City to begin late-night transit service June 1; concerns mount over bus pass numbers for homeless shelter

Sure, and there is a big difference between sidewalks that go all the way to the curb, and trying to load/unload wheelchair passengers onto the grassy right-of-way. The federal law says you have to make it accessible to all.

Secondly, I've *never* had trouble finding a parking space IN the parking lot behind Framewoods, even since the construction took out the library parking lot, at peak times of day. I think it is silly to come back with this complaint months after the original approval happened.

April 16, 2013 at 10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Woman injured after being struck by vehicle on 23rd Street

I didn't realize that pedestrians are automatically at fault if they cross a street somewhere other than a marked cross walk. I use one whenever I can, especially downtown, but if I have to walk nearly 2-5 blocks to FIND a crosswalk, such as on some parts of 23rd Street, it is hard to feel like I have the time or energy to go that far out of my way. (Dillon's notwithstanding, in that area you don't have to go that far...)

February 6, 2013 at 11:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: Parking ticket

The times are sometimes posted inside the "back" of the meter head, not always the "front" (where you put in the money). But they are posted in every meter, somehow. It's required.

December 21, 2012 at 9:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New KU Core curriculum filling up with course options

As a non-traditional student, fulfilling my "core curriculum" coursework was one of the biggest challenges I had completing my degree at KU, and in the end, I *had* to take classes elsewhere in order to do it. If KU wants to keep everyone going and get people to graduate in a timely fashion, they should also focus on how to make sure every student can fulfill every requirement, even someone who has to focus on evening coursework to also work full-time.

It is also interesting that this mentions the deadline for "printing catalogs" because KU hasn't printed a course catalog in a long time... Unless they are bringing back the timetable this spring?

December 7, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Names of driver and cyclist in Tuesday accident released

Boy, am I tired of this anti-bicyclist attitude. Bergerfry, you exemplify a lot of attitudes seen around this forum, around this town, and generally around the whole state.

Why in the world does the *occasional* accident, even at the fault of the cyclist, give you the latitude to say "Bicycles are becoming a nuisance?" What about the hundreds of people who bicycle safely, using turn signals, yielding to traffic appropriately, and stopping at every damn stop sign, putting a foot down, and then starting off pretty freaking slowly, even when there is no one else at the intersection.

When I ride my bike, which I do for both fitness and transportation when the weather is reasonable (i.e. not raining, snowing, sleeting, temps above 40 for my asthma, etc), I've stopped being shocked by car drivers' unbelievably bad attitudes towards me. I ride as far right as is safe (not in the curb/gutter, but pretty close), stop along the side instead of swerving in front of cars that are moving faster than me in order to turn left behind them instead of in front of them, and yet people still behave as if I am that NUISANCE.

How about NOT painting everyone with the same paintbrush? I'm not the guy who cuts in front of a car to avoid stopping. I'm not the guy who runs the stop sign or red light. I'm just a girl trying to be healthier and get where I need to go. Give me a break!

November 14, 2012 at 3:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Game nights present parking peeve to campus workers

Both of your statements are untrue. Maybe you should check in with Parking & Transit before writing posting misinformation! When I called to ask if this was true, I found out the following:

You can't get into the Oliver Hall lot unless you have an Oliver parking permit on game nights when the building is open, and only when the building is closed is that parking used for game parking. Meanwhile, at Stouffer Place parking permits are required until 8 p.m., not 5 p.m., and there is someone at the entrances to keep the fans out of the parking lot until then!

October 30, 2012 at 8:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Game nights present parking peeve to campus workers

Usually, parking for games doesn't get restricted until 5:30 p.m. on week nights. Was it really last week's homecoming parade that closed down your parking lot before 4?

October 30, 2012 at 8:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Water waste

I heard that was not a planned repair, but rather something that came up suddenly, like a water main break. How are they supposed to plan for that?

October 19, 2012 at 8:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Electronic recycling event Saturday

Did you know that Goodwill also recycles electronics of any size, any time?

October 12, 2012 at 10:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Plan to raze McCollum Hall in the works

Pretty sure the parking dollars are only going to pay for the cost of replacing the parking that will be taken up with the new buildings -- there is a state law about that, too. Parking dollars can't go in the general education fund.

October 11, 2012 at 9:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )