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Car parking fee for TU/e's own people two euros until 2021

The car parking fee for employees of TU/e will remain until the end of 2020 at two euros per day. The start of the new academic year will see this fee extended to TU/e students who park their cars on campus. This will mean the end of the (cheaper) parking passes currently available to students, and the only place continuing to offer free parking will be the MMS grounds. To reduce pressure on parking spaces, parking will also become more expensive for third parties.

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These measures are described in the 'Follow-up Action TU/e Campus Mobility Plan', which has now been approved by the Executive Board. The plan is being driven mainly by the desire to bring about more ‘sustainable mobility’. This is being achieved by discouraging the use of cars for commuting in favor of cycling, public transport use and, possibly, other environmentally friendly forms of transport, such as electric cars.

Uniform

The changes to on-campus parking fees that have been announced are also part of the effort, says the Director of Internal Affairs (DIZ) Martin Boers, to provide a uniform service. “By abolishing the various parking permits, the whole TU/e population will be paying two euros per day, including students. Like employees, they will soon have the option of free parking that is available on the MMS grounds.” This change will bring to an end the option of free parking on the TU/e campus.

Students of Fontys and Summa, who are currently eligible for the same parking permits as TU/e students (namely: Student Full-time for 100 euros per year and Student Part-time for 50 euros per year), will also starting paying by the day when the next academic year begins, and that will costs 3.50 euros. A further range of permits has until now been available to other users, such as employees of companies based on the campus. These permits too will disappear and as of no later than January 1st 2019, all ‘third parties’ (with the exception of visitors) will pay the standard fee of 3.50 euros per day within the permit form known as Science Park Factuur.

Deterrent

The measures mean that for vehicle drivers not linked to TU/e the costs of parking will soon increase. It is hoped that this will work as a deterrent. “Tallies of users of the parking system have revealed that third parties are occupying a large portion of the parking spaces,” says Boers. “By raising the fees, we hope to encourage these parties to follow our lead and start thinking about ways to make their own mobility policy more sustainable, and thus to come by car to the campus less often. In this way we hope to reduce the pressure on parking spaces on the campus.”

Visitors to the campus will experience no changes for the time being.

Photo | Bart van Overbeeke

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