Sixth of students who go to university by car live within 2-km radius of institution

More than 900 students who daily struggle to find one of the limited parking spots at the University of Malta live just a short walk away, a recent study has found.  Figures compiled by the University Students’ Council – KSU – show how around a sixth of the staggering 5,556 student cars issued with parking permits belong to students who live within a two-kilometre radius of the campus in Tal-Qroqq.  More than a quarter of the drivers, some 1,400, live less than four kilometres away – roughly a 10-minute bus ride away. The figures shed light on students’ aversion to using alternative modes of transport with two in every three saying they use their own private vehicle to get to the lectures.  The biggest problem facing these drivers is the limited number of parking slots once they make it to the campus. The University of Malta has 680 bays available for students – just one slot for every 10 registered student cars. The KSU executive told the Times of Malta that student mobility was one of the major challenges that needed addressing. “Given the central location of the university, alternative modes of transport have the potential to make student commuting trips significantly better...