Demand Second Floor To Be Reopened

  • by: Tom Anderson
  • recipient: Head of Public Safety of Canisius College

As a daily commuter attending Canisius College I feel it is mandatory to supply students with safe and abundant parking close to the Institute. Here I will outline reasons towards why the second floor of the parking ramp should be re-opened.

- Buffalo conditions can become harsh in the later months of the year and with restricted parking in the ramp, commuters coming from different areas of buffalo are forced to park on the streets or lots farther from campus where students then have to trudge through the snow to get to class on time.

- The parking garage gave protection for cars during the winter months of the semester.

- Commuters make up more than half of the student body and should be able to have a parking spot available to them in close proximity to the campus

- Cost for different parking lots can be more expensive than the pass for the parking ramp 

- There isn't more security in the "Spillman Lot" which is in the open and more subject to automobile theft or harm to students traveling at different times of the day.

- The college already sank money into new swipe-card security systems which are now going to waste after only one years use.

- Instead of using money to benefit the students, the institute put up a statue with a cost exceeding $100,000 so the residents of Buffalo had something to look at as they drive down Main street.

- It is understood that the college is not required to give us parking, but having to pay $70 to basically hunt for a spot that may or may not be available when there can be parking available seems unexceptable.

- For the colleges perspective, with more spots available to park, there are more parking passes needed which means more money for the college.

- Students recieved several emails stating that the second-floor of the ramp will not be opened, but was never given an actual reason as to why Public Safety came to that decision.


Signing this petition would not only benefit the commutter students but it can also benefit dormers since it will allow everyone to park in the lot with more spots available.

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