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Parking Information

Parking is an acknowledged challenge here in Evanston and on campus. Parking is, unfortunately, not included in tuition. However, with a little planning and forethought, it need not be an insurmountable problem. Just ask and we'll try to help.  For additional information, please contact the Office of Hospitality and Housing, 847.866.3950.

At the apartments:

  • Maple/Noyes Lot: $50 per month for apartment residents only. Maple and Maple/Noyes residents served first; Sherman residents only if spots remain. MUST have sticker on car; if you are towed it will be very expensive.

  • Street parking: $75 per year. Take your lease to the Evanston City Hall Parking Office to purchase yearly sticker (sometimes they will prorate if you are coming late in the year). Then follow directions as to which parking zone you are able to park in (get a map showing the zones from City staff)

  • Guest parking: if you pay for a spot in the M/N lot, you may give your spot to a visitor, use it for a loaner of your own, etc. BUT you MUST get another sticker from us for whatever car you park in that lot or the car will be towed. Notes left on the windshield do not count.

  • City hangtags for guests are available from the City parking office for about $.25 each. Take your lease with you to purchase. Must use a new hangtag each day and fill it out in pen, not pencil.

On campus:

  • Garrett student passes for the Northwestern University (NU) lot just to the south side of our campus - NU allows our students to purchase passes for the big parking lot next to our campus. NU students are not permitted to buy passes for that lot. See the Northwestern University parking maps here for more information.  Take your Garrett ID to the NU Parking Office at 1819 Hinman Ave. (847-491-3319) between 8:00AM and 4:00PM to get:

    1. a day pass hangtag (white, NOT yellow) is $7/day; need a new one each day that you park
    2. a yearly pass (good for Sept.1 until Oct. 1, 2010) is $483.00
    3. quarterly pass (the first would be good from now until Christmas break) is $120.75 which comes out to just over $40/month.

  • Northwestern University Visitor's pass - also $7/day. This is a yellow hangtag which you can usually (assuming we have a supply on hand) get from our front desk, or from the NU parking office. It is good for one day only (you must have the date scratched off or they will ticket your car). This pass is NOT good for the big lot next to our campus; if you purchase one of these you must park in any of the NU visitor lots, the nearest of which is across Sheridan Rd. just north of the Seabury campus. Other lots are further away - about a 10 minute walk back to Garrett.  See the Northwestern University parking maps here for more information.

  • Garrett Visitors Lot on Garrett Place: please note that this is first and foremost a Visitor's lot and not a student lot. There will be many days when we will permit students to park in this lot, and many days when we cannot permit student parking because of an event or group on campus who will be using the lot. You may use this lot on a walk-in basis when it is available. You may also call as much as a week or two in advance to the front desk (847-866-3900) to make a reservation, at which time you should be able to find out if there will be space available. You may pay cash or check at the desk or have a $7 charge placed on your student account. No credit cards will be accepted for $7 charges. You will get a magnetic card to use to get into the lot and also to get out of it. You may come and go as many times as you want that day, but the card must be returned at the end of the day as you leave the lot the last time (slide the card into the return box on your way out) or you will have your student account charged $30 for a lost card. Cards will be locked out overnight and will not be good the next day. At times when there is no availability in the Garrett Visitors lot, you would be well advised to have a Plan B.

 

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