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      Reminder: University Park employee, student parking rates to increase July 1

      New rates will continue to support campus parking infrastructure and transportation-related programs and services

      As previously announced in March 2022, faculty/staff, student and service/delivery parking permit rates at University Park will increase for the 2023-24 academic year. Rates for employee parking permits will increase between $1 and $5 per month, while student parking rates will rise between $9 and $41 per semester, depending on the permit type. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

      UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As previously announced in March 2022, faculty/staff, student and service/delivery parking permit rates at University Park will increase for the 2023-24 academic year. Rates for employee parking permits will increase between $1 and $5 per month, while student parking rates will rise between $9 and $41 per semester, depending on the permit type. The full list of parking rates for the upcoming academic year is provided below.

      Prior to parking permit rate increases enacted in 2022, permit rates for technical service and all other faculty/staff employees had not increased since 2013.

      Parking rates for technical service employees are set through their collective bargaining process, while all other permit rates are set by Transportation Services and approved by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Business.

      Parking fees are collected to cover the numerous fixed and variable costs associated with managing University parking facilities, to include parking facility construction and maintenance, staff salaries and benefits, and parking-related technology equipment and software. Parking revenue also is used to provide various campus transportation programs and services, to include campus transit, the RIDEpass reduced-fare mass transit pass program for employees and graduate students, campus bicycle facilities, and the Spin E-Bike Share Program.

      Faculty/staff and service/delivery parking permit rate changes

      Beginning July 1, 2023, the following faculty/staff parking permit rate changes will take effect:

      • Core permits (Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Silver, Yellow) will increase from $39 per month to $40 per month for technical service employees and from $39 per month to $41 per month for all other faculty/staff employees.
      • Commuter permits will increase from $12 per month to $13 per month for technical service employees and from $12 per month to $14 per month for all other faculty/staff employees.
      • ROO permits will increase from $92 per month to $97 per month.
      • LOO permits will increase from $67 per month to $70 per month.

      These rates will remain in place through June 30, 2024.

      Student parking permit rate changes

      Effective for the fall 2023 semester, the following student parking permit rate changes will take effect:

      • Commuter permit rates will increase from $54 per semester to $63 per semester.
      • Residential core permit (Lot 22, Lot 42, Lot 81, Lot 82, YWH/Nittany Deck) rates will increase from $336 per semester to $353 per semester.
      • Resident storage (Lot 83) rates will increase from $170 per semester to $179 per semester.
      • Off-campus storage permit (Lot 43, YAS/West Deck) rates will increase from $233 per semester to $268 per semester.
      • Brown 11 permit rates for White Course Apartments residents will increase from $162 per semester to $203 per semester.

      For questions or more information on University Park parking, visit transportation.psu.edu, email parking@psu.edu or call 814-865-1436.

      Last Updated June 29, 2023

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