Airport: Use long-term lot.Byline: ED RUSSO The Register-Guard Squeezed by a parking crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching. (2) To compress data. See data compression. 1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. and holiday travelers, Eugene Airport Eugene Airport (IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. officials want the public to think long instead of short when it comes to parking. Airline passengers who in the past have used the short-term lot for a day or more are being encouraged to leave their vehicles in the adjacent long-term lot, airport office manager Diana Bell said Tuesday. A new security measure has cut the number of parking spaces in the short-term lot, which is closest to the passenger terminal. With many people coming to the airport this week for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. travel, officials prefer the short-term lot be used by motorists who drop off or pick up passengers, plus senior citizens who have difficulty walking to the terminal, Bell said. "If we can leave as many of the short-term parking spaces available, it would make it a lot easier for the people who need them," she said. Parking in the long-term lot costs $6 a day, compared to $12 a day in short term, so travelers will save money, Bell said. Last week, the airport eliminated 59 short-term spaces to comply with a Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control directive that prohibits vehicles from parking within 300 feet of the passenger terminal. The buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone is intended to protect the terminal from an explosion. The order, which followed the elimination of 125 spaces in the short-term lot soon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, left the airport with just 53 short-term spaces. Before the attacks, the airport had 237 short-term spaces. Now, with air travel picking up for the Thanksgiving holiday, Bell said, "we have very few short-term parking spots left." The parking lots also will be full around Christmas, she said. When the lots closest to the terminal are full, the airport opens an overflow lot that is served by shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. buses. Airport officials intend to recover some of the lost parking spaces, Bell said, but how and when has yet to be decided. Airport Manager Bob Noble has mentioned redesigning the parking lot and reinforcing the front of the passenger terminal as a way to recapture recapture n. in income tax, the requirement that the taxpayer pay the amount of tax savings from past years due to accelerated depreciation or deferred capital gains upon sale of property. (See: income tax) RECAPTURE, war. spaces and still meet new security standards. |
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