<p>Well my friend wants to know if she will need a car at JH, and if she has to pay for parking, and is it even worth it?</p>
<p>No, you will not need a car.</p>
<p>hmm... i could prolly search, but is it common for upperclassmen to have/use cars?</p>
<p>A car is not necessary at Hopkins. Very easy to get around without one.</p>
<p>The thread shelly147 really should answer the questions about Cars on Campus. You can also read this thread:</p>
<p>Hopkins</a> Forums -> Cars?</p>
<p>And note the Parking Policy on the Parking Office web site:</p>
<p>"Undergrad Resident Students
Parking is available for undergraduate resident students at the San Martin Garage for $70/month. Freshman and sophomores residing in University housing currently are excluded from purchasing on campus parking. Additionally, all freshmen are prohibited from bringing cars on campus."</p>
<p>haha DEFINITELY don't bring a car as a first-semester freshman, they won't give you parking, so there's really about 2 streets you can try to fight for a spot on.</p>
<p>my roommate brought his car after thanksgiving, ended up with 3 parking tickets and the car hasn't moved from the spot he got in like a month, he's too worried about not getting a new spot.</p>
<p>sophomore year they'll give you garage parking for $2/day. or you can try to get a city parking permit, which isn't all that bad but its a hassle.</p>
<p>it is actually really nice to have a car on campus, so look into the city parking permit if you want. but seriously make sure you have parking worked out before you drive across the country to homewood.</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior and when/if (they offer on-campus housing to upperclassmen) you move off campus, having a car is pretty nifty. I personally don't have one, but I've become friends with many students that do. It's nice to be able to periodically venture off campus and get out of the city without the hassle of taking the bus.</p>
<p>aren't cars allowed for freshmen commuter students?</p>
<p>Street parking, although not easy to find (especially since a majority of you will be living on campus) is totally doable. Just be prepared to walk for about 10-15 minutes to your car. Now, that's not so bad...is it?</p>
<p>Street parking is totally doable IF YOU QUALIFY FOR A BALTIMORE CITY PARKING PERMIT. Area 12 permits are needed to park practically everywhere around campus... the only non-permit, non-meter areas are the 1 street in front of Wolman that everyone is talking about. </p>
<p>You qualify for a Baltimore City permit if you live in non-dorm housing, aka, have a Baltimore city address which isn't Hopkins property. I know that the on campus dorms (A, B, AMRs, Wolman, McCoy) definitely don't qualify. Homewood and Bradford apartments may qualify, I'm not sure. Same for Charles Commons, I'm not sure. But I moved off campus to a row house my junior year and I'm in an off-campus non-university apartment this year, and I've had a street parking permit for the past 2 years.</p>
<p>There is plenty of parking on North Charles and close to 39th Street (by the apartments on University Pkwy, but not actually on University Pkwy). No permits necessary! :)</p>
<p>The parking on North Charles always requires you to make VERY sure that your car isn't there during the hours of 4-6:30, lest you be towed. All of the parking on the left side of the street is now metered.</p>
<p>I guess the 39th street parking is always an option, but I don't know if I'd go so far to say there is "plenty" of parking- those street spots are always pretty full whenever I'm there. If you have a car and your only 2 places to put it are 34th street in front of Wolman and 39th street, I'd say that's sortof a gamble, but if you're willing to handle it, more power to you.</p>
<p>every single person that I know that has a car at JHU has had it broken into. Some food for thought.</p>
<p>are you kidding me? do you know like one unlucky person with a car?</p>
<p>seriously this city is like any other city, it's not that bad and it's not a warzone. cars get broken in to in big cities -- don't leave your iPod on the dashboard, don't bring an '08 audi to school, and lock your doors.</p>
<p>No. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. I know off of the top of my head four people who have had their cars broken into (one was stolen for about a week), and two people who have not had anything happen to them yet. Keep in mind that these are all upperclassmen livign off campus.</p>
<p>Sorry to resurrect a dead topic but someone told me there is an off campus parking garage a reasonable distance from the school that one could use to keep a car as an underclassman. Anyone know of any garages near campus that have long term parking rates?</p>
<p>Like the person above said I wont bring a vehicle at all until I have a safe place to keep it off the street. Its not so much a matter of convenience but it is cheaper for me to use a car to go to DC to visit friends and relatives and travel home to North Carolina rather than use the train or by air.</p>
<p>Tip to all. If you live near Bradford or Charles Commons, get an annual area 12 parking permit for $20. it allows you to park in front of bradford or along the uni mini/chipotle adjacent parking spaces in addition to others. Only difficulty is you have to take one day to go downtown in the inner harbor to get the permit.</p>
<p>Is it safe to leave it on the street like that though? I've been along that area alot since I live in Wolman and it seems like it is always full. </p>
<p>Is there a parking garage close to campus that I could use that anyone knows about?</p>
<p>My D's roommate parked her car in the garage at the Colonnade Hotel on West University Parkway-across from the Lacrosse field. I don't know the monthly rate that she paid, but it was not too expensive. My fear about parking in the area has been that while there are nice aeas, if there are no spaces around, you would be tempted to park someplace not too safe, or walk by yourself after dropping everyone else off.</p>