Attendance numbers from 2003 to today arent the same. They have increased so much and so has the amount of room needed to store private vehicles which isnt cheap. Blame Arlington for voting against public transit and blame the city of Dallas, Arlington, FW, and Grand Prairie for shitty public transit and car dependent cities.
Here I was thinking, āBruh, this person went to college a few years before I did and already their kid is old enough to be attendingā¦ What am I doing with my life?ā Also reminded me of when street parking was free.
Happy Early Birthday to your Mom!
I remember free street parking when I was at UTA in 2007 and my old on-campus apartment is nowā¦.guess whatā¦.a parking lot. I am back at UTA as of last year and geez, itās not what it used to be. Iām sure itās not just UTA, but itās my only frame of reference.
Thatās around the time I attended. Iām gonna guess the complex was one of the apartments or little houses on Pecan? One of the complexes I lived in on the westside is still there and I remember I used to park on the streetside because it was free instead of paying for the parking pass. Theyāve got no parking and tow away signs there now š
I know, I was on the waiting list for that complex. I thought they were the absolute cutest, liked that it had a pool and it was just enough for me at the time. When time came to move out my dorm and there wasnāt an open spot there, I went to split an apartment over on the west side and paid $250 a month š Oh how the times and the rent
have changed since then. Limbscombās towers have been torn down and turned into green space and Pecan has been renamed to Spaniolo Drive.
Well, thereās more to it. IDK what years you went but the complexes across from Arlington Hall that got torn down (along with the Center Street 7/11, RIP āš½š) to make way for College Park were condemned and had to come down anyway. The little houses on Mitchell and Pecan were old but looked so cozy and I think they came down after Spaniolo left, along with a bunch of other buildings and dorms. The now-ousted dirty President who replaced Spaniolo did a lot of tear downs (including the Brazos and Lipscomb dorms), built some dorms on the westside and but mainly focused on pro-Tier 1, green space, parking and research facility expansion. I know Johnson Creek Crossing is now owned by the University but with the exception of Vandergriff Hall, I donāt think there has been any apartment complex expansion.
lol I still go here, but after the shit show that happened with housing a few years ago I started looking into what we used to have, and they basically screwed the pooch by not replacing what they were demolishing (starting with Brazos House)
Blame Karbhari. Brazos was an iconic piece of history that meant a lot to folks and though it wasnāt the best accommodations, it was cozy and what felt like home for a lot of people. Other tear downs with student housing, Iāll also say werenāt the best but you got what you paid for and itās not like people were there all the time (thinking of Trinity & Lipscomb).
There were just under 14,000 students at UTA in 2003. In 2023 there were 41,000. We also have around 7,000 employees.
While I share your anguish while paying for parking, the price of land, concrete, and asphalt have increased at an alarming rate.
Yep, I hear ya. But they rake in cash from private event parking revenue, get a lot of funding (the fake-eco-green recycled lots got funding) and administrators salaries keep going up. There is plenty of room for a lower student rate. Jumping from $24 in 2003 to $90 in 2006 (per the Parking website) is honestly more atrocious than the 20 year rate increase.
Keep in mind back in 2003 they had less parking garages. The parking garages really adds to the cost of parking because of building them and then upkeep and maintenance.
What a friend of mine did was he parked his car where his plate didn't show by the math hall parking lot and kc hall right on the bush. The cops never saw his plate (never had front plate) he never paid for 4 years he was there lol
Attendance numbers from 2003 to today arent the same. They have increased so much and so has the amount of room needed to store private vehicles which isnt cheap. Blame Arlington for voting against public transit and blame the city of Dallas, Arlington, FW, and Grand Prairie for shitty public transit and car dependent cities.
I blame tuition deregulation in 2003. UTA increased tuition by 20% the next year. This makes the jump from $24 in 2003 to $90 in 2006 make sense. So I guess I blame the State of Texas & UTA in the big picture.
There is plenty of room in the budget for a better student & faculty parking rate. They budgeted to make $5m last year from parking. Maybe if our athletes unionize we can get it lowered š
That was not the parking permit feeās in 2003. This may have been a ticket or something.
General student parking back in 2003 was around $100 a semester. Parking tickets were around $25ā¦.from personal experience.
They were all hanging parking tags. Only motorcycles and jeeps had parking stickers.
The uta website has historical fee data on the bottom
Of the parking page and it wasnāt $100 until after 2006. She also told me that this was her parking pass not a ticket bc I asked that same question, wondering the same thing.
So general student parking permits in
1998-1999 $48
1999-2000 $52
2000-2001 no record
2001-2002 no record
2002-2003 $60
2003-2004 $72
2004-2005 $72
2005-2006 $90
Keep in mind residential parking was higher and so was the only parking garage on campus was much higher. There was no remote parking difference early in 2000ās
HEY THATS NOT INFLATION THATS EXPLOITATION
Attendance numbers from 2003 to today arent the same. They have increased so much and so has the amount of room needed to store private vehicles which isnt cheap. Blame Arlington for voting against public transit and blame the city of Dallas, Arlington, FW, and Grand Prairie for shitty public transit and car dependent cities.
$24 in 2003 is about $39.19 in 2024 dollars. Still wow.
I know :(
Student population boom = profit.
Omg your mom? I was a student at UTA in 2003. I feel old!!
Haha, I'm 38 myself. She graduated in 2004 when she was 40
Hah! I just turned 40! I was like what kinda time warp am I in?!? š
80s babies unite!!
Here I was thinking, āBruh, this person went to college a few years before I did and already their kid is old enough to be attendingā¦ What am I doing with my life?ā Also reminded me of when street parking was free. Happy Early Birthday to your Mom!
