{"id":1605,"date":"2025-10-21T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/university-transit-services\/?page_id=1605"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:19:23","slug":"transit-services-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/university-transit-services\/parking-shuttle-services\/transit-services-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit Services News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parking Spot: NAU Transit Services News<\/h1>\n

The Parking Spot Newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n
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Who are we?<\/p>\n

University Transit Services<\/span> manages<\/span> parking, shuttle, fleet, <\/span>and<\/span> alternative transit services <\/span>at <\/span>NAU.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We offer students, staff, and visitors<\/span> information about transit on and off campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The cost of parking<\/p>\n

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Paying for parking can be a frustrating expense; however, much like many university campuses, it is essential to ensure NAU\u2019s campus is maintained properly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Follow your money<\/p>\n

Revenue from parking permits and fees helps pay for expenses like parking lot maintenance, parking garage construction loan\/debt payments, and personnel expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n

We invest more than $60K annually to support the <\/span>ecoPASS<\/span><\/strong> program providing no-fee city-bus passes to employees for all city bus services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The cost of maintenance<\/p>\n

With the abundance of <\/span>snow<\/span><\/strong> in Flagstaff, maintenance of parking lots and garages is required more often, which means higher annual operating costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many e<\/span>ss<\/span>e<\/span>ntial<\/span> repairs <\/span>ex<\/span>c<\/span>eed<\/span> o<\/span>u<\/span>r <\/span>y<\/span>ea<\/span>rly<\/span> budg<\/span>et<\/span>,<\/span> so<\/span> w<\/span>e <\/span>choos<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>distribute these repairs over several years to minimize raising parking permit fees<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Event-based parking fees<\/p>\n

We are proud to be part of the <\/span>Flagstaff<\/span><\/strong> community and <\/span>encourage local participation in events and programs on campus<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While we work to limit parking costs\/fees for the community, we still need to recover costs for parking maintenance and operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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NAU supports community events<\/p>\n

Parking fees a<\/span>re<\/span> ne<\/span>ce<\/span>ss<\/span>a<\/span>ry<\/span> f<\/span>o<\/span>r <\/span>on-campus community events, but we offer<\/strong> <\/span>complimentary parking whenever possible at NAU<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Complimentary parking<\/span><\/strong> is provided for:<\/span><\/p>\n