{"id":89137,"date":"2024-08-02T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//?p=89137"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:36:00","slug":"everything-need-know-ucf-transportation-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//everything-need-know-ucf-transportation-parking/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About 166su Transportation and Parking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Navigating campus transportation can sometimes be challenging. To help make it easier, this list covers the transportation rules, practices and tips you need get to class on time and avoid a parking citation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Permits  |  Parking  |   Buses and Shuttles  |  Alternative Transportation /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Permits/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Virtual Parking Permits /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 In order to attain parking access on campus, a parking permit is required.  The department has implemented virtual parking permits for students and employees. If you are new to campus, you must register your vehicle and purchase a virtual permit. Students and employees can purchase a 150-day or 365-day permit./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Once permits are purchased at parking.ucf.edu, your vehicle/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2019s license plate is your parking permit. Remember to park nose-in where your vehicle plate is facing the drive lanes. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

All parking permits are validated through License Plate Recognition (LPR) software by scanning license plates that are registered within the parking system./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

For the LPR system to identify if your vehicle has an active permit, drivers must parking nose-in.  Virtual permits will expire based on type of permit purchased, excluding vendor permits./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Daily, 150-day and 365-day virtual permits are active upon purchase./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Individuals who would like to register a second vehicle to their account can do so for an additional fee of $15. The second vehicle must be owned and registered to the original permit holder or within the same household. The second registration will expire on the same date as the first permit.  While the use virtual permits remove the need to transfer parking permits between vehicles, only one vehicle per account can be parked on any one of the 166su campuses (Downtown, Health Sciences, Main, Research Park and Rosen College) at a time. If shared vehicles are found parked on campuses at the same time, the account-holder will be subject to $100 parking citation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

If your vehicle is in the shop for repairs, the account holder can do a temporary vehicle change by manually switching the vehicle/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2019s tag number online. This temporary change is permitted up to three times for a 150-day permit and six times for the 365-day permit./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Pricing for 150-day and 365-day permits vary depending on the type of permit purchased, such as Resident and commuting students. If you are not planning to be on campus frequently for Fall, consider purchasing virtual daily permits./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

For more information about virtual permits and pricing at 166su, visit parking.ucf.edu or contact Parking Services at parking@ucf.edu , or by calling 407-823-5812./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Accessible Parking Permits /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 Individuals who possess a valid state-issued (blue) disabled placard or a temporary (red) state disabled placard assigned to their name. Disabled placards are issued by The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) not the university. Individual is required to purchase a 166su parking permit of appropriate classification, i.e., Employee or Student, or Daily Visitor to park on the campus. Individuals with such appropriate permit may park in any available disabled parking space on the campus. In the event that no designated accessible spaces are available, parking in a valid non-reserved, non-marked parking space close to your destination is allowed./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Commuting Students /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 Students traveling to main campus must purchase a General/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//Student parking permit and park in designated General/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//Student lots and garages. Commuting students at the Rosen, Lake Nona and 166su Downtown campuses must also purchase General/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//Student permits./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Altamonte Springs, Ocala, Sanford/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137//Lake Mary, South Lake, Valencia East, Valencia Osceola and Valencia West campus students must obtain a free permit from the office designated for their campus. Please note that these permits are not valid on 166su/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2019s Main campus./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Daily Permit /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 Daily virtual parking passes are available for purchase on the parking.ucf.edu website./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Daily permits are $8 and are valid for 24-hours from the time of purchase. Please note overnight parking is not allowed in garages D, H and F on 166su Main campus and the Amelia and Parramore garages at 166su Downtown from midnight to 6 a.m. Once purchased online, your license plate is your permit./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

Main Campus and Rosen Campus Residents /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 Students who live on main and Rosen campuses must park in the designated spaces for their assigned housing community Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 5:30 pm. Vehicles parked in designated residential areas without a valid residential permit are subject to tow.On weekdays, campus residents are not allowed to park in student or employee spaces, including the general parking lots and garages, and will be subject to parking citations before 5:30 pm. However, after 5:30 pm and on weekends campus residents may park in any student, or employee spaces./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n

UnionWest Residents /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2013 Students who live at 166su Downtown/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/u2019s UnionWest at Creative Village community must lease a space from the UnionWest garage since it is the only overnight-parking option on campus. UnionWest parking leases must be paid on a monthly basis and will provide students with a UnionWest permit, which is not valid in 166su parking garages or lots on any campus./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/89137/n