Solving the Problem

The easiest solution to a lack of parking spots, is to build more parking garages. This is obviously easier said than done. With all the up and coming developers around UF, the easiest solution would be to influence a developer to purchase a piece of vacant land and build a parking garage. Another solution would be for a developer to buy out one of the half way homes near sorority row and build a garage there. The second option would actually be taking care of two issues, parking and feeling unsafe walking from parking spots to apartments. The hardest part of completing this is to convince a developer that their money is better spent building a parking garage instead of an apartment building. I think the best way to go about this would be to have students in the affected areas sign a petition to turn into the city of Gainesville for the halfway house to be moved and the land be converted to a parking garage. In addition to the obvious change in parking, it would also reduce some of the street parking which has practically left most streets as one-ways. Although this would require tedious work on the side of the students, it would result in a massive change for parking.