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    Chancellor Approves More Parking Changes

    By VIC COX

    Stacked parking at Lot 12 provides temporary relief.
    While the start of night and weekend parking fees has been delayed until the 2003-04 academic year, virtually all of the recommendations of the Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking have now been wholly or partially accepted as campus policy.
    In addition to the nine recommendations Chancellor Henry Yang agreed to in July (see July 22, 2002, 93106), the chancellor last month announced steps to implement most of the remaining suggestions.
    These included reduction of residence hall student parking--currently 13 percent of the total parking inventory, versus 3 percent at UCLA and UC Berkeley--and expansion of interim surface parking near Lot 3; expanded support of alternative transportation, including the chancellor's personal lobbying of the Metropolitan Transit District for better bus service; systematic integration of parking replacement plans into every new capital project and other planning vehicles; biennial surveys of faculty, staff, and student transportation needs; and other administrative changes to ensure parking would always be included in the campus planning processes.
    Chancellor Yang pledged to take up with the Office of the President and his fellow chancellors the need to change systemwide policies on parking and transportation. In addition, he embraced the report's view that rising parking costs create hardships for a significant portion of employees, and are part of the work/life spectrum of issues. He asked Human Resources Director Cynthia Cronk and the Work/Life Coordinator Wendy Nishikawa "to develop a program for increasing the use of flex time and telecommuting for our staff."
    The special committee, which with completion of its task was disbanded, also recommended dissolution of the campuswide Parking and Transportation Committee. Two other boards were proposed in its place: The Parking Ratepayer Board would have oversight of all campus parking policies, operations, and finances, and would have elected faculty and staff representatives; the Alternative Transportation Board would advise the chancellor on all campus access policies that do not cover single-occupancy vehicles.
    This proposal was sent to a new Interim Parking Advisory Committee chaired by Bruce Luyendyk, professor of geological sciences.
    For the final report of the special committee, go to Transportation and Parking Services' Web site <www.tps.ucsb.edu>.