Why should students get free parking? It is a choice to use the parking facilities (those with mobility issues aside). I am in favor of parking rates being base

Why should students get free parking? It is a choice to use the parking facilities (those with mobility issues aside). I am in favor of parking rates being based on commute distance. If you live within a reasonable walking distance, say two miles, then you can't get a parking pass. Then concentric rings out from there with decreasing cost. While there would be some address fraud, it would help to reduce the dependence on parking. I went to a university that has no shortage of land to expand to. This meant that they have a couple of very large parking lots for on-campus students and some large commuter parking lots. If you didn't mind walking, parking was easy to come by. Those that complained about a 10 minute walk thought there was no parking. Funny thing was that it was easy to cross all of campus in less that 15 minutes. Really is a matter of perspective, I suppose.