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The parking lot and sidewalk by White Hall are gated off on August 27, 2024.

Students battle congested parking lots at Kent State

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 3, 2024

Students with senior standing began purchasing parking permits for the 2024-2025 academic year on July 24, and many noticed changes made to the university’s Parking and Transit Services. Emma Boden,...

Ongoing student conflict with Parking Services

Lex Radde, TV2 Reporter March 5, 2024

Seeing a yellow ticket on your windshield is an occurrence Kent State students try their best to avoid. But there is reasoning behind Parking Services' strict rules. TV2's Lex Radde spoke to students...

Cars line the sidewalk of the Prentice parking lot.

USG holds meeting to discuss parking issues

Macy Rosen, Reporter October 18, 2022

An Undergraduate Student Government meeting allowed students to express their concerns about parking and transit services Oct. 6. Following the conversation, USG plans to compile student statements...

Overselling of parking passes leads to shortage of spots

Alex Tinline October 11, 2017

The overselling of Kent State parking passes is leaving many students without a place to park for the Fall 2017 semester.“Everyday in the Verder (commuter) lot, people are parking in the fire lanes,...

Kent State added a new parking sign at the C-Science East lot that keeps track of the number of the amount of parking spaces available in that specific lot.

Installed spot-counting devices to ease campus parking troubles

Alex Tinline October 11, 2017

In an effort to help make parking easier on campus, Kent State is installing a new spot counter in the C-Science lot this week.A faulty cable cord delayed the addition to the lot, which is next to the...

Data compiled and visualized by Matthew Merchant using data courtesy of Parking Services

Here’s the ticket: an analysis of Parking Services

Matthew Merchant October 18, 2015

Each semester, a number of students at Kent State’s main campus have an encounter with a neon-green wearing, ticket-machine toting parking services worker. Yellow tickets placed on vehicle windows are...