By: Buckeye in the West

Buckeye in the West
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:38:12 +0000

QIC is in the business to make money; period. While rate increases varied when OSU handled parking, they were not doing it for profit. They do not have stock holders to please. All Transportation and Parking Services had to do was try to break even.

Since CampusParc it is tantamount to trying to park in a downtown parking garage. While there is “limitations” on increasing fees and fines; they are raising them under the radar. All to the happiness of their investors.

For people who are infrequent visitors to Ohio Sate, and have been contributors to the university, getting a pass is no longer an option. The main reason, it you live out of state, and buy a pass, it has to be tied to your car license plate, on file. Thus, using a rental car is not an option. So, you have to pay full price fro visitor parking. Unless you call CampusParc and tell them you are bringing a rental car on campus. This is applicable to anyone with a parking pass.

Oh, if you do not want to call, or can’t if you don’t have a phone with you, you can drive over to Bevis Hall, pay fro visitor parking, stand on line to tell them you are bringing a rental car on campus. If you try to chance not paying fro visitor parking, you will get a fine for not having a registered car on campus.

CampusParc has made enforcement much more intense, then when OSU did it on its own. You dare not try to park anywhere, even when parking is supposed to be not enforced, without risking a ticket.

OSU made a devil’s deal here. Eventually, the costs will be so high that CampusParc will collapse under their own fee structure.

Finally, it is mentioned QIC is based in Australia. In Sydney and Melbourne they have a bus, train, and light rail system that expands from the central city to their suburbs. Columbus just has COTA, which is designed for one purpose; get people down town. Thus, unlike Sydney or Melbourne, you have to drive to Ohio State, if you don’t live near the campus. This aspect is also contributing to near price gouging; QIC is well aware of limited transport options that exist in Columbus.