BY MARISSA ALEXIOU
Rural and regional students who are spending hours travelling to university are spending more time trying to find a park.
Parents and students have expressed frustration in recent weeks with the lack of available parking spaces for students at the University of Newcastle.
Parents believe enough isn't being done to support students making a long commute.
One parent stated it is not in the interest of the university to build more parking facilities due to the high amount of revenue raised from parking fines.
According to the Office of State Revenue, UON collected over $300,000 from parking infringements during 2016/17, doubling what they received in 2012/13 period.
UON believes they have implemented a number of strategies to assist students including an additional 500 parking spaces since 2015 and the smartphone app, RideShare.
