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The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Parking permits accounted for 51.5 percent of WSU Transportation Services’s revenue in the 2019 fiscal year, according to the WSUTS financial report. Parking citations fines made up 10.5 percent of the year’s revenue

Parking fines resulted in over half a million dollars in 2019

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter September 18, 2019

WSU Transportation Services generated more than half a million dollars in revenue from parking citation fines alone in the fiscal year of 2019, according to its financial report. Over 17,000 parking...

Parking passes on sale now

Parking passes on sale now

KURIA POUNDS, Evergreen reporter April 18, 2019

Parking permit renewals and sales for the 2019-20 school year are available for current permit holders who will not live in the residence halls. Purchases can be made online from April 16 to May 15,...

Director of Transportation Services John Shaheen says the goal of the transportation program is to reduce drive-alones during an interview Aug. 10, 2017. A new proposed rate increase could take affect this summer.

WSU Transportation Services seeks parking fee increase

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen Roots editor February 7, 2019

A proposed parking rate increase for WSU Transportation Services could take effect on July 1 of this year pending approval by senior staff and WSU President Kirk Schulz. If implemented, the change would...

Public Works Director Kevin Gardes, left, and Pullman City Councilmember Brandon Chapman discuss parking laws on Tuesday night at Pullman City Hall.

City Council to reform parking restrictions

NAJMA SHECK, Evergreen reporter January 9, 2019

Councilmembers discussed parking issues on Spring Street during the City Council meeting Tuesday night. Resolution No. 121-80 is intends to establish parking restrictions for municipally-owned parking...

Parking restrictions enforced over Thanksgiving break

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter November 15, 2018

Pullman Police Department will cite and possibly tow vehicles parked overnight in parts of College Hill during WSU holiday breaks in an attempt to improve snow and leaf removal services. The College...

Parking guide lead Jeremie Orcutt drives around the WSU campus looking for unauthorized vehicles that have been parked using the new license plate recognition software on Wednesday.

Plate info protected by state law

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter August 17, 2018

WSU Transportation Service’s license plate recognition technology will be implemented at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year. However, it is unclear how much of the information collected by the...

This map shows the different areas of campus that will see closures for most of Saturday as students move into residence halls. A parking lot that normally serves as a green permit area near Cleveland Hall, which is marked in yellow on this map, will be used as a staging area for those moving into residence halls on the Hillside area of campus for the first time this year.

Some campus streets will see closures Saturday

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter August 10, 2018

As students move into their homes for the upcoming school year, WSU’s Pullman campus will see a number of road closures and resulting detours to help aid the move-in process Saturday. The closures...

Workers begin repaving Stadium Way near the Stephenson Complex on July 11.

Crews begin repaving Stadium Way

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter July 12, 2018

A small portion of Stadium Way near the Stephenson Complex on the Southside of campus will remain closed during the month of July as crews work to repave the road. The project began Monday and is scheduled...

Cars such as this one will use license plate recognition, or LPR, starting in 2019 and will replace physical permits for on-campus parking in an effort to ease buying process.

Parking to switch to digital system

EVELYN BOND, Evergreen reporter July 3, 2018

WSU Transportation Services will implement license plate recognition, or LPR, in place of physical parking permits in 2019-2020. The new system will take pictures of license plate numbers on parked...

City reduces street vehicle storage limit

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter June 1, 2018

The Pullman City Council reduced the number of days residents can store a vehicle on the street from seven days down to four at a meeting Tuesday. Anyone found in violation of the code will receive...

The blue route marks the flow of traffic during the June trial, while the green route shows the pedestrian-only zones.

WSU to hold walkway test in June

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter May 24, 2018

WSU Transportation Services will begin a month-long test of a pedestrian-only walkway on Thatuna Street beginning in June. The test, which has been coordinated with the City of Pullman, will close a short...

Students test out the free parking in the SRC lot.

UREC Board extends free parking indefinitely

BREANNE SEARING, Evergreen reporter March 22, 2018

The University Recreation Board unanimously voted to keep the 90 minutes of free parking in the Student Recreation Center lot Wednesday. Jeff Elbracht, facility director and member of the UREC Board,...

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