Free parking at Kent Vale near NUS
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Anybody noes if the carpark is always full during sch term? How is the parking situation? I am going to study at NUS tis coming Aug but i dun wish to pay the season parking ticket from NUS..... Anyone going to have the same situation as mi can come and discuss here.....
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I am also in NUS.....going to year 3 though from Faculty of Engineering. I have been parking at Kent Vale for the past 2 years daily without any problems. By the way, which faculty are you going to?
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If not intending to pay for parking, then don't drive.
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what's your problem? rich kid with a car trying to evade the season parking ticket which is already very cheap in the first place. cheapo?
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Siao, ppl wanna discuss whether got lobang for free parking or not, that's his prerogative.
Doesn't mean drive a car means we must just pay and pay for every damn thing if there is an alternative. -
the car park is usually not very crowded...and there's a reason, it's mother far from the rest of the uni. unless you're in science/med, you'll have to take a shuttle bus back down to the uni. otherwise you can walk down a slope (very tiring to walk back up) and end up behind med faculty.
an alternative (which is heavily practised) is to park at the car parks, but tailgate vehicles coming out so the barrier has no time to close completely.
otherwise just come up with 70 bucks per semester, it's not too ex if you park everyday....comes up to a dollar plus? full day. plus can park all over the campus. -
The car park at NUS uses a licence plate imaging system... if you know how to beat the system, which i don't think you can.... then you'll have you so-called "free parking". Like how the army guys say, "You can do anything, just don't get caught." :p
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the system was designed by poly student i heard.........Originally posted by tomsss:The car park at NUS uses a licence plate imaging system... if you know how to beat the system, which i don't think you can.... then you'll have you so-called "free parking". Like how the army guys say, "You can do anything, just don't get caught." :p -
I am going to the Science faculty... so izzit ok to park there? As i am paying for the season parking ticket for the MSCP near my hse, so not much money left to pay for the season parking ticket in NUS.... No choice have to find another alternative..... Any more reccomendations or comments?
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What? The uni outsourced its project to poly?Originally posted by FireIce:the system was designed by poly student i heard.........
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Should tailgate the dean's car.Originally posted by slacker001:an alternative (which is heavily practised) is to park at the car parks, but tailgate vehicles coming out so the barrier has no time to close completely.
If you not fast enuff, your windscreen might get smashed?
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Quite a lot of anti-young car owners here -
To Daniu 82:
For Science Faculty, it will be quite a distance if you park at Kent Vale and walk to your faculty. As for me, I am in Engineering and my lectures are within the Engineering Faculty therefore it's quite convenient for me to walk. If you want, you can leave your car there and talk the shuttle bus which is free. You can take the Internal Shuttle Bus C which is the most direct from Kent Vale. Hope that helps and all the best for your studies!!!
Cheers:
Fellow NUS undergraduate -
daniu, sorry for mistake, Kent Vale is nearer Engine. the car park im talking abt is the one near King Edward 7 hall, called the CRISP or satellite car park. It's closer to science/med (coming in from back toward science lect halls) but like i mentioned earlier gotta walk a bit. however it's still doable, parked there for coupla months while saving money for season parking, plus got some exercise. usually quite empty. otherwise just do what my friends do and tailgate. but i must warn you that the car park in front of science gets very crowded (esp ard early afternoon) and sometimes gotta circle ard. double park and u get clamped.
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Where do you stay? I'm in Science too... Hehe... maybe can tumpang... actually... if you park before 8.30, if I'm not wrong, you won't have to pay for parking there... hehe... that is, if you're willing to wake up so early...Originally posted by daniu82:I am going to the Science faculty... so izzit ok to park there? As i am paying for the season parking ticket for the MSCP near my hse, so not much money left to pay for the season parking ticket in NUS.... No choice have to find another alternative..... Any more reccomendations or comments? -
Got free parking why go for season? This is absurd man.. It's like saying you haf a car and you r so damn rich.. so sunday you also put parking coupon?? since it's only $1?Originally posted by foxwalk:what's your problem? rich kid with a car trying to evade the season parking ticket which is already very cheap in the first place. cheapo?
Anyway I've been parking in NUS for over a yr. Kent vale is free for all only thing is the distance.
Abt the License Number parking system. It doesnt work all the time. Only places I noe that allows the 'trick' to work is the carpark at Temasek Hall. Most carparks now either haf longer barriers or they've narrowed the road to prevent ppl from out-smarting the system. If you wanna hiong and use newspaper to cover carplate..den dun get caught
If you are from engineering..jus beware..the 2 entrys (the one at engine and the one at SDE) are totally independent..meaning if u enter from one and exit from the other..you'll get free parking too.. BUT..if during the day u happen to exit from the gate you entered from...you might be charged big time...this is a screw up in the system..I've called them and i hope they have taken proper actions -
Thanks to win_ong81 and slacker001 for ur comments becos they are very helpful to mi....
To win_ong81 and slacker001: Is the Kent Vale carpark very full during school term? Is the carpark very big?
To LH83: u 1st yr also? i stay in Jurong...
To sunnyMAN: i agree wif u tat y do we have to pay for season parking ticket when there is a free carpark available... for those who dunno the season parking is $83+ for 1 semester...
To guitarman1: I agree wif u... -
Please do not cheat on parking by tailgating another vehicle that has season ticket!!!
WHY???
Because I have a classmate who had to park elsewhere as the Raffles Hall parking lot is full due to these parking cheats. As she was rushing for lectures, she parked illegally and got her wheels clamped. NUS admin refused to listen to her explanation.
You know how unfair this is??? -
Use public transport then. That's what the NUS shuttle buses are for.
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Wah lau daniu82... you living so near in Jurong want to drive there? I stay Bedok leh... everyday take MRT back and forth... Think you take bus or train better... then loan me the car so I can drive to school... hee...
But seriously... most ppl I know, drive to school cos they stay quite far... like Yishun, Woodlands or Eunos... those who stay in Jurong, Clementi or Dover just take public transport... -
Hey
You can actually park at Prince Geoge's Park Residences (PGP).
The parking is free. (Although they did not state it)
And it's a stone throw away (2 stops if you want to take the internal shuttle bus) from PGP to the Science Faculty. -
ermmm... no lots means no lots wad..how can you be so sure its bcoz of those cheats..Originally posted by foxwalk:Please do not cheat on parking by tailgating another vehicle that has season ticket!!!
WHY???
Because I have a classmate who had to park elsewhere as the Raffles Hall parking lot is full due to these parking cheats. As she was rushing for lectures, she parked illegally and got her wheels clamped. NUS admin refused to listen to her explanation.
You know how unfair this is???
even for a carpark meant for season parking...normal cars can enter also..but if you get caught for parking there...here comes the campus security -
Last I heard, PGP wasn't free... I had friends try to beat the camera there as well... they just changed the rule?Originally posted by chocobeary:Hey
You can actually park at Prince Geoge's Park Residences (PGP).
The parking is free. (Although they did not state it)
And it's a stone throw away (2 stops if you want to take the internal shuttle bus) from PGP to the Science Faculty. -
errm...
Drive in
Drive out
b4 the barrier comes down, reverse back in. -
Kent Vale is pretty empty but I doubt u'll wanna park there since u are in Science... Still needa take shuttle bus (Its paid for whether u use it anot so u mite think y not juz tk it, but the bus drivers are seriously lousy drivers with no respect for pedestrians and passengers)... For me I drive to NUS so that I can juz go rite to the doorstep with total convenience... Although I'm in Eng, I juz pay $20 a mth for the season parking so that I can park anywhere in NUS and go anywhere I like haha