These lots have become over the past few years the lifeline of most off-campus students. Garages are being pushed nearly to capacity, and the prices have become an insupportable burden on students' budgets. Furthermore, the lots themselves are already subject to traffic increases from special events to which Parking Services often replies with a shrug of the shoulders and "too bad." Rounding out this list of difficulties is the now infamous new business school, whose consequences on student traffic and parking are impossible to predict and horrifying to imagine.
There really is only one response to this news: Don't touch the Coliseum lots. No exception, no excuses. Until this campus can truly say it is adequately prepared to handle student parking demand, no attempt should be made that could possibly deny students the few "affordable" options they have left. We understand that the Coliseum lots are still only one option, but we truly feel they shouldn't even be considered as a possibility. That alone is going too far and gives a very large and disquieting signal of just how out of touch USC administrators may be when it comes to student concerns.
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