Parking Poses Perplexing Problem
PCC CaVtieSv
Vol. 3, No. 16
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
January 25, 1956
Parking Permits Call for Stitkers,
Minimum of Over Two Mile Residente
Each student wishing to park a car on a PCC parking lot must obtain a permit and a
sticker for his card, according to Earl W. Holder, PCC administrator. In order to receive such
a permit, a student must live beyond a radius of two miles from PCC. Application for a permit
must be made at the time of registration. On one side of the application blank students will
FROM THE AIR ... A more comprehensive view is had by
this method which leads us right back where we started. The
lots are full, the campus is crowded and more building is starting.
By taking advantage of the plans offered us as a solution, we will
be able to lighten the load of the residents as Well as the school
parking lots.
— Courier photo by Bill Tibbitts
Political Ed Conference
Includes Tour, Discussions
The Southern California Coun¬
cil of Churches will hold its “Po¬
litic a 1 Education Conference”
Wednesday through Saturday,
Feb. 1-4.
Situated in and around the Los
Angeles Civic Center, the confer¬
ence will include tours of public
offices such as the police depart¬
ment and the city council. The
Clark Hotel will serve as head¬
quarters for the conference where
the main program, including dis¬
cussion groups in the five major
areas of public opinion, crime con¬
trol, social welfare, public educa¬
tion, and labor and mangement
relations, will be held.
The main purposes of this con¬
ference will be to focus attention
of the Christian youth on all
phases of government and its
leadership, and to become more
responsible for and sensitive to
our “Citizenship Under Christ.”
For further information concern¬
ing this conference contact the
Church Federation Offices, 3330
W. Adams, LA 18, or call RE-
public 2-0181.
Campus ‘Y’ Needs
Carpool Drivers
With the parking problem be¬
coming more and more acute, and
with one-hour zoning of the area
imminent, a solution to the park¬
ing problem must soon be forth¬
coming.
One answer to this problem is
the formation of car pools,, and
our Campus “Y” has done just
that. However, more drivers are
needed in order to further the
project as many more people need
rides than are able to offer trans¬
portation.
The Campus “Y” is pleased
with the splendid cooperation of
the students who have responded
to their appeals for aid in form¬
ing car pools and urges all stu¬
dents to register in either form¬
ing a pool or joining an existing
one.
The Campus “Y” is located in
the V Building, next to the Wom¬
en’s Gym, and is open daily.
Banquet Features
Slides on Germany
Associate minister of the First
Methodist Church of Alhambra,
the Reverend Fred Coots, will be
the featured speaker at the PCC
“Y” banquet which will be held
at the Holliston Avenue Method¬
ist Church at 6:30 p.m. on Jan¬
uary 27.
“Y” banquets are held at the
end of each semester and feature
a well known speaker. Reverend
Coots will have “Fellowship and
Education” as the topic of his
talk which he will further illus¬
trate by showing slides that he
took while in Europe last sum¬
mer. Although primarily on Eur¬
ope, the slides will feature the
YMCA Centennial in Paris.
Interested students register in
the Campus “Y” office for reser¬
vations for the banquet.
find a map indicating the two mile
area. If, according to this map, a
student can qualify for a permit,
he must register the car’s new
1956 license number, his own
name and address.
Students who live farthest from
the college will have a priority
in obtaining permits. Each appli¬
cation will be checked carefully.
Applicants will be notified by mail
whether or not they may gain a
permit. Instructors will also be
Police Department Aim
is 10 Block Restriction
By Bobbe Noroian
“Restricting an area does not remove the problem at
hand,” stated Ed Granzow, traffic analyst of the Pasadena
Police Department when interviewed concerning PCC’s park¬
ing problem. “We usually have
to place restrictions at least
10 blocks around the problem
area, if we restrict at all.” Gran¬
zow continued.
He explained that people usual¬
ly don’t mind parking a few
blocks away in order to park for
six or eight hours. Because of.
this the police do not restrict an
area until it is imperative, and
there is no other solution in sight.
The department was asked to
survey around PCC when the
problem first came up. Results
of this survey were sent to the
city directors for their perusal
and decision. The department
does not act on such a problem
until empowered to do so by the
city directors.
To ease the situation, some “No
Parking” signs were placed along
one side of the narrow streets
which have heavy traffic. Parking
was limited to two hours in other
locations.
Traffic conditions around PCC
are not bad, the possible excep¬
tion being the intersection of Hill
and Colorado at 8 a.m. To date,
the reason for action has been
complaints of residents in the
area regarding all day parking,
and trash in the streets in front
of their homes.
Granzow believes the problem
could be solved by the students
themselves, should they choose to
do so. He urges students to walk
if they live within walking dis¬
tance, and to use public convey¬
ances if possible even though it
may take a little longer to get
to and from school.
Earl W. Holder
issued permits for faculty park¬
ing spaces.
Twelve to thirteen hundred
stalls are available on all the cam¬
pus lots. Of these, a certain num¬
ber will be allotted to the high
school to distribute to students
under the same plan ; the only dif¬
ference being that parents of the
high school students must sign
their applications approving the
student’s use of an automobile.
The parking lot currently under
construction will not measurably
improve the situation. A new mu¬
sic building is to be constructed
on the site of the present faculty
parking lot on Sierra Bonita Ave.
Due to this fact, the new lot will
accommodate mainly faculty au¬
tomobiles.
A student will not be able to
park on a lot unless he has a
sticker on his car. The lots will
be under supervision at all times.
Streets surrounding the campus
may be posted for one hour park¬
ing in the near future. Students
are urged to register for permits
if they can qualify.
AMS Applications
Available in 111C
Applications are now available
for the AMS, Associated Men Stu¬
dent Board, it was announced by
AMS President Bob Grant.
All men students interested in
working with student govern¬
ment, and helping to further the
aims of the Associated Men Stu¬
dents are urged to pick up an ap¬
plication blank in the office of the
dean of student activities, 111C.
Through work with organiza¬
tions such as this, one may find
his way into student government,
and thus earn service points, and
pave the way for future activities.
For further information students
should contact Bob Grant in 17C,
or Dean Robert Haugh in 111C.
Deadline for applying is 12 noon
Friday, Jan. 27.
PACKED IS THE WORD . . . This is the view that students see if they arrive a little after 8
in the morning1. The final analysis seems to be that it is our problem alone and that we are left with
the cure. The lots are being used to capacity now and the future parking spaces will not be more
in number or size. — Courier photo by Bill Tibbitti
