Georgetown University - Parking

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The average Georgetown student is going to tell you that you’re crazy if you think you’re going to bring a car to campus, but that if you do, he’d love a ride to the grocery store every now and then. There is zero on-campus parking, except for a few spots available in the newly-built subterranean garage for $250 a month. Off-campus, there are a number of monthly-fee garages, all of which charge upwards of $200 a month. Most Hoyas would call street parking somewhere between “difficult” and “suicidal.” DC allows non-permanent residents two hours, total, every day of parking in Georgetown. So unless you’re planning on driving a lot, it’s a tough game.

However, for those creative and intrepid souls who don’t mind doing a little valet work (and who understand how much better college is when you’ve got a car), the system can be beat. For starters, many of the Georgetown-owned townhouses have driveways, and the upperclassmen who live in these buildings often rent out parking spaces. Many students just park their cars on the street, betting that a month’s worth of parking tickets will cost less than a monthly lease from one of the parking garages on M street. Yet another option is to become intimately familiar with the “playing field,” as it were: there are a number of golden spots spread throughout the Georgetown area that do not have time limits. You can keep your car in these spots indefinitely, ticket free. Finally, you might catch the guy behind the desk at the police station on a good day and weasel a temporary pass. In short, parking in Georgetown can be a dangerous—but rewarding—game.

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Students Speak Out

Anonymous says:

Don’t bring a car; you’ll never... Don’t bring a car; you’ll never get a parking spot. If you do find a parking spot, your payment for it plus extra fees in tickets, or towing will probably make your parents mad. Public and campus transportation is fast, efficient, reliable, and cheap. 12345 Parking Report

Anonymous says:

It’s very hard to park. Mainly,... It’s very hard to park. Mainly, people have to park on the street, which is a big pain, and they have to pay DC property tax on their cars to get a sticker that allows them to park on the street. I didn’t have a car, and I’m glad I didn’t. There’s good public transportation in DC (though it shuts down around midnight or 1 a.m.), and there are shuttle buses, as well as public buses at Georgetown. 12345 Parking Report

Anonymous says:

There is parking off campus,... There is parking off campus, outside of DC, 10 or 20 minutes away for about $100 or $200 month, but no one has a car unless they live in DC There’s two-hour parking everywhere else. I suppose you could move your car every two hours, though. 12345 Parking Report

Anonymous says:

HAH! Don’t even think about it. 12345 Parking Report

Anonymous says:

There’s really not space to keep a... There’s really not space to keep a car on campus. Although there will be a large parking garage to accommodate more cars for events on campus in the new Southwest Quadrangle project, students do not have any parking lots on campus to call their own. Your options would be to either pay to keep your car in the school’s existing parking garage under the student center, pay to keep it in the current parking lot on what used to be our baseball field, or buy a DC parking permit so that you can park on the curbs surrounding the campus. You absolutely need a parking permit to park anywhere in DC where there isn’t a meter. 12345 Parking Report

Did You Know?

Best Places to Find a Parking Spot
The streets near the front gates

Good Luck Getting a Parking Spot Here
Most of Georgetown

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