Commuter Parking
Whats up with the commuter parking at Montevallo? If you get to campus between 7:30 and 8:30, parking isn't an issue at all; but if you get to campus after 8:30, you can forget about a parking space behind the library or behind Morgan. You may get lucky if you arrive on campus around lunch, maybe someone decided to leave for lunch or had somewhere to be, but usually there isn't any parking except in overflow, and let's be honest overflow parking is beyond the worse!
To make things worse, they have put cones in front of a lot of the parking spots at once to block them off! Why? We as commuters already have enough trouble finding a parking spot, and they want to block off more parking spots? This semester, I only go to campus two days a week, but in past years, I have arrived on campus at 11:30 for a 12:00 class and could not find parking. Driving around each commuter parking lot for 10, 15, 20 minutes at a time trying to find a decent parking spot. Debating if I should keep trying, or forget it and just go back home.
Have a 9:00 class?
Don't be late for that 9:00am class or you will regret it. Trying to find parking behind the library or Morgan is out of the question. You will only find parking in overflow all the way across campus.
I have an 8:00 am class, I park on campus around 7:30 and remain in that parking spot until 2:00 when my first 3 classes are over, then I move my car over to the library; trying to find parking behind the library before 2:00 is out of the question also; you're also fighting other commuters whose first class is at 2:00 for a parking spot.
Finals Week Parking
Parking during Finals week at the library is out of the question. Everyone including student who live on campus move their vehicles to the library parking lot. Why? You as resident students have more parking than us commuters. You also have a room on campus you can study in. I'm not saying you shouldn't go to the library to study, but walk to the library to study instead of taking up parking spaces for the commuters that drive to campus.The absolute worse thing is driving around and looking for a spot and then seeing a resident parked in a commuter spot!
Fighting for Parking
We as commuters travel back and forth daily, and most resident students park on Sunday night and don't move their car til Friday afternoon/evening. We can't park in the green parking spots (resident parking), so the red should only be for commuters. (With the exception of after 5:00pm of course). I feel for the students that don't have a class early and their first class is at 12 or later and can't find parking. Once I park my car, I'm not moving until I have to.
