Parking Dilemma

Have you ever driven around the sprawling campus of Utah Valley University searching for a place to park? Well, chances are that after driving around aimlessly for 15 minutes you finally find an empty space, but discover that you have to have a pass to park there. Because a parking pass is quite expensive, you decide that you will take the bus to school since it costs only $5 for an unlimited pass (or so you think). You stand in another long line to buy a bus pass, but when you finally reach the front, they tell you that the price is no longer $5 but $25. You decide that paying $25 isn’t worth it because a pass for parking on campus costs pretty much the same.
You check the other options, and decide that you are going to park in the lot that is free and has a shuttle bus that will drop you off right by the main campus building. The only problem is that you still need a pass to park there. You walk once again to One Stop to get a pass but unfortunately notice that it closed at 5:00. Because you take evening classes you don’t know when you will be able to purchase a pass. You then decide that you will purchase a pass online. You go to the website to apply for one and notice that your pass won’t arrive in the mail for at least a week. If you wait until then you will risk getting many expensive parking tickets when parking in the free lot. Frustrated, you finally decide that you are just going to have your parents, roommate, friends, or whoever you can talk into it, drive you and pick you up from school – at least until I can obtain my free pass. Resolving my parking issue is the main problem that I am facing as a student at Utah Valley University.