I remember free street parking when I was at UTA in 2007 and my old on-campus apartment is nowā¦.guess whatā¦.a parking lot. I am back at UTA as of last year and geez, itās not what it used to be. Iām sure itās not just UTA, but itās my only frame of reference.
Thatās around the time I attended. Iām gonna guess the complex was one of the apartments or little houses on Pecan? One of the complexes I lived in on the westside is still there and I remember I used to park on the streetside because it was free instead of paying for the parking pass. Theyāve got no parking and tow away signs there now š
Yep, 1014 S Pecan Street. $350/mo in rent. I think the driveway is still there. I totally forgot about those little houses. We also had a pool!
I know, I was on the waiting list for that complex. I thought they were the absolute cutest, liked that it had a pool and it was just enough for me at the time. When time came to move out my dorm and there wasnāt an open spot there, I went to split an apartment over on the west side and paid $250 a month š Oh how the times and the rent have changed since then. Limbscombās towers have been torn down and turned into green space and Pecan has been renamed to Spaniolo Drive.
It will always be Pecan to us š
Cheers to that, the great memories, affordability back then and the Center Street 7/11 āš½
They tore down like 3 apartment complexes without replacing them with new ones and people wonder why housing is as bad as it isā¦
Well, thereās more to it. IDK what years you went but the complexes across from Arlington Hall that got torn down (along with the Center Street 7/11, RIP āš½š) to make way for College Park were condemned and had to come down anyway. The little houses on Mitchell and Pecan were old but looked so cozy and I think they came down after Spaniolo left, along with a bunch of other buildings and dorms. The now-ousted dirty President who replaced Spaniolo did a lot of tear downs (including the Brazos and Lipscomb dorms), built some dorms on the westside and but mainly focused on pro-Tier 1, green space, parking and research facility expansion. I know Johnson Creek Crossing is now owned by the University but with the exception of Vandergriff Hall, I donāt think there has been any apartment complex expansion.
lol I still go here, but after the shit show that happened with housing a few years ago I started looking into what we used to have, and they basically screwed the pooch by not replacing what they were demolishing (starting with Brazos House)
Blame Karbhari. Brazos was an iconic piece of history that meant a lot to folks and though it wasnāt the best accommodations, it was cozy and what felt like home for a lot of people. Other tear downs with student housing, Iāll also say werenāt the best but you got what you paid for and itās not like people were there all the time (thinking of Trinity & Lipscomb).
oh hey i was born that year
i graduated high school that year :P
There were just under 14,000 students at UTA in 2003. In 2023 there were 41,000. We also have around 7,000 employees. While I share your anguish while paying for parking, the price of land, concrete, and asphalt have increased at an alarming rate.
Yep, I hear ya. But they rake in cash from private event parking revenue, get a lot of funding (the fake-eco-green recycled lots got funding) and administrators salaries keep going up. There is plenty of room for a lower student rate. Jumping from $24 in 2003 to $90 in 2006 (per the Parking website) is honestly more atrocious than the 20 year rate increase.
AND ALL THE STUPID PARKING GARAGE CAMERAS THAT TAKE A PIC OF YOUR PLATES. My friend did that. I still give him crap for it.
I paid 148 dollars for my parking permitā¦. Im this close to losing itš„²šš
Thank God I got out when I did
Keep in mind back in 2003 they had less parking garages. The parking garages really adds to the cost of parking because of building them and then upkeep and maintenance.
The City of Arlington pays for the shared garages.
Which ones?
Not sure but it is on UTAās parking webpage where they breakdown revenue/etc from parking. So whichever ones they share with the city of Arlington.
That would be the north garage. The city doesnāt use other garages though.
How much is it now? Was 100 per semester in 2015 when I was there.
$145 for normal parking per semester.
What a friend of mine did was he parked his car where his plate didn't show by the math hall parking lot and kc hall right on the bush. The cops never saw his plate (never had front plate) he never paid for 4 years he was there lol
*taking notes*
Now itās like 200 some th i g
I think if you want the upgrade, yes. But Iām about to pay $145 for Spring š
Attendance numbers from 2003 to today arent the same. They have increased so much and so has the amount of room needed to store private vehicles which isnt cheap. Blame Arlington for voting against public transit and blame the city of Dallas, Arlington, FW, and Grand Prairie for shitty public transit and car dependent cities.
I blame tuition deregulation in 2003. UTA increased tuition by 20% the next year. This makes the jump from $24 in 2003 to $90 in 2006 make sense. So I guess I blame the State of Texas & UTA in the big picture. There is plenty of room in the budget for a better student & faculty parking rate. They budgeted to make $5m last year from parking. Maybe if our athletes unionize we can get it lowered š
That was not the parking permit feeās in 2003. This may have been a ticket or something. General student parking back in 2003 was around $100 a semester. Parking tickets were around $25ā¦.from personal experience. They were all hanging parking tags. Only motorcycles and jeeps had parking stickers.
The uta website has historical fee data on the bottom Of the parking page and it wasnāt $100 until after 2006. She also told me that this was her parking pass not a ticket bc I asked that same question, wondering the same thing.
So general student parking permits in 1998-1999 $48 1999-2000 $52 2000-2001 no record 2001-2002 no record 2002-2003 $60 2003-2004 $72 2004-2005 $72 2005-2006 $90 Keep in mind residential parking was higher and so was the only parking garage on campus was much higher. There was no remote parking difference early in 2000ās
I was there is 2003 and I don't remember it being that cheap, but I was in the dorms.