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We are so excited to be operating in our new system, but as is to be expected, we have been experiencing some issues since launch. Are you experiencing issues getting the parking permit you need? Our new system is incorrectly categorizing some people, and it is something that we can manually fix for you if you contact us at 940-565-3020 or by emailing us at transportation.services@unt.edu. If you do email us, please be sure to include your student ID.
So, if you are having any issues with getting your permit or something doesn’t seem right, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We are here and ready to help you and will do so as soon as we can. We are attempting to get every bug worked out as soon as we can, so we can serve you to the best of our ability. We appreciate your patience and can’t wait to serve you!
We’re making big moves to serve you better! Starting June 27, most parking permit sales will be temporarily unavailable as we switch to a new and improved parking management system. Visitor permits will still be available during this time—but only until July 7 where they will only be available in person at our office. After that, all sales will pause until the morning of July 10, when our new system goes live and permit sales for the upcoming school year begin.
All of our other services will be available as usual for this time of the year. We appreciate your patience and look forward to making your parking experience smoother than ever! Please reach out on social media, call us at 940-565-3020 or visit us at our office in the Highland street garage if you have any questions.
The garage on Union Circle is set to close as part of a city project to update sewage infrastructure under the street and reverse traffic flow. The closure, scheduled from May 12 through the end of the semester, will prevent parking in the garage or lot 49, bus routes, and accessibility on Union Circle.
The flow of Union Circle is changing. Currently, it runs from where Prairie Street ends to where Chestnut Street begins. The direction the street runs is reversing and because of this, the entrances to the garage must be renovated to allow for the entrance and exit to be swapped. We are working to clearly communicate these changes to students, faculty, and staff to the best of our ability. Stay tuned for further updates as the project progresses. We appreciate your kindness, patience and understanding as the city works on improving its infrastructure around campus.
Key Updates:
· Bus routes near the Union will temporarily relocate, with stops likely returning to normal in the spring. The Discovery Park bus stop is moving behind Hickory Hall off Avenue B, while others will shift behind to the stop behind Highland Street Garage.
· Faculty and staff spaces in UCG will move to HSG.
· Plans for ADA parking are still being determined, though UNT remains compliant with required accessible spaces. We will be adding F/S and ADA spaces as we can to accommodate parking needs.
This is the new home for all of the Union Circle bus stops:
- Highland Street Garage:
Colorado Express (CE171) at EB Highland @ Central
Bernard Street (BST161) at NB Central @ Highland
Centre Place (CP151) at NB Central @ Highland
Daugherty Street (DS181) at NB Central @ Highland
Eagle Point (EP131) at WB Maple @ Central
- Hickory Hall:
Discovery Park (DP141)
North Texas (NT121)
- DP (Lot 93):
Discovery Park (DP141)
The time has come for us to clean and repaint the Highland Street garage, which will take place March 11-16. This will close the garage for parki
ng, if you do park there, you will need to move your vehicle by March 10 or it will be towed to lot 40. Faculty and staff may park in any F/S or Eagle parking lot during this time. Students who are not taking their vehicles with them during spring break may move them to any Eagle parking lot. You may begin moving your vehicles to these lots on Friday, March 7. Please contact our office if you need to move your vehicle earlier. If you use the Highland Street garage for daily parking, please use a different lot for your daily parking, like lot 25.
Vehicles should be moved back to the Highland Street Garage by 7:30 am on Monday, March 17. We appreciate your patience while we restore the Highland Street garage to the high-quality parking location that students, faculty and staff have come to expect. Every two years, we pressure wash the garage and every five years we repaint traffic flow lines and parking spots to maintain the facility. We will be performing both tasks during the spring break.
“This helps us keep tabs on the condition of the garage which can often be covered in grease, oil, and debris from vehicles that must be cleaned out regularly for visual inspection and safety, as well as ensuring those materials do not break down the integrity of the concrete, paint, and wayfinding signage,” Assistant Director of Parking Nikki Sparks said.
We appreciate your patience while we restore the Highland Street garage to the high-quality parking location that students, faculty and staff have come to expect. If you have any further questions, please reach out by coming to our office on the first floor of the Highland Street Garage, calling 940-565-3020, emailing transportation.services@unt.edu or following us @UNTtransit on Instagram, Facebook or X.
Starting on Feb. 17, the City of Denton will begin the next phase of construction around the Union Circle Garage area. During this time, the south entrance leading to the first floor and Lot 49 will be closed.
The first floor of the garage and lot 49 will remain open. They can be accessed through the north entrance, which previously had three exit options. The photos at right show the area where the south entrance will be closed (top photo) and the re-direct of traffic in the old exit area. There will now we two exit lanes and one entry lane.
The top two floors of the garage can still be accessed through their usual entrance with the ramp.
We understand construction can be a bit of a hassle, and we truly appreciate your patience as the city works through these improvements to
provide a nicer road and updated infrastructure.
If you have any questions, we are here to help! Please reach out by coming to our office on the first floor of the Highland Street Garage, calling 940-565-3020, emailing transportation.services@unt.edu or following us @UNTtransit on Instagram, Facebook or X.
The city of Denton will perform road maintenance on Avenue A between Maple and Eagle streets starting Friday, Feb. 7.
This will change the access point for students parking in RR Lots 32 and 33.
Since Avenue A will be closed, the regular access points will close. To access these Resident Reserved lots, please use ramps set up on the opposite side of the parking lot, along Central Avenue.
