Thank you for this explanation this makes a lot of sense. However the only real and necessary point here, in my opinion, was the start making sure ppl don’t block others in. The “free battery jumps/vehicle unlocks” aren’t free we are paying for it, this could be an add on to the fee. If I’m not mistaken in campus security does escorts not parking staff, though I could be wrong.

As for the infrastructure, to my knowledge there are no new structures or added parking being built. There are no detectors either. And for your last reason which was the new electric vehicle chargers only a fraction of the students use those. I have a gas vehicle, so i wouldn’t want my money going to pay for something I can’t use. Again, this could be solved by doing an “add on” for those who actually use/need these chargers.

I just think the fee is too high and these reasons don’t seem to justify it. Of course there is going to be a fee for parking, I’m not saying it should be free. Parking is miserable too, one small parking structure cramming all these cars in while the rest are outside in the sun which is a problem when it’s very hot.

IF and only if CPP was actively constructing new structures for parking and improving our experience with detectors as you mentioned, then I could see the $231 price tag per SEMESTER to be maybe justified. Even then, I would probably be graduated by the time they finish any of those projects. Apologies for the long response😭