<p>Oh come on people! Parking is difficult during the day since many people drive to work on campus, but parking is plentiful after 5PM if you know where to look and how to parallel park. I needed a car during the second half of my senior year since I had started my full time job (in the suburbs… i.e. car = king). The only time I ever had any trouble (read: took longer than five minutes) finding parking was during spring fling, and even that was no big deal.</p>
<p>Going back in my memory a bit, but if I remember correctly… Parking is metered for two blocks to the north/south of Market Street east of 43rd Street. Parking on any streets that cut through campus is also metered. If you go to the west, there aren’t any meters south of Walnut and west of 40th. The south side of Locust Street has two hour parking on weekdays between 41st and 42nd (if you get a resident’s permit, you are exempt from that limit). The area around Penn Alexander has a bunch of no parking 7AM-4PM zones, but across the street is free. Everything from Spruce Street and south is free west of 39th Street (includes Delancey, Pine, Baltimore, Chester, Woodland).</p>