Parking - Handbook

MTSU seeks to encourage an awareness of rules regarding parking on campus and an attitude of cooperation by students. Similarly, the University makes every reasonable effort to be sensitive to students' concerns and to offer suggestions to students to assist them in operating their vehicles in concert with established rules.

You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with the current Traffic and Parking Regulations, with which all motorists on campus must comply. This information is provided to you at the time you register your car and is also available at the Parking and Transportation Services located on Main Street, to the right of the main entrance to the campus. The SGA Offices, located in KUC 208, has this information as well.

The following suggestions/information are offered as a student service:

• Students may park only in the green permit parking spaces. Color coded parking is enforced from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Residents of Womack Lane, Scarlett Commons, and Greek Row have different color permits and limited, designated parking areas. Please contact Parking and Transportation Services at 898-2850 for further information.
• Parking patterns at the beginning of each semester are not typical. During this time, more cars are on campus and new students are not as familiar with parking rules, resulting in a more harried and congested situation. As the semester progresses, however, you will "learn the system."
• Any vehicle you operate on campus for any period of time must display either a regular or a temporary permit. A typical scenario has a new student using a family car to move into the residence hall, intending to return the vehicle home after a week or so. A lack of awareness of the need to obtain a temporary permit will result in a number of traffic tickets for "no campus permit." If you find yourself in this circumstance, be sure to obtain a temporary permit from the Parking and Transportation Services Office.
• Because of lack of space and the scenic beauty of the interior campus, a very limited number of parking spaces have been created surrounding the main classroom buildings. Therefore, if you live in a residence hall, we encourage you not to attempt to drive to class, but rather to leave your car parked in the vicinity of your residence hall. Similarly, commuters should plan to arrive on campus early enough to allow sufficient time to get to class. A shuttle, the Raider Xpress , runs from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, and on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. throughout the campus, from the perimeter to the cente r. Ample parking is generally available in the Tennessee Livestock Center lot located off Greenland Drive and the Rutherford lot located at the intersection of Rutherford Boulevard and MTSU Boulevard.
• Qualified students can apply for disabled parking permits at the Parking and Transportation Services Office. Temporary permits for those students only temporarily disabled are also obtained through Parking and Transportation Services Office.

For more information:

• Current Traffic and Parking Regulations, Parking and Transportation Services , 898-2850
• Parking permits are also available during the fall and spring semesters in the Off-Campus Student Services Office in KUC 320 Mon- Thurs. 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. and Fri. 7:30 - 4:30 p.m. and during the summer and between semesters Mon- Fri 8:00 - 4:30 p.m.
• Parking permits and IDs are available at the Evening School Office in KOM, Room 126, on Tues, Wed. and Thurs 4:30- 6:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. During this summer, they will be closed for university holidays and graduation day. They will reopen for Fall semester the Saturday before the semester begins.