Visitor Parking

A temporary one-day parking permit costs $5.40.

Visitors who want to park in any student or apartment lot between 6 a.m. Monday and 6 p.m. Friday must display a temporary parking permit. Temporary parking permits are purchased for a calendar day. If you need to park overnight, you must purchase a permit for both days.

Visitors who want to park on the Downtown Campus are also required to display a temporary parking permit. The permit is valid only for the Thurlow Parking Lot on Western Avenue and overnight parking is not allowed.

You can purchase a temporary permit online or inside the Parking & Mass Transit Services office. Customers can use the 15-minute parking spaces outside our building, which is located at the corner of Tricentennial Drive and University Drive West.

Temporary one-day permits can also be purchased at the pay-and-display kiosk outside of the Parking Services building. Permits purchased here are valid for one calendar day in any student parking lot and the receipt must be clearly displayed on the passenger side of your dashboard. 

A temporary permit allows the holder to park in a legal parking space, if one is available. It does not guarantee the visitor a space.

Our visitors’ lots collect a $5 payment on entry and do not allow re-entry. Overnight parking is not permitted in visitors’ lots.

Note: Current students, faculty and staff, as well as anyone else eligible to purchase a University parking permit, are not permitted to park in visitors’ lots.

Meters are available in various locations on our Uptown Campus. These short-term, priority parking spots are for visitors only.

Meters accept coins, credit, debit or Flowbird mobile pay for up to one hour of parking. Fees are listed on each meter.

Meters can be purchased in 15-minute increments, for a maximum of one hour. Overnight parking is not permitted in metered spaces.

Vehicles that remain parked at a meter past the amount of time purchased will be ticketed. Parking is prohibited at a meter that is broken, out of order or covered by a hood.

Note: Current students, faculty and staff, as well as anyone else eligible to purchase a University parking permit, are not permitted to park at meters.

Accessible parking is available for visitors who have a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access.

Accessible spaces also require a temporary parking permit (see above) anytime between 6 a.m. Monday and 6 p.m. Friday.

Review accessibility maps of our campuses.