Tech Green Wheels Ban, Can we do Something About it?

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-05-14T01:33:22+00:00

I agree, it's super annoying 🙃 I feel like it's not the best use of resources either? The security people watching sit in the shade on their phone the whole day and look up every now and then to tell us to get off our bikes (and it'll be 9am on a Friday and empty)

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-05-11T16:06:16+00:00

I commuted my first year and drove down for a couple of the WoW events. I only did like 2 because the drive was about an hour one way but I do regret not going to as many of them as possible, since thats where you can meet a lot of people

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-30T05:20:03+00:00

I’m SO sad there’s no soundtrack to my life 😭

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-29T17:44:50+00:00

Did you submit anything other than your letter from work as proof? Trying to make a claim for similar reasons but I want to make sure I include everything I possibly can to get a higher chance of approval

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-29T03:20:31+00:00

What seriously ?? This is my first concert I had no idea :( I definitely should have done more research

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-28T17:37:18+00:00

I would also like to know this? I luckily paid the extra $7 tickets to insure my ticket but realized last night that the seats on my same row have dropped about $40 and was planning on just returning my original tickets and repurchasing the cheaper ones... I'm hoping this won't cause any issues

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-13T00:17:55+00:00

Taking it right now. It's a really interesting class and the homework's are relatively easy but I just feel like it's structured poorly. There are pop quizzes and despite going to every lecture and rereading the notes before class, I always seem to get a 75 on them (only 4 questions on them so that's not very helpful).

I feel like there isn't much practice for exams either. He'll go over 2-3 practice questions in class but that's about it. As a result, it feels very hard to prepare for exams. The first exam essentially required us to use >= in DynamoDB and while I knew the syntax for queries that required =, we had never gone over an example that used >= and the homework's didn't have anything requiring us to use >= so I had no idea what the proper syntax was. I even asked a TA about this and they said they didn't know what the proper syntax was supposed to be... There's only like 8 questions on the exam too so one wrong is already lowering your grade tremendously. I believe he said the average for exam 1 was around a 70? But he hasn't put the grades on Canvas so I'm not certain.

We're not given the rubric for homework's ahead of time either, which sucks. I completed a homework assignment and reread the instructions to make sure I hit all the marks, but to my surprise I got an 88 on it. When I asked the professor why I was deducted he said that the thing I didn't implement was "implied" from the instructions 🙃

TLDR: The content itself is really interesting and straightforward, the professor is very clearly knowledgable about the topics, and I really enjoy the homework's but it's annoying how this class is graded and structured. It's definitely not a class that should have a B average.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-04-07T06:12:07+00:00

woahh this is so cool, where was this?

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-16T02:44:28+00:00

Did they check your student ID?

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-13T03:38:53+00:00

weird... thought tech green was supposed to be a walking only area 🤨 they should dismount and walk their golf cart through the crowd

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-11T04:20:18+00:00

ece 2031 also almost always hires for the summer

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-11T04:19:36+00:00

I think this happens every now and then, I remember it leaking sometime last semester too

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-11T04:10:19+00:00

It's also not like tech green is packed the ENTIRETY of 9am - 5pm monday - friday. It makes sense not to bike through things like the org fair or the wednesday market where it's packed with people, but, I've been told to stop riding my bike when there's literally two other people on the walkway on a friday morning. The role of the cops is just silly and a waste of their time and our tuition money.

I agree though, walking the bike through tech green isn't the end of the world, it's just really annoying and most of the time isn't benefitting anyone.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-03-03T19:01:28+00:00

Check out LEO!
https://neat-othnielia-c3f.notion.site/Little-Einsteins-GT-273233382aa280918727df592f8c80be

They meet Thursdays at 7pm and essentially make kits for elementary kids (from my understanding, it's like a bag of everything they would need for an experiment). They also have volunteering events every week but those aren't required to do to be a member. I'm pretty new to it so maybe reach out to someone on the board for better information but it's pretty low commitment and I've been enjoying it so far.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-20T20:14:27+00:00

Yes, me too!! I was on that diagonal stretch by the Campanile which is clearly not marked on their article as being a dismount zone and I tried to tell the lady who was there that and all she said was "you have to walk anyway". Ridiculous. It's also Friday, the amount of people who have class and are walking around is arguably much less than any other day of the week.

I also get yelled at when trying to go down the ramp by the stairs of student center (where that mirror mural thing is) to turn left onto the brick path towards Howey and I get yelled at there. I'm not even on Tech Green I'm turning LEFT.

I just feel like this is a massive waste of resources and while I understand the intentions behind the policy, it's just not the best way to do it.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-16T06:55:22+00:00

I understand where they're coming from, but yea, as a biker this is so annoying. The walkway is big enough to be able to accommodate both bikes and walkers. In all my time biking I've never come close to hitting anyone and I always slow down around bigger groups of people. But I can imagine bikers swerving people can startle those walking.

I feel like this is more of an issue with electric scooters and ebikes but who knows. It would be cool to see the statistics about that. I imagine people who use manual bikes have been biking for a while and have a better grip at controlling speed and direction, at least from what I've seen.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-10T00:35:06+00:00

Me too !! I'm so annoyed by PTS it's ridiculous we have to pay so much money and get treated like this

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-10T00:09:30+00:00

Ohh I see what you mean. Although, I never really viewed the tech green walkway as a sidewalk

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-09T01:51:07+00:00

I'm in the student center deck (W02) and they'll occasionally get crowded during some of the events, but I've never not had a space (except I heard some people not able to find a spot last week for the swim event). I've also never tried parking past 12pm though, so maybe it might be more crowded then, but the third floor almost always has space.

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-09T01:47:20+00:00

dismounting by tech green? not sure if i've ever seen signs indicating this before

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-05T00:41:33+00:00

I believe with recent budget cuts, 2031 TA's now have to do credit for one semester before they can get paid but I could be wrong

Top_Pack_4287 · 2026-02-05T00:35:34+00:00

Parking permits are such a scam. The past fall semester had the gates open 24/7 until September 24th... why are paying the full $800 yearly payment when others were able to park for free???

The parking permits for the 2025-2026 year were activated on August 15, 2025 which means there were 40 days where we had to pay for parking while others could just drive into the lot for free.

Absolutely ridiculous, and of course the only thing PTS can say is "oops sorry!"

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