On Oct. 25 the Student Senate will hold a town hall to discuss ongoing parking and transportation issues on campus. The event will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union room 300. All community members are invited to attend. Vice President of Administration and Finance, Abigail Rider, and Director of…
Photo by Melissa Pellegrino | With the first month of the semester gone, many commuters still struggle to find parking in both Plains Road Lot and Fine Arts Lot. Due to ongoing construction projects at the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus, decisions have been made regarding parking and transportation policies for all students. In…
The University of Rhode Island Parking and Transportation services sent out a statement in August, which listed new parking changes on campus. Since then, a petition was sent around social media along with complaints that are continually rising towards parking. “I was hoping parking services would react to my petition,” said Marissa DeOliveira, a graduate…
As I begin my third semester here I can’t help but to reflect on the various travesties that come with parking here at the University. As someone who makes a 40 minute drive to campus every day I have class, it may be the worst part of being a student at URI. Lots are overcrowded,…
Students at the University of Rhode Island will now face an $85 fine for their first offense for parking in the wrong lot. This is only one of a series of changes made to URI’s parking and infrastructure this fall. URI Parking Services has done away with their old three strike system, which originally allowed…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate had Housing Director Stephen Baker and Joe Paradise of parking and transportation to speak about various new programs and initiatives that they will be implementing by next semester at the earliest. The first new program being added is a new RIPTA browser bus app that will improve upon…