The reading passage contends that woods university can raise extra money from increasing parking fees for students. On the other hand, the speaker brings up several points that contradict this argument.
First of all, the speaker argues that many students who cannot afford to pay $8 of parking fee use another method of carpooling. To be specific, when the fee was $4, there were several students thinking it was expensive. However, because the pros of driving their own cars overrode the cons, they still drove and paid the money for parking. After the parking fee was doubled, they devised other method to adapt the school's new policy, carfooling and splitting the fee with several students. This casts doubt on the reading which states that the school can get doubled parking fees from students.
Also, according to the speaker, students even use other methods to get to school. After the school notified increased price of parking fee, students, previously driving, choose to walk, ride bicycles or take public transportations. They can also reduce several expenses of tax and gas. This rebuffs the campus officials' argument that the revenue of the parking lot will mount up within a week after anouncing the plan. |