Spring Break
Texas A&M first university to receive parking award
By: Alex Worsham
Issue date: 6/10/09 Section: News
|
"Transportation Services is a leader in several areas, including parking systems, technology-gate system software, innovative online service software, automated pay machine capabilities, marketing innovations, etc.," said International Parking Institute board of advisors member and University of Kentucky Parking and Transportation Services Director Don Thornton.
The International Parking Institute is a trade organization with members of parking organizations from cities, universities, hospitals, airports, theme parks, convention centers and racetracks.
"My evaluation of the applications was based on excellence in overall job performance, outstanding service to students, employees and visitors, leadership in the campus parking and transportation industry, customer service, operating a quality program over a period of time, and initiative and/or creativity," Thornton said.
The applications were scored on six different areas.
"We score them on organizational membership, professional reputation, contribution to the parking industry, creative solution, reliability and the breadth of the program," said International Parking Institute committee chairwoman and University of Kansas Transportation and Parking director Donna Hultine.
A&M's Transportation Services was also chosen for the amount of improvement it's made, said Transportation Services Director Rodney Weis.
"If you talk to people who went here 10 years ago they'd say it was just crazy," Weis said. " People would wait in the parking lot for hours waiting for somebody to leave."
Statistics show that the number of towed vehicles has dropped 75 percent in the past five years.
"When you've got a system that works, people don't feel like [they] have to violate [it]," Weis said. "Our web registration, citation appeals process and payment process is actually one of the best in the nation."
Be sure to include your name, major, and class year. Submissions without this information are subject to deletion.
By submitting a comment, you agree to thebatt.com's Terms of Use.
You may also send a Mail Call to The Battalion at mailcall@thebatt.com