Parking simpler and less expensive for many employees
内特Knuffman discusses the Transportation and Parking policy changes that go into effect Aug. 1.
For many faculty and staff at Carolina, parking will soon be less expensive. Those with salaries under $70,000 (59% of University employees) will pay less to park when the new 停车及校园交通条例 approved by the University Board of Trustees goes into effect Aug. 1.
总体变化 强调可负担性和简单性. The number of price points for employees went from 72 to 13, 有门和没有门的地块价格一样. 学生停车也更便宜, and employees will pay a new flat rate of $200 for weeknight parking and sustainable commuting options. Transportation and Parking is a receipt-supported enterprise that is dependent on parking and transportation fees. 员工收入超过100美元,000, campus visitors and those attending special events will pay higher rates to offset the decreases that other employees receive.
内特Knuffman, Carolina’s vice chancellor for finance and operations and chief financial officer, 采访了 xmxjm.com 关于这些变化及其背后的过程.
是什么带来了这些变化?
这是 五年交通和停车计划. Every five years, we go through an extensive process where we bring in a consultant. The process takes over a year – we started in February of 2023. The consultant is involved to help us do extensive data analysis and stakeholder engagement and assessment.
How much feedback was received from campus and from whom? 如何使用反馈?
当你在这样的校园里, the stakeholders are numerous — the Chancellor’s Office, 教务长办公室, 体育运动, 学生事务. 我们有学术学校代表, 员工论坛, 学院委员会, 研究生和本科生政府. We also have the UNC School of 医学 and UNC健康 very involved.
These groups are part of the Advisory Committee on Transportation and Parking. 这个ACT小组聚集在一起, and they would routinely lift up bigger updates and policy questions to the Executive Sponsor Group, which is more the vice chancellor- and provost-level representation from those groups. 这是非常有益的反馈.
为什么 was it important to prioritize parking affordability and simplicity?
我们对员工很感兴趣, staff and everyone who intersects with our parking system being able to navigate that easily. It was becoming difficult to navigate when you have that many price points to understand. That 78 is now down to 13, which is a big deal in terms of simplification. 我们认为这样会更有效率. We’re here to serve the campus and its needs, and we’re proud of that work. 我们以一种收入中性的方式做到了这一点. We had all those stakeholders around the table thinking about how to find that balance with equity in mind. It’s sizable what that decrease is for those employees. 一般, 如果你的工资低于70美元,000元/年, you are getting up to a 50% reduction in your cost for parking, which I think is an incredible achievement for the plan.
Parking costs for visitors and those attending University events are rising. 为什么?
If there are ways we can protect our workforce and shift some of that burden of operating our parking system onto those who are visiting or at events — not in a disproportionate way, but in a way that better reflects the market — we thought it was a responsible thing to do. That was where the ACT landed, and ultimately the Board of Trustees endorsed that strategy.
Carolina’s executive director of transportation and parking, 谢丽尔的, 领导过程, and she’s soon retiring after 35 years at Carolina. 你对她的影响有什么看法?
她是一位出色的领导者. She has an incredible depth of expertise about the Transportation and Parking system and cares tremendously. 她了解财务状况, 的人, the campus and the role Transportation and Parking plays here. 这将是很难填补的空缺.
