Parking and Transportation Services is allowing students, faculty and staff to jump on a waiting list for permits to the new parking structure on Yale Boulevard and Lomas Boulevard.
The Yale Parking Structure will add approximately 790 spaces for student use, said Bob Nelson, PATS associate director. The permits go on sale August 1, and the structure is slated for completion in lat August.
“It’ll provide a pretty good mix of parking options,” he said. “It is six parking levels, three for permitted parking and three for hourly parking.”
To increase convenience, a pedestrian footbridge will extend from the third floor of the structure and feed off onto Las Lomas Boulevard, Nelson said.
“When you are coming up Yale, there is an incline, so this bridge will take some effort away,” he said. “Logistically, it will be convenient and a pretty attractive place to park for a lot of students because it is well situated for students needing to access Zimmerman, Anderson and Dane Smith.”
The new parking structure caters to students on the go, Nelson said.
“By providing over 300 hourly metered spaces, it offers a certain level of convenience,” he said. “Students can park based on nature of their day. It is a quick, convenient way to park for an hour or two and helps them out.”
Increased parking is only one component of Parking and Transportation’s efforts to increase University accessibility, Nelson said.
“We need this University to continue to provide access to campus,” he said. “Providing parking that is convenient is part of the solution. Transit is part of the solution. Promoting bike and pedestrian safety as well helps create options for students, faculty, staff to access campus safely.”
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For more information on reserving parking permits visit pats.unm.edu/YaleParkingStructures.cfm*
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