Georgia Southern is changing parking zones in the upcoming academic year, affecting your commute and where you are able to park throughout campus.  

Prices for commuter parking passes will remain the same price in the 2026-27 academic year, at $130. The free park-and-ride at The Hill and permit packs are also available to purchase on the Georgia Southern parking website. 

The George-Anne Staff received documentation from the Parking & Transportation office regarding how many passes have been sold per zone, as of April 20. 

Parking pass sales are as follows: 

Zone 1: 84 issued

Zone 2: 300 issued

Zone 3: 284 issued

Zone 4: 123 issued

Zone 5: 8 issued

Gold Zone (Paulson): 0 issued 

Listed below are the commuter parking zones for the 2026-27 academic year: 

Zone 1: Lots 11, 12, 13 and 14

Zone 2: Lots 30, 31 and 32 

Zone 3: Lot 42 

Zone 4: Lot 21

Zone 5: Lot 29 

Zone 6: RAC Lot and Pavilion Lot 

Gold Zone: Paulson Stadium Gold Lot 

Lot 33: Limited capacity

Lot 41: Limited capacity

Some of the biggest changes include permitted parking at the RAC and Lot 21 becoming its own commuter zone near Russell Union. We spoke with students about these changes and what their experience with parking has been like at Georgia Southern. 

Julia Oubre is a senior who has had issues with parking throughout her time at Georgia Southern.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous I have had to go so far as to pick classes early in the morning because I can’t find parking,” Oubre said. “They’re full by 9:30, I’ve consistently missed my 9:30 lab because of parking.”

We asked her about the changes in the upcoming school year and how it will affect her commute. 

“Just the same as it has been because parking has always been iffy,” Oubre said. “I’ve been lucky enough that in my senior-level engineering courses that they are all in the same building.” 

Madison Eschenbach is a freshman who shared with us her frustrations with parking on campus. 

“I typically try to avoid driving as much as I possibly can, simply because I don’t want to deal with finding a parking spot,” Eschenbach said. “I have heard from my upperclassmen friends that the commuter parking is also not great, I even chose to live in off-campus housing that would be close enough to walk to classes or have access to the campus transportation.”

We spoke with Eschenbach about how she is planning her commute for next school year. 

“I had to consider when and where my classes are, considering one of my classes is in a building over a mile from where I live next year, with no bus stops at the time I would need to go to class,” Eschenbach said. “I was able to pay the $130 for my pass before the zones begin to fill up, but it wasn’t ideal because I chose my apartment based on the closeness to the campus and due to the registration limitations I had, I had no other option to select a class closer to me or at another time.”

We reached out to April Burke, Director of Divisional Communications & Digital Strategy, for comment on parking changes, but she was not available to interview. After following up, Burke supplied us with a parking fact sheet detailing the new parking system, which you can see below.