University of Kansas
- Parking

TERRIBLE!!!!

The one complaint I have about KU is parking. Students pay a lot of money in "campus fees" but aren't allowed free parking anywhere on campus. Parking passes can be up in the $300 per semester. There are red, gold, yellow, green, and blue spots that all have different required passes. And the busses that are included in our campus fees and are therefore free to ride are unreliable and slow. It takes over an hour to get to my apartment off campus which is a 5 minute drive. There are times that I was late because one of the busses was broken down (and with no notification system) I had no idea and stood there for an hour waiting for a bus that never came. With all the money students pay to go to KU they should offer free parking SOMEWHERE on campus, and put up-close parking as parking pass only.

Not Great

Tough to find parking if your planning on bringing a car. Not a lot of parking around the stadiums and the popular bars on the weekends

Parking

Parking can be bliss or a nightmare depending on what time of day you are looking for parking and what color your parking sticker is. The best parking spots are going to cost you more on your tuition whereas the mediocre/ park-and-ride parking spots will mean you spend more time walking/riding a bus to class. Most students chose the park and ride option where you park further away from campus however you have buses that come every 15 minutes and will drive you to/from campus.