| First Year Students - First year students
living in the residence halls are prohibited from purchasing
parking permits for campus parking. The policy is necessary
due to a continued increase in residence hall overnight parking
requirements concurrent with reduced parking availability
on campus.
To meet the many competing demands for a limited parking resource, first year
students living in the residence halls will
not be permitted to bring a vehicle to campus or purchase an OSU parking permit.
Please contact T&P at tpinfo@osu.edu or call 614-292-9341 (or toll free 1-800-877-PARK) with questions, concerns or alternative transportation and parking options. In addition, the South Campus Gateway Garage has limited space availability in their facility. For more information on the Gateway Garage, please contact Standard Parking at (614) 247-5888.
Please note: The number of credit hours accumulated does not change the permit eligibility status of First Year Students living in the residence halls. (For example, a First Year Student living in the residence halls who has 50 credit hours still cannot purchase a parking permit.)
Alternative Transportation Options
The Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) provides convenient transportation
on the Columbus Campus. For more information or specific
routes, please visit our CABS site.
COTA (the Central Ohio Transit Authority) has a special partnership
with The Ohio State University to provide unlimited rides on
all COTA routes to OSU students at a discounted rate of $9.00
per quarter (through a mandatory student fee paid with your
tuition). Simply present your student BuckID to the bus
operator when you board and you ride for free. COTA also provides
a shuttle to and from the airport at the beginning and ending
of every quarter for students flying into Columbus. For more
information or specific routes, please visit the
COTA web
site.
Also, please visit our Alternate Transit site for additional transit opportunities, such as Flexcar, Motorcycles, and Bicycles.
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Sophomore
Students - Sophomores are eligible to purchase
a "WC5" parking permit. This permit allows
the permit holder to store their vehicle in the overnight
storage lot (Carmack 5) on West Campus 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. After 4:00PM, students may park in
unrestricted "A", "B", and "C" spaces
on Central Campus until 3:00AM. On weekends, "WC5" permit
holders may also park in unrestricted "A", B",
and "C" spaces on Central Campus from 4:00PM
on Friday until 3:00AM on Monday morning.* ("CP” spaces are not available to “WC5” permit holders for overnight parking. "CP" spaces are reserved for the "CP" permit holders from 6:00PM - 3:00AM seven days a week and all day on weekends and holidays.)
Junior and Above Students - Junior and
above students have the option to purchase either the "WC5" parking
permit (see above) or the "CP" Central Campus Proximity
parking permit (limited availability). The "CP" parking
permit allows the permit holder 24 hour access to the "CP" parking
spaces on Central Campus. In addition, the "CP" permit
has the same access as a "C" permit, allowing parking
in "C" areas from 5:00AM - 3:00AM and access to
unrestricted "A" and "B" spaces from
4:00PM - 3:00AM. On weekends, "CP" permit
holders may also park in unrestricted "A", B",
and "C" spaces on Central Campus from 4:00PM on
Friday until 3:00AM on Monday morning.*
*Please note: An exception to this rule occurs on Football Saturdays. There are lots on campus that are reserved strictly for football parking and all vehicles must be removed from these lots by 5:00AM. Any vehicle not removed by that time will be towed at the owners expense. For more information on this exception, please visit the Football parking page or e-mail us at tpinfo@osu.edu. |
