty quickly since the weather is getting better," Falgiano said. "If they could expand the motorcycle parking I think that would be a good idea. If they took just one car space away that could fit like five bikes."
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