The Georgia Southern University Department of Parking and Transportation has created 250 permits for the Recreation Activity Center, which will allow students to park at the RAC and take the bus to the main campus for classes.

The Department of Parking and Transportation developed parking permits specifically for the RAC parking lot due to a large number of students who purchase permits for other lots just to park at the RAC, Kristi Bryant, director of parking and transportation, said.

The parking permits will go into effect fall 2012.

“What we have is people coming who just want to park at the RAC, so they purchase the cheapest passes which are for lots 43 and 12,” Bryant said. “This skews our numbers for other lots.”

The permits are not required to park at the RAC. Vehicles with valid GSU parking permits may still park at the RAC throughout the day, and anyone may park in the lot after 3 p.m., Bryant said.

The RAC parking permits are being sold at $100 and went on sale two weeks ago along with permits for other lots for the 2012-2013 academic year, Bryant said.

As of Monday, April 23, Lot 41, which is located near the Carroll Building, had less than 50 available permits left for purchase, Bryant said.

“Lot Forty-one is one of our most popular lots, and it’s always the first to sell out,” Bryant said. “It will be sold out by the end of this week.”

Many students think that added parking is a good step.

"I think it's a really good idea," Enrique Espada, sophomore accounting major, said.

"That kind of makes sense, I guess. It makes sense if they're going to offer a limited amount, but how is it going to affect the people who want to park at the RAC to actually go to the RAC?" Stephen Stanley, freshman civil engineering major, said.

"That's smart on (the students’) part. I think (the new passes are) good because it's fair for everybody and people can't just take advantage of the cheaper lots," Kaylee Riner, sophomore pre-nursing major, said.

RAC employees refused to comment.