Originally Posted by sunstorm

I guess I don't really consider campus police/parking enforcement as the strong arms of the law. Where I attend school, motorcycles and mopeds must have a parking permit, and ones that do this don't have the permit. The permit cost for various vehicles is determined by the 'cost of generation and maintenance of appropriate parking' so every individual that doesn't get one drives the cost up for other students. Since I'm at a medical institution and on call, I can't always take my bike (must report in under 20 min when paged) a couple of non-bikes on bike racks can increase my cost for a parking permit, which is over $300 dollars (it's about $100 for a moped/motorcycle)....and even a $20 dollar increase a semester would result in a total cost (due to loans) over over $500 (if I pay my student loans back in 10 years and there's no interest increase.) And we only have 3 bike racks, only two of which are at all convenient or secure...doesn't take many mopeds to block those (and our security would rather have a student report than a fire marshal violation....our bike racks are near doors so putting wider vehicles there is considered a hindrance to fire exits.) So this may be a milage varies by location.