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ALBANYLSSEVDENF-PRESS ‘THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION Turspay, May 4, 2010 - Issur 25 Parking tickets lead to big bucks Ay ie in see window By Jon Camports Outgoing Mana For the week before sprin break, freshman James Golube erved for sopho mores and upperclassmen: the ability to par Goldberg purchased a four-day $20, On the temporary permit for filth day, he was greeted with a Familiar sight for many drive atthe University at Albany’ as he walked to his car in the parking Jot on Indian Qual gold and white parking ticket hat showed he now owed the sniversity an additional S50 T planned on leaving early ne said. “I went out there and leveryone was leaving, the whole parking lot was empty. and I had 4950 parking ticket.” Parking tickets bring in hun dreds of thousands of dolla each year for the university including $542 S87 dri 2008-119 fiscal year alone. The amount of citations written each year outpaces that of other Stat University of New York universi y centers, including the Unive sity at Buifalo, whieh has nearly sige the amount of registered ud out over 13.900 eitati time period wit ert LOO of these tickers chiles on campus and collected STOSS7 less shan UAlbany last year. an Allany Student Pr of parking figures show he university doled owt 2 tickets from July 2009 February of the current 1 enough for each one af th chicles to be cited at least once -anwhile, UB hats issued 635 fered vehicles, while Binghamton University had written 12,163 Jp mic April with Parking statistics for Stony Patrick Dodson/Toreh Yea 2009 10 Febru 00k Brook University were not immediately provided by the school Rose Dorsman, director of Packing & Mass Transit Ser Vices at U Albany, said her office cenforces the parking rules “fairly andl adequately ‘We do the best we can,” she said, “Ldon’t think we specifi- cally go after someone who is illegally parked half an inch over he Hine, or anything like that she said. “I shink we legitimately and accurately enforce UATbany has collected '9353.067 in citations that were See Poticy News Page 3 UA only SUNY center with multi-citation policy aid from July 2009 through Februaty of this year, outpae ing the previows year's total by more than $40,000 was a leust partially driven by The increase n increase to the cost oF a basic parking citation in January, from $20 10 $30. This comes alter licket reverie $99,000 09 after the university hired an uunyped by nearly om 2007-08 10 2008. additional ticket-enforeement work an evening shilt Dossman officer aid the decision to increase the cast was a way to help increase compliance with parking 1g rales, not as patking budget. which is about SIS million, is completely self

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