Parking Permits

Blue Lots are reserved for employees (faculty and staff) and graduate students. Lots are identified by color and number on our parking maps.

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Red Lots are reserved for employees (faculty and staff) only. Lots are identified by color and number on our parking maps.

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Purple Lots are reserved for residential students. (Residential students are students that live on-campus.) Lots are identified by color and number on our parking maps.

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Green Lots are reserved for employees and commuter students. Lots are identified by color and number on our parking maps.

Any employee or student (residential or non-residential) may apply for permit to a yellow lot. Lots are identified by color and number on our parking maps.

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Vendors parking on campus are required to display the proper permit whenever utilizing posted vendor spaces. These permits may be purchased on the day of visit or in advance over the phone. To place an order by phone, call Parking Services at (413) 577-PARK. If no posted vendor space is available in a lot, the vendor pass may be used in any unreserved space. 

• Vendor permits are not applicable in Lots 62, 63, 64, 71, & 72.
• Vendor/Mobile Daily $13
• Vendor/Mobile Weekly $65
• Vendor/Mobile Monthly $200

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One day parking (known as Click, Print, Park or CPP) is available to purchase by employees and students. Purchase your CPP one-day permit online. You must have a UMass NetID to purchase. You may use the permit for yourself or send the permit to a guest. Please watch our one-minute Youtube How CPP Works video.

• Log in to your account with your NetID to purchase a CPP.
• Rates for a single day range from $5.50 to $7.50 depending on the lot.
• You may purchase the CPP permit up to 2 days in advance. 

Are available to purchase at the Parking Services office. Please visit our parking map to find motorcycle parking. Be sure to display your motorcycle permit visibly. 

Summer Parking regulations go into effect Monday, May 19, 2025 through Friday, August 22, 2025
Beginning Monday, May 19, 2025 Summer Permits for the following lots may be purchased:

Red: 30, 41, 42, 45, 62, 66, 67 and 68
Blue: 24, 29, 46 and 47
Green: 25, 26, 33
Purple: 22, 28, 44 and 49
Yellow: 11, 12 and 13

Summer Permit Fees:
First Session: May 19, 2025 – July 1, 2025 $ 62.00
Second Session: July 7, 2025 – August 15, 2025 $ 62.00
Full Summer: May 19, 2025 – August 22, 2025 $105.00
Weekly Permits: Monday through Friday $ 35.00
Daily Permits: Per Day $ 8.00

Temporary Permit Program is available to departments on campus and allows them to create permits, garage validations online. Please email @email for any questions or for enrolling in the program.

For UMass departments only

The Temporary Parking Permit Program (TPP) is a new way to order permits for guests and visitors coming to campus to visit departments or attend events. There is a simple log-in to the program that recognizes your Net Id and password. You can add other members of the department as well if you wished. No payment is required at the time of ordering through the program. At the beginning of each month, an invoice would be sent to you including all permits that were ordered for the previous month. Payments using speedtype or Procards (or regular credit) are accepted. If this is something you think you would be interested in, there are a couple pieces of information we need:

Department Name
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Address
Contact Phone Number
Requested Parking Lots/Garage Validations

UMass Parking Services offers our military veteran students and active duty service personnel a 15% discount on full year parking permits. Veterans who would like to purchase a permit must do so in person by visiting the Parking Services office.

To Qualify: student must have active student status with valid SPIRE id and present a DD-214 or an active duty military id at the time of purchase. The discount may not be used in conjunction with any other discount or discounted permit and again, only applies to full year parking permits. Discounts must be applied at the time of purchase. Pro-rated or refunded monies will not be allowed after the purchase of the permit. This discount is not transferable and may only be used on a vehicle registered to the veteran student or active duty student.

You may pay your permit fee online. Log into My Account to pay your permit fee online.

Pay By Payroll Deduction

Many employees pay for parking permits using Payroll Deduction:

Permanent employees, 35-week employees
Number of Deductions: Permanent Employee — 25, GEO Member — 3

Working/Non-working Fellowships can get GEO price but cannot get Payroll Deduction.

