<p>I'm considering bringing a car with me, so I'd like to know how on-campus parking is. I live in ERC, so I'm especially interested in the parking situation of Pangea and Hopkins parking structures, e.g. if ERC/Marshall students ever have a hard time finding a spot, when it's busiest, etc. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m in ERC too so I primarily used Pangea. Its convenient because its so close. On the downside, it does get very crowded, especially during the day on weekdays. Sometimes, if I had to go somewhere during the day, I would come back and have to circle the parking structure for a good 45 minutes before I could get an open spot. On weekends there are generally a lot of free spots. The student permit allows you to park in the graduate student spots after 5pm on weekdays and anytime during the weekend, so that helps slightly. Overall, the parking situation is pretty tough because of overcrowding but as ERC students we at least have two large parking structures in our direct proximity.</p>
<p>awesome, thanks for the info! I wonder how Hopkins is… i get the feeling it’s about the same as pangea though. :</p>
<p>at least you have parking garages and stuff. revelle kids now only get two rows of probably 20-25 spaces anymore. sixth had probably 60-70% of its undergraduate parking taken away, and warren really doesnt have much either. Parking is a pain–if you dont need your car i would really suggest not taking it</p>
<p>Warren’s parking is essentially Hopkins. There is one row of spaces by the apartments but they are HIGHLY coveted and you have to see somebody just pulling out to get one. I think ERC peeps have it the best for parking.</p>
<p>I recommend parking off campus. It’s free and there’s good places to park most of the time. It’s about 5-10 min walk away from campus, or if you take a bike in your car you can get there in ~1-3 minutes.</p>
<p>This is what I do and I always laugh when I hear people paying for parking permits and then sitting in the car for 45 minutes looking for a spot.</p>
<p>Most of the free places near campus don’t allow overnight parking. Where are you referring to specifically?</p>
<p>UCSD2013 is referring specifically to commuting from off-campus for classes in the day time I think, rather than talking about parking overnight.</p>
<p>There are places to park during the day for free, as well as at night. I don’t want to put it on a public forum though because it doesn’t need to be any busier so that I can’t park there anymore too! Just PM me if you are going to use the info.</p>
<p>@UCSD2013</p>
<p>HAHA. I too take advantage of off-campus free parking. From where I park it is only only a 5-7 minute bike ride to Geisel. </p>
<p>Use your street smarts kids. Google maps may help… or just driving around the outskirts of campus like I did until you realize how easy it is to find close off-campus parking. (This includes overnight parking btw).</p>
<p>i plan on just paying the $800 fee or whatever it is now. I’ll be living at the village starting this fall, so i believe i have to park in Pangea</p>
<p>@dwayne
There are free (24/7) parking spots near the Pangea parking lot.</p>
<p>My theory is that people who don’t go out and look for alternatives don’t deserve them handed to them. Hell, I tell pretty much everyone I know about them and they still buy parking passes so that just shows how much money means to a lot of students. It’s disappointing.</p>
<p>@coolaid
thanks for the generous tip. maybe i should take a look once i go to my orientation for muir college in two weeks.</p>
<p>@ucsd
money means nothing to me!</p>
<p>Pay me the parking fee and I’ll give you 5 parking spaces!</p>
<p>If you give the fee to me instead, I will give you hundreds of possible parking spots.</p>
<p>lol but I’m guessing those free parking spots by Pangea are usually taken? i imagine it’s really hard to get into one of them…</p>
<p>P701 near Warren Field and P702 near Preuss almost always have room. Granted, the reason is because they’re so far away from everything else, but I ended up using them frequently during crowded parking times.</p>