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Quick Stats

Student Parking Lot? Yes
Freshmen Allowed to Park? Yes
Approximate Parking Permit Cost $84 –$312 per year
Common Parking Tickets
  • Expired meter: $10
  • Fire lane: $25, plus tow
  • Handicapped zone: $100, plus tow
  • Illegal use of permit: $50, plus tow; parking and driving privileges suspended
  • No parking zone: $25
  • Unauthorized zone/lot: $15

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Campus entrances are marked with bright yellow signs that read “WELCOME,” but that sentiment is almost refuted by another line: “PARKING IS BY PERMIT ONLY.” ECU is, however, primarily a pedestrian campus, and the Student Transit Authority is efficient enough to get students where they need to go. It is not really necessary for freshmen to even bring cars. The freshman lot is so far away from campus that freshmen who use Student Transit or meet upperclassmen with cars probably will not need to go to the freshman lot until they leave for break. During breaks, students can carpool with someone from their region by posting a card on the travel board in the basement of Mendenhall, or more efficiently, by posting on the Banner forums or on
www.partyeastcarolina.com. Parking and Transportation Services is perhaps the least popular office at ECU, and their white vehicles with green police-style lights on top are annoying, if not terrifying. The no-nonsense officers are dreaded by anyone who has committed even the slightest parking infraction. Many students complain about ECU parking, but for those students who look online and make the effort to know which lot is which, which permits allow them to park where, and which permit they are eligible to buy, parking will never become a huge issue.

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Parking at East Carolina University

keh2593

'15

Biology

2.3
C

Parking on and Around Campus

For some people, parking sucks for others it's pretty decent. It just depends on what permit you have. All on campus parking is by permit only unless it's after 7:00 pm.

Jan 31, 2012

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Parking at East Carolina University

Andrewperfect

'15

Sport and Fitness Management

1.2
D

Parking

I am a freshman -so I had to get a parking pass for D Lot.

I have to take the ECU bus from my dorm to get to D parking Lot which is near the baseball field - and not a safe place on campus.

I usually sit in my car until I see the bus coming to avoid getting robbed at this parking lot.

Jan 18, 2012

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Parking at East Carolina University

kellyrose28

'15

Child Development

1.5
D+

Parking

Parking around campus is awful, there's hardly anywhere you can park. If you do not park in your permitted area you will get a ticket almost always.

Nov 21, 2011

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Facts

Getting a Parking Permit

Parking at ECU is by permit only, and vehicle registration is required. Registration, which is easier the earlier students try it, can be done in person or online through Banner. Valid permits must be displayed on all vehicles on campus, or the Parking and Transportation officers, in white cars with green lights on top, will issue tickets.

Did You Know?

Best Places to Find a Parking Spot:
Commuter lots near Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and Minges Coliseum

Good Luck Getting a Parking Spot Here:
Main campus, especially behind Mendenhall after 4 p.m.

 

There are several options for student permits here:

A2 Zone ($288 per year) – Students with 25 or more credit hours who live on College Hill may buy one of these, which are sold on a one-permit-to-one-space basis.

B2 Zone ($144 per year) – The B2 lots are located on Reade Street, and students who have 25 or more credit hours and live in Garrett, Clement, Fletcher, White, Greene, Cotten, Fleming, Jarvis, or Umstead may buy a B2 sticker.

C Zone ($72 per year) – The most well-known C Zone lot, called the “commuter lot,” is located near Minges Coliseum and Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Buses travel frequently from the lot to various points on campus. C permits may be purchased by off-campus students.

D ZONE ($200 per year) – Commonly referred to as the “ghetto lot,” the D Zone is for on-campus students who have 24 or fewer credit hours. The new gravel, gated D Zone lot is about two miles from campus on Dickinson Avenue, and access is granted by scanning an ECU 1 Card.

Motorcycle ($25 per year) – Motorcycle parking is perhaps the best parking deal at ECU. Of course, the bikes are pricey, and the insurance is high, but the motorcycle parking areas are extremely convenient to classroom buildings.

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

ECU Parking & Transportation Services
305 E. 10th St.
(252) 328-6294
www.ecu.edu/parking

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