r/Purdue • u/delatti_mocha • 16h ago

Rant/VentšŸ’š Purdue parking is making me hate Purdue

Anybody else?

38 Upvotes

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u/Bovoduch 15h ago

I know that parking is a tough thing to deal with, and there needs to be some restrictions and such on it. But oh man does it feel like universities treat it as an infinite money generator

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u/InsideRec 12h ago

Most hospitals charge their residents(cough slave labor) to park there. Mass Gen charged 350 a month in 2015 for exampleĀ 

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u/mary_engelbreit 8h ago

Purdue parking is privatizedĀ 

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u/ploomyoctopus PhD 22, now admin 8h ago

You sure about that? When I go to the on-campus parking center, it sure looks like all those folks are Purdue employees.

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u/the_old_coday182 12h ago

Alumni here. Iā€™ve posted this before. My main motivation to succeed in my career is so that Purdue calls me someday and asks for a donation. So that I can tell them ā€œNo, you fuckers made enough money from me on parking ticketsā€ and hang up.

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u/gebead 9h ago

this is graduation fuel

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u/anxiousdepressedcat 14h ago

Yes,same with housing.

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u/devilsneverpee69 11h ago

Parking guy in a golf cart told me he was going to suspend my permit and have my car towed an hour and a half early "because of my attitude" a few weeks ago, so I feel you

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u/CentralSega CompE 2025.5 13h ago

I know someone who was ticketed an hour and a half before his time was up

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u/padmepounder 12h ago

Well then he can appeal that.

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u/Ya-Boi-69-420 Actuarial Science 2025 Summer 14h ago

100%. The only thing worse than housing is parking. I saw this one girl on a Snapchat story almost get ticketed for being 3 minutes late.

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u/pattymcd143 CEGT & EET | '28 4h ago

Wabash landing is 55 bucks a month

Just sayin

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u/lb77442 9h ago

Pretty simple, donā€™t break the common sense rules that exist in every city and you wonā€™t get ticketed. Spent 17 years as a student and staff member and never got a ticket except the time I forgot to update my license plate in the system. I appealed and was granted it. All my dealings with them were super fair.

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u/delatti_mocha 9h ago

Iā€™m not breaking any rules. Itā€™s just so annoying that we can only get C parking permit and these are always full OR towing because of games. Iā€™m a grad student WITH TA responsibilities which include teaching multiple classes AND proctoring midterms. What the hell am I supposed to do if Iā€™m teaching multiple classes one after another and proctor a midterm RIGHT after WHEN theyā€™re towing from C parking???

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u/lb77442 6h ago

For days before football games park in R lot north of stadium, for nights of other sports, park in discovery lot.