These system-wide changes will begin in July and continue in October and May 2016, according to a University press release.
MaryFrances McCourt, IU’s vice president and chief financial officer, said in the release she hopes the changes will benefit the University in the years to come.
“This was a huge project, and we are excited to be moving through the strategic parking implementation plan to capture the benefits of operating our parking assets like an outside operator would, while maintaining control of these important assets for the long term,” McCourt said.
One of the largest changes in the system includes migrating IU parking operations to a single parking system, which will begin for the Bloomington, IU-Purdue University and IU-Southeast New Albany campuses in October. The Kokomo, East, South Bend and Northwest campuses will begin this process in May 2016.
Other prominent changes include the renaming of parking permits and zones, which will go into effect in July.
E permits will become ST for student, F permits will become Evening, D will become Ch-x for Campus Housing, H permits will become D, Ride Share will become CP for car pool and R spaces used for service permits will be relabeled SV.
For service permits, which will no longer be available for individual purchase and will only be available for purchase by departments, there will be a new fee of $240 per year.
Additional changes coming in July include making the citation appeal time frame to 14 days from the issue date, requiring license plate information at the time of in-office permit purchases and changes in refund proration for students and ?employees.
The final date for fall new student permit refunds will be Sept. 30. The final date for spring semester refunds will be Jan. 31, and the date for summer refunds will be May 31.
Changes coming in October include requiring license plate information for all purchases, in-office and online, and citation billing notifications for employees will then be completed via email.
Amanda Turnipseed, manager of IU-Bloomington Parking operations, said in the release these changes will increase the efficiency of all IU parking operations.
“It is the hope that with these changes, parking as it is today on all seven campuses of IU will become more efficient in the way operations are handled,” Turnipseed said. “This will translate to a seamless system that will have the same look, guidelines and service for all patrons regardless of the campus they are on or travel to.”
She also said she hopes students and employees will remain patient during these transitions and will stay informed of how the changes will affect them.
“Be sure to read through our email announcement of the changes that are coming, and contact us for clarification of questions about changes that may affect you,” Turnipseed said in the release. “If you receive a citation and wish to appeal, be sure to do so as soon as possible. Follow Parking Operations on both Facebook and Twitter for up-to-date information and ?announcements.”
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