ASU implements "visitor friendly"
parking on campus

In an effort to better serve visitors who come to the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, a new “visitor friendly” parking program has been implemented.

Just in time for the new school year which begins today, students and their family and friends will find new parking areas that are completely paved, lighted and painted with stripes. In addition, new metal signs will indicate the various designated parking places.

Two new lots have been created this year bringing hundreds of new spaces near the buildings of Fine Arts, Agriculture and the new Arkansas State University Biosciences Institute, Engineering, Education, Communications, Honors, Health, Physical Education and Sports Sciences, and the Dean B. Ellis Library and the ASU Museum. 

One lot is located on the west side of the Education/Communications building (just south of the library and the museum) and the other is a newly paved lot to the east of the new Arkansas State University Biosciences Institute. 

With the addition of these new areas, all but one of the campus parking lots is paved, striped and lighted. The new lots will have designated parking places clearly marked by metal signs. This will include many new spaces for visitors who arrive on campus. The visitor parking places will be indicated by a blue square painted on the pavement with a bold, white “V.”

Stiff penalties will apply to non-visitors who park in these places.

According to Dave McKinney, director of parking services, “With all the lots being paved, striped and lighted, it will provide more efficient use of space. Plus, with the new lot, we’ll have many more designated parking places.”

“There are already new directional signs around campus, located at strategic points and intersections to guide visitors to various buildings and to visitor parking spaces. And, all the parking lots will have signs indicating which buildings the particular lot serves,” he said.

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