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A metered parking sign in the Oak Street Parking Garage. Many spots in the lot are metered which limits students who already bought permits and don't want to pay an additional fee.

New SGA president’s promise of free parking has ‘zero’ chance of happening, Chancellor says

Aurora Wilson, Editor-in-Chief
April 11, 2025

  The newly-elected Student Government Association (SGA) President Justice Horn promised free parking for students during his campaign, but Chancellor Mauli Agrawal said the proposal isn’t realistic–or even on the table.    Asked about the likelihood of Horn’s plan...

Cars parked in the UMKC Rockhill parking garage.

SGA Presidents Address Ongoing Struggle with Campus Parking Scarcity

Sydney Siemens, RooTV Executive Producer, Staff Writer
April 18, 2024

  UMKC campus has long been plagued by a persistent issue: parking scarcity.    With students voicing frustrations over the lack of available spaces and steep parking fees, the Student Government Association (SGA) has been pressured to address the problem.    During...

Photo of the Rockhill Parking Garage on Charlotte St.

Opinion: Parking Sucks

RobyLane Kelley, Staff Writer
October 1, 2023

  Parking on campus sucks, and it costs as much as a textbook.   As a student working two part-time jobs, living in the big city on her own, I have to make decisions about what to spend my money on. Unfortunately, I don’t actually get to decide.   I work on UMKC’s...

Rockhill Parking Garage

Students share concern for cost of parking, lack of spots on campus

Jasmine Jones
January 29, 2020

UMKC commuter student Angel Rojas walks half a mile every day for class. Rojas, a senior biology major, says he used to purchase a parking pass, but didn’t get one this semester because he could never find parking. “I refuse to buy a parking pass,” said Rojas. “I...

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