PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 20, No. 5,Sept. 7, 2000

PARKING PERKS
Campus parking offers more than spaces to faculty/staff, students

Becky Mabry, Assistant Editor
(217) 244-1072; mabry@illinois.edu

Ever thought you had enough gasoline in your vehicle to go a few more miles, but didn't?

Photo by Bill Wiegand A real boost Parking services technician Sharon Burton connects jumper cables to a staff member's dead battery. Jump starts are just one of the many services offered by Campus Parkingplants and fields.

If you're on campus and you are a UI faculty or staff member or a student, all you have to do is call 244-HELP and campus parking will be there to give you a ride to the gas station and loan you a gas container.

That's just one of the perks that campus parking offers its customers, said Pam Voitik, assistant vice chancellor of administration and human resources.

Parking staff members will unlock vehicles that have keys locked inside. They also will jumpstart vehicles with dead batteries.

And if a flat tire is a problem, they'll provide air to inflate it or call a repair service and wait with the owner until a serviceman can change the tire, according to Voitik.

"It's a nice service to provide to our customers," Voitik said. "If they're in one of our facilities and they have a problem, we like to be able to help them out."

The services are available from 7 a.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Saturday. Services are available at all university buildings and lots within an area roughly bounded on the north by University Avenue, the east by Lincoln Avenue, the south by Curtis Road, and the west by First Street. There are exceptions, Voitik said.

The Motorist Assistance program does not service residential street areas surrounding campus, such as Chalmers from First to Fourth street, which is considered residential, but does service the area east of Fourth Street.

For more information, go to www.parking.uiuc.edu.