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UCF is now in the top 5 largest universities in the entire nation. If we have such a huge population, then why do we have such a severe parking problem? Its coming to the point where a student has to arrive at 7am to be guaranteed a spot. Logically, when the University grows, wouldn't the amount of parking structures increase with the population? And with all of the construction going on on campus, why haven't they built a new parking structure yet? They have built a med school, a stadium, and several other buildings that well bring revenue and scholarship to the school. Why in all of this time have they not yet built another parking structure? What good is a university if the students cannot get a parking spot.

One way that students have gone around the parking problem is by parking at off campus housing settlements (The Edge, Pegasus Landing, Northgate ect). But does this solve the problem or does it just move it? If everyone started to park at these places, then there wouldn't be any parking for the people that actually live there. Ultimately the university is responsible for the answer to this problem.