U. of Wash. could lower parking tax to fund U-PASS

SEATTLE — The University of Washington regularly pays a 10 percent tax on parking fees to the City of Seattle due to a commercial parking tax within city limits. Under a new proposed plan, a smaller portion of the revenue generated from university parking fees would be given to the City of Seattle as a tax, thus allowing Transportation Services to retain and redistribute the extra funds among its other programs, such as the U-PASS, the university's newspaper The Daily reports. To read the full story, click here.