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Tarleton parking undergoes changes
Francisco Castro
Contributor
sw_castro@tarleton.edu
As the Fall 2018 semester kicks off, so
do new changes on the Tarleton State
University Stephenville campus. One of
the new changes made is the relabeling of
the parking lots found around campus.
“Every year (Police and Parking) have
to try and balance what the needs are
versus the needs of the facilities and
the students,” said Matt Welch, Chief of
Police for Tarleton Police Department.
One change that has been implemented
on parking is the introduction of a
new type of lot. This new lot allows for
designated members of the Tarleton
Family to have 24-hour access to parking
while allowing Tarleton Police to easily
enforce the lots as such.
“By the residence halls, there was a
few slots for the RL’s and RC’s; people
who worked in the building and lived
in the building all the time,” Welch
said. “Five (spots) by Legends and five
by Centennial, it’s hard to (enforce)
those. So what we did was, while not as
convenient for them, we tried to find
some new lots just for them. We called
them Silver Lots.”
Welch explained that the new lots
not only served as 24-hour access for
residence hall staff, but for families living
in on-campus apartments.
“(Silver Lots) are for people who work
and live in a residence hall, for visitors
with a visitor pass, or for people who are
married with kids who live on campus,”
Welch explained.
These new lots include P4 behind
Hunewell Hall, P22 West behind
Centennial Hall, P32 at Venture
Apartments, P43 besides University
Village, and P45 South besides Traditions
South. Regarding Purple Commuter
Lots, changes made included converting
P20 North and South besides Memorial
Stadium to Purple Lots.
“We try to group the purple parking in
larger chunks because you don’t want to
go to a little lot all the time trying to find
(parking),” Welch said. “You want to drive
in, park, and go to class. So you have two
major areas to look and it’s better.”
One of the other benefits of converting
P20 to a Purple Lot is that it is easier
to close before a sporting event. Welch
added that since commuters naturally
leave after their classes, clearing P20 for
a sporting event can be done easier since
commuters do not need to have a spot at
that time.
Another lot that has been converted
is P9 across from The Welcome Center.
P9, while originally Residential and All
Access, has been instead converted to
Residential and Commuter. According
to Welch, P9 Green Lot was often used
by Tarleton faculty and staff, despite
having ample parking in Blue staff lots.
Converting P9 into a commuter lot not
only allows for more parking options for
students, but also ensures that there are
enough parking spaces for all. “Parking is
always supply-and-demand” said Welch.
“(Tarleton PD) doesn’t buy the lots...but
we just try to administer what we have,
and we try to do it fairly.
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The JTAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 199, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 2018, newspaper, September 5, 2018; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1103725/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.