Parking Services will begin spring cleaning next semester,meaning that no one will need to line up at 1 a.m. for a goodparking spot, a Parking Services employee said.
Nancy Wray, system coordinator of Parking Services, said theoffice will eliminate extra paperwork by using software from T2Systems. The office's efficiency will improve, and e-mail willenhance communication with students, Wray said.
"Right now, it's a free for all," Wray said.
"Kids would come at 1 a.m. to stand in line so they could getthe space they want," she said. "This system will alleviate a bigpart of that."
For example, students who do not receive their top parkingchoices after registration will automatically join an onlinewaiting list. When that spot becomes available, students willreceive a notice in their inboxes, Wray said.
"Right now we have a huge paper trail," Wray said. "There's noway to keep track of their first, second choices without alist."
The new system will also make it easier to see if new spots areavailable, Wray said.
"We had to manually count the number of spaces and what we sawon a daily basis," Wray said, referring to the number of cars inthe lot. "If we saw five empty spaces everytime, we knew that wecould probably sell a few more (permits) there."
Parking permits will become wider and sport a bar code thisspring, Wray said. Parking enforcement officers will scan the barcode, and registration information will appear on their personaldigital assistants.
"That way, there's no problem keying in all of the information,"Wray said.
Currently, officers type in license plate numbers and vehicledescriptions on their electronic ticket writers.
Parking officers will attend a tutorial session on how to usethe personal digital assistants in January, Officer Sandy Pyle,supervisor of parking enforcement, said.
"It will have ticket writer software," Pyle said. "It's supposedto be the latest, greatest and best system."
Computers at the Parking Services office will link to theadministration's student database, Wray said. Parking Services willthen eliminate obsolete addresses and former students' vehicleregistrations, she said.
Wray said she plans to e-mail students with the upcomingregistration dates. She said she hopes the e-mails will encouragemore students to register through their computers.
In 2001, 78 students registered electronically. Last year, 613did, the biggest response ever, Wray said.
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