The project, which will allow the city to repave the road and to update utilities in the area, is expected to be completed in June of 2025.
Starting on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 the UNT community will see changes coming to hourly parking lots. Transportation Services has changed vendors and will be using Premium Parking. ParkMobile services will be phased out for the Spring 2025 semester.
The Premium Parking service works much the same as the previous service. Download the Premium Parking app to your phone and you can enter the hourly lot location number or use the map within the app to find the lot you are in or one that is closest to you.
Hourly rates remain the same, but you will see a slight decrease in transaction fees.
Starting with spring 2025, the rates are:
Due to a larger expected audience for UNT's Nov. 9 home football game against Army, we ask that all parking lots be cleared by 6 am on game day. This includes those with Resident permits who park in Lot 20.
This year, Resident permit holders have not had to move their vehicles for home game days as they have in years' past. For this game, they must follow the procedures in place for those who park near DATCU Stadium and Victory Hall, which include:
Please contact our office with any questions: transportation.services@unt.edu or 940-565-3020, and follow us on Facebook or Instagram (@UNTTransit).
Our annual fall event, Toys for Tickets, runs from Oct. 28 to Dec. 13, 2024. This event offers students, faculty, staff and visitors a chance to pay down citations while raising donations for WFAA's Santa's Helpers toy drive.
Here's how it works:
If you have any questions, please contact our office at 940-565-3020 or email transportation.services@unt.edu.
Each fall semester during home football games, certain parking lots must be cleared
to make way for Mean Green fans. Students in Remote, Resident Reserved and Resident
parking lots will receive email reminders about this information prior to home football
games - please check the email you used to register your permit. Home football games
in 2024 are on: Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, and Nov. 23.
For those who are looking for parking permits for the UNT home football games, Mean Green Athletics handles those permits so please visit their website by clicking here.
UNT's Lot 20 is one of the largest surface parking areas on campus. Since it offers so much parking, it is a shared lot with Resident (students who live on campus), Eagle (student commuter), and F/S (faculty/staff) permit holders.
Please review our parking map, linked on our home page, for details about all parking areas. Resident permit holders should not be parked east or north of the Traditions Field green space in Lot 20. Resident parking is designated by an orange color on the map. Please also review the map snippet attached to this note, which shows the areas where Resident parking is allowed. There is also ample signage in the lot that designates the Resident areas.
Eagle commuter parking permit holders can park in all areas that are highlighted in gold, along the north fence near Traditions Hall, directly west and south of the bus terminal, and west of the buildings that stand in the middle of the parking lot. Eagle areas are also designated with signage in the parking lot.
All Resident permit holders who park in Eagle spaces are subject to citations -- and vice versa.
The new Union Circle Garage permit goes into effect on Aug. 17, 2024. That means, the first and second floor are restricted for use to faculty and staff members who have purchased the UCG permit. This will impact parking for events that use the Union Circle Garage for their parking needs.
The UCG permit is strictly enforced between 7 am and 5:30 pm Monday through Friday. At other times, those with a valid UNT parking permit may park on the first or second level.
The top floor (third level) is reserved for hourly parking and will also be used for event parking.
If you are a member of the UNT community and hosting an event that requires parking, please connect with our office at Transportation.Events@unt.edu if you have any questions. Event hosts can also fill out an Event Request Form to secure parking for their event. Find that form here.
Our department is in the process of releasing a new campus map. This map will include
changes to some of the resident and commuter parking lots.
A preview of the new map can be found here.
When the new map is finalized, it will be an interactive web-based map that will allow users to quickly find their assigned parking lot and directions around campus.
Please note that there are no "free" parking spaces on campus. The only days that our department does not give citations are during move-in/move-out and commencement -- during these days everyone must still park properly (ex: no parking in fire lanes, no parking in ADA spaces without the appropriate tags).
In partnership with the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA), UNT offers a free park-and-ride service. Park your car at MedPark Station, 3220 MedPark Drive, Denton, Texas 76208, and ride the Colorado Express bus to the UNT Union. Bus maps for fall 2024 can be found by clicking here.
Visitors have three options for parking on campus: hourly parking via the ParkMobile app, hourly parking at the Highland Street Garage, or a $5 daily permit, which can be purchased and printed in advance once you've created a guest account in the UNT parking portal.
Faculty and staff parking permit sales opened in April 2024 and are ongoing throughout the academic year. Here are some items to keep in mind for the 2024-25 academic year.
Should you have any additional questions about faculty and staff related parking permits or parking in general, please connect with us at 940-565-3020, transportation.services@unt.edu, or at our office on the first floor of the Highland Street Garage.
Resident parking in Resident Reserved, Highland Street Garage and general Resident (Lot 20) lots are not oversold. We do this to ensure our residents have a spot at any time of the day or night, unlike commuter lots where multiple people come and go throughout the day.
UNT faculty and staff parking permits went on sale in April. If you have questions about the information above, faculty/staff parking, or any other parking or transit inquiries, please call our office at 940-565-3020 between 8 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday.
New UNT students and their parents will learn more from our staff about how to purchase parking permits, navigate the campus bus system and more. Our team is here if you ever have questions and we wanted to be sure to share the slides from orientation here to help keep that information fresh in your memories.
Download the 2024 Parking & Transportation slides from Parent Orientation by clicking here.
Download the 2024 Parking & Transportation slides from Student Orientation by clicking here.