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On campus parking permits to be allocated via lottery

By Haley Waxman | April 17

Students will no longer have to set an alarm for 9 a.m. in the middle of the summer if they want a campus parking permit for the next year. Instead, the ...

Carrboro may adopt $250 park-and-ride fee

By Kathryn Trogdon | April 15

Carrboro could soon be the latest to pass a fee for the use of its park-and-ride lots, potentially resulting in the loss of a lot in Carrboro Plaza.

Park and Ride lot fee to offset University costs

By Emily Freeman | November 12

Employees who commute to campus will now have to pay to park, on top of the cost of gas, if they want to continue to take advantage of UNC’s park-and-ride ...

On-campus parking fills up quickly

By Lisa LeFever | July 18

Many students could not apply for parking spots for next year after failed registration service and spots filling in less than a minute.

Parking ticket policy should be reexamined

By Editorial Board | February 27

Parking tickets will always be an inconvenience. But when they affect students’ ability to attend to pressing academic needs, they become a serious ...

Chapel Hill will institute a pay-by-phone system for parking fees

By Jenny Drabble | February 22

UNC students use their cell phones for just about everything — and now they can add paying for Chapel Hill parking to the list.

Non-predatory towing: New ordinances reduce headache, but allow companies to profit

By Editorial Board | November 27

Aggressive towing practices have been a significant inconvenience for Chapel Hill residents for some time.

Northside, Pine Knolls residents could face four-car parking limit

By Victoria Esguerra | September 28

Northside and Pine Knolls residents might soon have to limit the number of cars parked at their houses. If Chapel Hill Town Council approves a plan that ...

Chapel Hill parking spots hard to find, say residents and visitors

By Gayatri Surendranathan | August 31

Finding parking in downtown Chapel Hill is not always an easy task. University Florist and Gift Shop owner Charles House said that just about every ...

Chapel Hill balances resident, business parking needs downtown

By Florence Bryan | August 30

Complaints about vehicle towing practices are on the rise in Chapel Hill, and town officials are trying to balance business and resident interests to ...

Board of trustees approves new transportations fee, Medlin is lone ‘no’ vote

By Claire McNeill | March 24

At his final meeting as a member of the Board of Trustees, Hogan Medlin found himself in a lonely — but familiar — position.

Already high parking rates slated for increase

By Claire McNeill and Kaitlyn Knepp | March 22

In the quiet college town of Chapel Hill, on-campus parking rates for faculty could easily be mistaken for those at a school in a bustling metropolis. ...

Chapel Hill to see sustainable parking meters

By Tyson Leonhardt | March 20

By summer, 40 multi-space stations, which will allow motorists to pay via credit card, will replace about 240 single-space meters that line the downtown ...

Chapel Hill works to add more parking

By Conor Furlong | March 14

Parking grumbles could be reduced for Chapel Hill residents and visitors next fall as the town works to boost its parking availability by nearly 10 percent. ...

Chapel Hill working to curb illegal parking

By Eric Pesale | March 13

Chapel Hill police, parking enforcement and towing companies are pursuing similar strategies in an effort to curb illegal parking in the Chapel Hill area. ...

DPS hears complaints for transportation plan

By Ashlyn Still | February 22

Students and staff attended a forum with the Department of Public Safety to voice their opinions about the department’s proposed five-year plan, which ...

Parking services fees to increase

By Lauren Ratcliffe | February 2

Parking and transportation costs affecting the University are set to rise by $6.1 million by the 2015 academic year and to account for that increase, ...

Elliot Road lot purchased for $1.65M

By Olivia Barrow | January 9

The purchase of a vacant lot on Elliott Road has sparked renewed interest in a site that has sat empty for almost a decade. Ginn & Company, the ...

Parking registration system crashes

By Becky Bush | August 21

Story reprinted from July 9 issue of The Daily Tar Heel.The Department of Public Safety began a new online first-come, first-serve parking pass system ...