Parking Services in office transactions can be done with cash, check and/or credit cards.

Pay By UCard

UCard payments must be made in person at the Parking Services office.

Portable Permits Cost & Eligibility

Employees may purchase a portable permit. Off-campus students who have two vehicle registrations assigned to their permit are also eligible. The fee is $14. Students living on campus are NOT eligible to purchase a portable permit.

Lot Waitlist

The availability of a lot is based on capacity. All lots are continually reviewed to ensure that as space becomes available, those who are on a waitlist receive priority. To ensure the integrity and consistency of the waiting list, requests are entered as of the date they are made. To add yourself to a lot waitlist, Log in to My Account. *You can not join a waitlist unless you hold a current year permit.

If you have a special circumstance (non-medical)

You can fill out the proximity parking application and bring/mail it to the Parking Services office. The special request will be reviewed and you will be notified by phone or email of the decision.

Permit Replacement Fee

There is a $14.00 replacement fee for permits not returned to us when a replacement permit is needed. Lost/Stolen Permits are subject to $14 replacement fee.

Permit Returns

Bring the permit back to Parking Services for a prorated refund.

If you returned your permit to stop payroll deduction or to receive a credit then you are not eligible to renew or purchase that lot. You may purchase that same lot again only if it is open for sales to the campus community. You are eligible to go on the waitlist. Permit lot spaces are held in place only for extended medical leave or sabbatical. 

*You can not join a waitlist unless you hold a currently year long permit. 

*Lost/Stolen Permits are subject to $14 replacement fee.

Permit Placement

The following instructs you where to affix your parking permit sticker:

Put the sticker on the passenger window (on the driver's side) in the upper left corner of the window. If the vehicle has only one side window: place the sticker on the upper right corner of the driver's side window. The permit must be completely affixed to the window using the permit's adhesive. Contact Parking if you have tinted windows to arrange alternative placement.

Motorcycles: Clearly display the sticker on the front fender or fork.

If you have a portable parking permit, place it on the rearview mirror, or in the pocket obtained at Parking Services.

Carpool permits are available to UMass employees and students who regularly share rides to the University. A carpool permit is a mobile permit that is shared between two or more vehicles. If you are looking for a carpool partner, please consider using Baystate Commute.

Visit Parking Services today to get a carpool permit. If you already have a current parking permit, you may exchange it, and receive a pro-rated refund.

Benefits of participation include:

• Reduced parking permit fees
• Preferred parking spaces
• Free one-day passes to accommodate occasional need to drive alone
• Reduced auto maintenance costs
• Reduced environmental impact

The University of Massachusetts offers electric vehicle charging stations.

All stations are managed through ChargePoint and require a ChargePoint card/membership to activate and use the Charging Stations.  

Membership can be done on-line at www.ChargePoint.com -or- by calling ChargePoint Driver Support at: 1-888-758-4389. 

The Charging Stations can be located through the ChargePoint Application, accessed at www.chargepoint.com

• Click on “FIND STATIONS”
• Enter Zip Code 01003 -or-
• Enter “University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA”  to see all stations on campus and check availability.
• Payment information can be found through the main ChargePoint webpage.

UMass Electric Vehicle Charging Policy Statement (January 2025)

All EV charging stations on the UMass Amherst Campus are managed through ChargePoint network. Users must have an account/card with ChargePoint in order to use the EV chargers on campus. You may sign up for a membership with ChargePoint or you may call ChargePoint Driver support at 1-888-758-4389.

All of the public EV charging stations are mapped on ChargePoint’s web site: www.chargepoint.com and UMass Parking Services Interactive map (coming soon). 

Rules and regulations for use of EV chargers on campus:

UMass EV Charging Club - Those affiliated with the University (faculty, staff, students and retirees) who have a full year parking permit may register through ChargePoint to join the UMass EV Charging Club. Club members are allowed to charge at many of the surface lot chargers around campus for just the cost of electricity, currently $0.18 per kWh (June 2025). To request activation into the UMass EV Charging Club please contact UMass Parking Services at @email.   

