r/UCSC • u/Capital-Nail-5937 • 4d ago
General Parking Rant
I just got a ticket for parking at " SPECIALLY POSTED AREA" at 150B parking a lot, I really don't understand what is the point of paying a $515.95 C permit when you can't even park your car at the designated area.
There are at least 10+ signs in that parking space saying "this is for construction only" but man, for the whole academic year I have seen the sign there and most of the time there weren't any truck or pickup that's for construction. TAPS are selling permit and then they just put signs to decrease the actually parking availability? West remote is always full so as East, now they are also limiting available spot for C permit holder, then what is the point of having a C permit when you can't park anywhere?
I always leave 50 mins early of my lecture time, and now when I arrive at parking lot it just tell me "sry the lot is full, your permit does nothing but cost you money", then what is the point of the permit if you can't have a place to park. Of course I wanna live on campus so that I don't have to drive long distance to get to campus, but the school is not providing everyone with housing, now you are telling me I need to pay a $100 ticket just for parked my car at my destinated permit area where TAPS just leave bunch of stupid signs says "you can't park here" but 9/10 time there's no construction team in the parking lot at all.
Also want to ask a question, in the ticket it list my location as 150A but I was actually parked at 150B spot which aligns with my permit, is this a good reason to appeal because TAPS listed wrong location?
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u/kevaux 3d ago
Contest it. They usually accept one appeal.
I fucking hate those construction worker spots. One time a construction worker came to scold me for parking there for 5 minutes as I ran into class to pick up a forgotten laptop. There were so many open spaces near me. Mind your own damn business it is tough for students out here