<p>As a Hyde Park resident, I can tell you that U of C has no real parking problem, unless you think parking must be less than 5 minutes walk from your destination.</p>
<p>Of all the issues I’ve seen discussed here, this one is the most rediculous:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The campus is small, so it does not take long to walk anywhere.</p></li>
<li><p>Public transit (which is good) is arguably as useful for going downtown and north side as a car, given the cost and difficulty of finding parking downtown and northside.</p></li>
<li><p>north of 55th street there is lots of streetside parking. Yea, that means (horrors) walking 3 or 4 blocks to campus…</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The BIGGEST problem with street parking is that you can’t just park and forget, at least not between April and November. Periodically, the city posts no parking for street cleaning, and only a day or two in advance. Forget to move and you’ll get, minimum, a $50 ticket, and could get towed.</p>
<p>So chill out. </p>
<p>PARKING IS A NONISSUE AT U OF C.</p>