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Quick Stats

Student Parking Lot? Yes
Freshmen Allowed to Park? Yes
Freshmen must wait until second semester, and it is still very difficult to purchase a permit.
Approximate Parking Permit Cost $620
Common Parking Tickets
  • Displaying a stolen or counterfeit permit: $100
  • Double parking or obstructing traffic: $50
  • Expired meter: $25
  • Fire lane: $100
  • Handicapped zone: $500
  • No parking zone: $50
  • Parking in reserved space or restricted area: $50
  • Parking without a permit: $25

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Atlanta is a big city, and it is notoriously difficult to park in big cities. Tech’s campus is no exception. To park on campus every day, parking permits are required. These permits are expensive, and are also only good for certain lots. For visitors, there are pay lots and parking meters near the Student Center and the CRC, but you should be advised that these will likely be fully occupied during peak times. There is no free parking on campus, but parking meters are not enforced after 5 p.m., except for the few parking meters that are on West Campus, among the West Campus dorms. The Parking Office is usually not helpful and does not have a history of resolving problems favorably. If you are towed, you will pay, even if they have towed wrongly. Students are usually forced to submit, even if they were wronged, since outstanding parking fines are grounds for withholding academic information and registration privileges from the student.

Overall, the parking situation on campus is horrendous. Some of this is unavoidable; all big cities present parking problems. However, much of the bitterness and discontent that students experience is because of the uncooperative attitude that the parking office seems to have toward students in general. If you absolutely must park on campus without a permit, be prepared to pay up to $1 per hour in the visitors’ lot, if you can find a space. The entire visitors’ lot provides only about 80 parking spaces for a campus of 16,000 students, 5,000 employees, and almost 1,000 faculty members. If you drive to school, your best bet is to park somewhere across 10th Street in the Home Park neighborhood or across North Avenue in the Centennial Place Apartments, where all curbside parking is free.

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Parking at Georgia Institute of Technology

Rappl3

'13

Mechanical Engineering

3.1
B-

Parking: Be Careful.

Parking on campus can be a pain. Permits are very expensive (it is downtown Atlanta). With permits, parking is very convenient and simple. Visitor parking can also be frustrating as only certain parking areas open up on nights and weekends.

Feb 09, 2012

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Parking at Georgia Institute of Technology

vravleker3

'13

Chemistry

5.0
A+

Permit Cost

The parking permit at Gatech is costly but I need my car to go home every weekend. There are some car pull and other things to help the transportation outside of campus.

Jan 16, 2012

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Parking at Georgia Institute of Technology

gatechgirl

'15

Biology

1.9
C-

Parking

Parking is terrible, but understandable. There is almost no parking and that is why a parking permit is so expensive. However, the benefits of being in the middle of a large city far outweigh the cost or inconvenience of parking

Jan 06, 2012

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Facts

Getting a Parking Permit

Parking permits are given based on employee status and class standing. Renewals are given first priority, followed by zone changes. Not everyone that requests a permit will get one, and you will not necessarily get the zone you requested.

Did You Know?

Best Places to Find a Parking Spot
Off campus or in your designated zone

Good Luck Getting a Parking Spot Here!
Most of campus

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

Georgia Tech Parking & Transportation
875 W. Peachtree St.
(404) 894-9645
www.parking.gatech.edu

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