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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
Best Places to Find a Spot Off campus or in your designated zone
Good Luck Getting a Spot Here Most of campus

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

DblK

Aerospace Engineering '15

2.3
C

Expensive and Somewhat Useless

Campus is pretty compact, and most students live on campus from what I've seen. Parking is outrageously expensive and spaces are limited and traffic can severely hamper your ability to pull out of your spot on some days. Parking garages are nice, but the reality is that most of what you will need is on or near campus.

May 15, 2012

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liddoangel6481

Chemical Engineering '15

2.7
C+

Parking Cost Is Horrible

The parking permit cost for single is $690, which is ridiculous. Carpool permits, however, are relatively cheaper because you split $590 between 2,3,or 4 users.

May 10, 2012

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Priceless12

Biology '15

3.5
B

Parking Spaces Everywhere!

There are plenty of spaces to park although I'm not a driver.

May 06, 2012

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User rating for Georgia Institute of Technology - Parking is 2.3 out of 5 based on 42 user reviews.

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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.

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

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

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