Parking Permits

Who Needs a Parking Permit?

Every employee or student, including wage payroll, part-time, or fixed term, must have a parking permit to park on campus.

• Manage Vehicle and Account Information (updating vehicle information on the Penn State Parking Portal)

Obtaining a Parking Permit

Students

Individuals enrolled in classes at Penn State are classified as students and must obtain student parking through the University Parking Office:

Eisenhower Parking Deck
Open Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (subject to change)
814-865-1436
parking@psu.edu

Full-Time Faculty and Staff

New FULL-TIME faculty and staff receive a temporary parking permit at their Onboarding Session which is good for 15 days. During that 15 day period, each employee must log-in to the University Parking Portal at transportation.psu.edu and add their vehicles to the system PRIOR to obtaining a parking permit. Please see the document titled Manage Vehicle and Account Information above. If you are an existing Penn State employee that is changing work units, please be sure your vehicle information is updated prior to starting in the College of Ag.

New FULL-TIME faculty and staff must send an email to our parking staff assistant, Kristin Price at kbp5537@psu.edu with your parking request and please include your PSU ID number.  Since parking permits are virtual, this can all be accomplished over email.  If at any time, you'd like to cancel or change your parking permit, please send an email to Kristin Price and she'll work with Transportation Services to take care of it.

Part-Time/Wage Payroll Employees

New Parking permit applications for part-time and/or wage payroll employees are processed by the University Parking Office located on the 1st floor of the Eisenhower Parking Deck. Any wage payroll employee wishing to apply for parking should proceed there during business hours (Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm) to obtain a parking permit.

The following information will be needed to obtain a permit:

• 9-digit Penn State ID number
• Home Address
• Office and Home/Cell Phone Number(s)
• License Plate Number(s)

Updating Parking Permit Information

If you need to add a new vehicle, remove a vehicle or change the vehicle information for your parking permit, please use the Parking Office's online registration portal to update this information. For instructions on using this portal, please view the Manage Vehicle and Account Information document.

Please note that any unregistered vehicle or vehicles not associated with a permit which receives a parking ticket and remains unpaid after 30 days will be sent to a collections process for payment. It is imperative that all faculty and staff maintain accurate and up-to-date information in the Parking System!

Updating Email Addresses, Mailing Addresses and Phone Numbers

When updating your vehicle information, please check your email address, mailing address and phone number information by using the respective management tools located at the online registration portal main menu. If any of this information is incorrect, please update the information in WorkLion, the University's Human Resources System. These updates are automatically downloaded into the Parking Office database each day.

Canceling Parking Permits

If you would like to cancel your parking permit, please send an email to our parking staff assistant, Kristin Price at kbp5537@psu.edu.  Parking fees are not prorated. Individuals who have terminated employment or are on unpaid leave will have their permit automatically canceled.  If you are on paid leave or are not working over the summer months, you must send an email to Kristin Price to cancel the permit if you don't want on-going deductions taken out of your pay.  Please note that permits are not held when they are returned.  If you have a short-term leave and require a permit upon your return, you will need to reapply.

Motorcycle Parking Permits

Faculty and staff registered for a vehicle permit, who own both a vehicle and a motorcycle, must add their motorcycle as authorized for use with their assigned vehicle permit. Once listed, the motorcycle may park throughout the day in any non-reserved vehicle space within the permit holder's assigned lot, or any designated faculty/staff motorcycle spaces (except for Commuter and Evening/Weekend permit holders).

Only one of the vehicles or motorcycles registered for use with the assigned permit may be parked on campus at any given time, unless they are also registered with another permit issued to another faculty/staff member.

Motorcycle-only permits for faculty and staff are no longer available.

Motorcycle Parking at Gated Parking Facilities is Prohibited

During installation of new gate equipment at the East, HUB and Nittany parking decks, the service company performing the installation brought forth a safety concern regarding motorcycles entering through gated equipment. After consulting with the manufacturer, parking industry peers and the University's Risk Management Office, it was confirmed that the speed at which current-generation gated equipment operates could pose a serious safety issue for motorcyclists. With the safety of all customers in mind, all parties have agreed to prohibit all motorcycle parking at these facilities East, HUB and Nittany Parking Decks effective immediately.

As no motorcycle parking is permitted at the East, HUB, and Nittany decks at any time, motorcycles associated with permits for these locations will have access to the following parking areas (motorcycle spaces only):

EAST DECK (YELLOW D) PERMIT HOLDERS:

-Lot Yellow R (located near Ag Administration)

-Eisenhower Deck

-Service vehicle/ADA parking area located near Geary Hall (available Fall 2018)

After 4 p.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays, motorcycles registered with a valid faculty/staff permit will have access to motorcycle or vehicle spaces in all faculty/staff lots, with the exception of Lot Green H (available on weekdays after 6 p.m.) and the East, HUB and Nittany decks (always prohibited).

CATA's RIDEpass

As an alternative to parking on campus, the Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) offers the RIDEpass, which issues PSU Faculty, Staff, and Grad Students a discounted bus pass, good on all CATA bus routes in the State College area, as a replacement for a parking permit.

For more information please visit Penn State Transportation Services, or review University Policy BS03: Faculty and Staff Parking Rules and Regulations.