Transportation and Parking Services
Rideshare and Parking Offices: Gilman Parking Structure
Hours: Monday–Friday 7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Web site: parking.ucsd.edu
Parking Services
Phone: (858) 534-4223
Web site: parking.ucsd.edu
A parking permit is required on university property during the following times (unless using a meter or parked in a loading zone for the time specified):
MAIN CAMPUS 7:00 am–11:00 pm
Monday–Friday.
A permit is not required on the main campus on weekends or university-designated holidays, unless the lot, row, or space is posted with a sign requiring a permit twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week (i.e.; Reserved, UC Vehicles, “A” Permit Required 7 Days a Week/24 Hours a Day, Service Yard, etc.).
Annual parking permits are available for students who require long-term parking. Students may purchase a permit through TritonLink or at the Parking Office, located in the Gilman Parking Structure; a valid I.D. is required. Metered parking is available throughout campus. Annual permits (hangtag) can be purchased at any time and are valid through June 30, 2006, or until canceled.
To cancel a permit you must complete a Cancellation/Refund form, and submit it along with the permit to the Parking Office.
Students may purchase any of the following parking permits at the Parking Office, Monday–Friday, 7:00 am– 5:30 pm.
“ S” (yellow) Permit: one payment or divided into quarterly payments are available to all students.
“ B” (green) Permit: one payment or divided into quarterly payments are available to graduate students.
“ M” Permit: is required for motorcycles; one payment or divided into quarterly payments for all students.
Alternate Schedule: either Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; valid 7:00 am–11:00 pm on those days.
Occasional Use: up to ten days of “S” (yellow) parking per four-month calendar period.
Night/Weekend Quarterly: valid in “S” (yellow) parking spaces after 3:00 pm.
Limited “B” (green): available to graduate students in one to three month increments.
Limited “S” (yellow): available to all students in one to three month increments.
One Day: valid for the date marked on permit.
One Night: valid for evening of the date marked on permit.
Note: Many permits upgrade and are valid after 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday in “A” (red), “B” (green), “S” (yellow), or metered spaces (no fee required). The permits listed above are never valid in spaces designated “A” Permit Required 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, Disabled, Reserved, or Time Zones.
Accessible parking: A UC affiliate with an annual UCSD parking permit displayed with a valid DMV disabled placard/license plate, may park in any “A”, “B”, or “S” parking space. DMV disabled placard/license plate is valid in disabled or metered space (no fee required).
Please visit Transportation and Parking Services’ Web site at parking.ucsd.edu, for a complete directory of available services.
Shuttle and Parking Operations
Transportation and Parking Services operates an extensive network of free shuttle routes, looping around the campus, connecting to peripheral parking lots, and linking the campus with the La Jolla and Hillcrest Medical Centers, University Town Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Torrey Pines Center, and the Sorrento Valley Coaster train station.
Some routes operate year-round, and others only while school is in session. Shuttles do not run on university holidays. At the beginning and end of winter and spring quarter breaks and the Thanksgiving holiday, free UCSD shuttles connect to the San Diego International Airport.
Many shuttles are lift-equipped. For more information or to provide feedback, please call us at (858) 534-6282 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm After 5:00 pm, please call (858) 534-7422 or send an email to shuttles@ucsd.edu.