EGYPT-THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO-Parking expresses big issue between students, faculty, and stuff which pushes the administration to lower the fees from 3,000 LE to 1,500 LE per year.
Transportation in AUC is permitted through buses also with the cooperation of Family Transport company, but students are still insisting to take their cars. “I prefer my car as I finish my class early and bus schedule is very late and doesn’t suitable me,” Lara said.
In response to that the Student Union presented the student forum to the administration and they succeed to solve the problem by changing the time to fit the classes in Ramadan as from 2:15 to 2:45 and after Ramadan, there will be buses departing almost every hour or half an hour. But the students still taking their cars and they face great problems even in parking or the regulations.
“My major problem in the first week in the new campus was the parking and finding classes, but new it returned to the fees of parking,” El Shamy, senior student, said. Parking is still one of the transportation problems in AUC despite the good new about lowering the fees.
“For this year only, the administration will reduce the parking fees by 50 percent for faculty, staff and students…,” President Arnold said. This was a good news for the whole AUC, but the responds were expresses what’s the planning after this year. “Another petition will reduce the fees to the next year also, believe me,” Manar, junior political science student, said.
Away from the main problem for many students, there are now available parking lots. According to official AUC website “Parking at AUC”, “There are 1,500 parking spaces provided across twelve different lots… 150 parking spaces in a visitors only lot… an additional 500 parking spaces will be built…” and the lack of parking spaces isn’t a good reason to violate AUC trafficking regulations.
The office of Parking and Transportation (OPT) put a list of violation and parking policies. Speeding, Careless driving, Blocking driveways, unauthorized parking, and any property damage can cost 220 LE only for three times. After more than three violating times parking permit will be suspended.
Regarding to some driving regulation of OPT, “…the speed limit on campus streets, driveways and parking lots is 25 km per hour. Luckily, the visitors have a good chance to park their cars as a short-time and in the special events the university held.
Not only visitors are permitted to park safely, but also AUC society are safely considered. “The Parking Office reserves the right to cancel a parking permits at any time in response to operating a vehicle on campus in a manner that present a danger to members of the AUC community”.
Parking permits will be in the form of ‘hanging tag’ that is working by radio identification chips. This card will be verified when the car pass through the electronic gate that permit parking in AUC. And this license will begin on Sunday, September 28th, 2008.
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