Ypsilanti - Alt transportation answers WCC's parking problem

Concentrate, 9/17/2009

The conventional wisdom in Southeast Michigan is that more parking always solves the problem. That's not what they're thinking at Washtenaw Community College.

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Washtenaw Community College is dealing with its highest enrollment ever, which means the commuter campus is experiencing its greatest demand for parking (and lack of supply) ever.

Most other Midwest institutions would conclude they need to build more parking. Well, Washtenaw Community College is dealing with the acute parking shortage by asking its students to take the vehicle less traveled – alternative transportation.

"We still have a parking problem but we're redoubling efforts to alleviate the problem," says Janet Hawkins, director of public relations and marketing for Washtenaw Community College.

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Ypsilanti , Ann Arbor