Those unaffiliated with the University or those without a full year parking permit are allowed to use any of the chargers on campus but will be charged for the current price of electricity as well as the current hourly parking rate of $1.60 per hour (July 1, 2023). When charging at the Visitors Center parking lot located across Mass Ave from Haigis Mall, those charging will not need to pay at a paystation as the hourly parking rate will be charged through ChargePoint for the entire time the vehicle is connected to the charger. Those charging at the Campus Center Parking Garage will only be charged for electricity through ChargePoint at the current rate. Customers using the parking garage chargers will pay for parking through the normal garage payment processes.

All those using the chargers on campus are required to move their vehicles out of the charging locations within 30 minutes of completing their charge. Those that violate this grace period will be charged at a current rate of $0.15 per minute. Maximum charging duration is 6 hours per session. Violation of the 6 hour rule will result in $15 per hour fine. Throttling the electrical input to gain proximity parking is NOT allowed and will result in ticket/tow and possible expulsion from the UMass EV program. Frequent violators may also face other fines as deemed necessary by Parking Services. Demand for access to charging on campus has nearly doubled each year. Please be courteous and respectful of others that may need to charge on campus and move your vehicles when your vehicle is charged.

UMass Parking Services welcomes your comments and suggestions for improving the charging experience here at UMass - @email

During final exam times Monday, May 11, 2026 to Friday, May 15, 2026 

Students can purchase a pass through CPP at a rate of $1 per day
 

These passes can be purchased up to 2 days in advance beginning Saturday, May 9, 2026.

OR

Stop by parking services to purchase a pass for the entire exam period for $5.00 from Monday, May 11, 2026 to Friday, May 15, 2026 

Lots that are available during this time are: Lots 11, 12, & 13 ONLY

The University of Massachusetts Amherst provides ADA reserved accessible parking. Use our UMass Parking Services Interactive map (coming soon) to locate reserved accessible parking. Click the Layers icon on the top-left of the map, and select reserved accessible parking.

EMPLOYEES:

Faculty and staff seeking proximity parking accommodations must submit their request through UMass Human Resources. Please visit UMass HR’s Employee Accommodations and Absence Employee Accommodations and Absence Support : Human Resources : UMass Amherst

To better serve our customers with state-issued disabled placards or license plates, Parking Services requires them to register with our office and provide vehicle information. Vehicles displaying a state-issued disabled placard or license plate may park in any marked Reserved Accessible Space, any regular, unreserved space, or any parking meter at no charge.  All vehicles, regardless of disabled placards or plates, must pay when utilizing the Campus Center Parking Garage.

STUDENTS: How to Apply for Proximity Parking at UMass

If you require Proximity Parking not exceeding one semester, you must have the Proximity Parking form filled out by your doctor and submit it to Parking Services.

The Proximity Parking Application from Parking Services is just to be used by students. Students who require short‑term proximity parking accommodations may complete the form provided on this page or contact UMass Disability Services for assistance: Disability Services HOME : Disability Services : UMass Amherst

Students who require permanent Proximity Parking must register with Disability Services, tel. (413) 545-0892. Disability Services reviews each case and, in conjunction with Parking Services, determines the appropriate parking assignment.

To request temporary Proximity Parking during the third trimester of pregnancy, please provide Parking Services with a doctor’s note including the expected due date.

Accessible Van Services

Accessible Van Services (AVS), a department of UMass Transit Services, offers campus community members with mobility impairments free transportation including mobility device lift-equipped van service. Contact AVS at (413) 545-2086 or @email.

Commencement Reserved Accessible Parking Sign Up

Please use the following link to go to registration page 

https://forms.office.com/r/9SDPrGhL8p

Retired faculty and staff are eligible for twenty (30) single day passes for the upper Garage at no charge. 

Retiree/Emeritus permits are non-transferable and only for use by retired employee.

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