What perks come with my parking contract?

24/7 Access

Contract holders have 24/7/365 access to their designated parking facility. This means you can leave your car at the U and use your Universal or Employee Transit Pass to save extra parking costs.

Faculty, staff, and students with parking contracts have off-peak contract parking at 15 other facilities. Faculty and staff with parking contracts have 24/7 reciprocal parking access at specific facilities.

Off-peak contract parking

Students, faculty, and staff with 24/7 parking contracts may park at one of 15 facilities during Off-Peak Contract Parking hours if space is available. Off-peak hours are 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday–Friday and all day on weekends.

Reciprocal contract parking

Faculty and staff with parking contracts have 24/7 reciprocal parking access at specific facilities other than their contracted facility.

  • Reciprocal space is not guaranteed and is available on a space-available basis. Event rates and large group reservations may impact space availability, which is at the discretion of parking attendants.
  • If reciprocal parking accounts for more than 50 percent of contract use, reciprocal access may be revoked.
  • Reciprocal parking is not available for student contracts, night contracts, and contracts shared by groups of people, such as departmental contracts and card pool groups.

Locations

* Denotes off-peak locations
^ Denotes reciprocal parking locations

East Bank

  • Art Museum Garage* 
  • Church Street Garage* 
  • East River Road Garage* 
  • 4th Street Ramp*^
  • Nolte Center Garage* 
  • Oak Street Ramp* 
  • Prospect Park Ramp* 
  • Parkway South Ramp* 
  • University Avenue Ramp* 
  • Washington Avenue Ramp*

West Bank

  • Lot 86*
  • 19th Avenue Ramp*
  • 21st Avenue Ramp*^
  • West Bank Office Building Ramp*^

St. Paul

  • Gorner Avenue Ramp*^
  • Any contract holder with a valid hangtag may park in a contract lot with 20 spaces or more on the St. Paul campus 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Monda –Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.