Butler administration proposes increases to student parking permit prices, SGA introduces resolution in opposition.
What you need to know about parking changes this year
Changes include different available locations for B permits and introduction of new E permit.
Butler announces addition of parking lot, changes to permits
Butler University has implemented a plan to immediately solve a part of the parking problem on campus. In a letter to the Butler community, Ben Hunter, chief of staff, revealed a new parking lot and the reconfiguring of current lots to allow for more parking. The new lot will be known as “I Lot” and…
Patients’ parking needs met
With a number of Butler University’s visitor parking lots under construction, Speech and Language Clinic patients were put in a bind last week. Construction outside Atherton Union left the patients without sports in their normal lot. The only visitor parking lots not under construction are located across from the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, across from…
Increased parking permits pay for new software
Butler parking permits cost $15 more than last year because of a vote by Butler’s parking committee. The committee vote approved a $75 price tag that will remain frozen for two years. “If they’re going to raise prices, they should use the money towards helping to manage parking better,” said sophomore Katie Cessna, who brought…
Parking revenue brings in nearly $370,000
Butler University Police Department made about 90 percent of its more than $400,000 total income last year from parking revenues. Registration fees made up $241,555, $104,290 came from tickets and $23,635.92 came from parking meters, according to a 2010-11 budget. Police Chief Ben Hunter said BUPD couldn’t sustain itself on parking revenues alone, but it…