Parking & Transportation

Parking 

For up to date parking rates, please review the Rochester Downtown Parking website at www.rochesterparking.com/parkingrates/parkinghourly.htm.

Please refer to this map of nearby parking ramps (PDF) for parking locations.

Full-Time Day Students

A discounted "Flex Parking Lease" is available to students enrolled in 6+ weekday credits at a rate of $30 per month. Students may purchase a parking card for the roof level of the Civic Center Parking Ramp and will be billed directly from Republic Parking (not the University). Proof of enrollment will be required to purchase and activate the card; cards may be deactivated at the student’s request. Contact Republic Parking at 507-282-4545 or email rpsystem@quest.net.

Flex parking includes some restricted days during the year when students will need to find alternate parking places (such as Park and Ride Lots, etc.). Full details are available by contacting Republic Parking. Lease holders will be notified of such dates at least two days in advance.

To purchase your parking card please visit the Republic Parking Office in the Center Street Ramp.  You will also need to bring

1)  An enrollment summary showing the number of credits you are taking; 
2)  Your Student ID;
3)  Check or cash to pay for parking.  Republc Parking does not accept credit cards.  You will be charged a $30 setup (one-time) fee and your first month parking fee of $30.  The total due will be $60.; and
4)  Your license number.

BridgeStreet Residents

Students interested in 24/7 parking who are residents of BridgeStreet will need to bring all of the information above, but the total due will be $110 ($30 activiation plus $80 for the first month of parking).

Part-Time, Evening and Weekend Students

Evening and weekend students are encouraged to use the First Street Ramp (by the Doubletree Hotel) as it is the most likely to have available spaces and the security escort team will be most efficient if students are located in the same ramp.

First-hour free parking is provided at the following parking ramps:

• Center Street
• Civic Center
• First Street
• Second Street

Free parking is also provided at all meters and municipal parking ramps evenings after 5:01 p.m.; and on weekends from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. for meters, and 6 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. in the parking ramps. Ramp parking is charged by 30-minute increments, beginning with 1 minute to ninety minutes over the first free hour of parking (the charge for this time is $1.50). 

Example of Charges

You enter the ramp at 3:45 p.m. for a class that ends at 8:00 p.m.  Your parking is free from 5:01 p.m. until you leave the ramp at 8:15 p.m.  Your parking is free from 4:01 p.m. to 5:01 p.m. because first hour is free.  Your parking from 3:45 p.m. until 4:01 p.m. is charged to you upon leaving the ramp - cost is $1.50 because it falls into the first period of time charge. 

Other Parking Information

• First-hour free parking is provided at the following parking ramps: Center Street, Civic Center, First Street, and Second Street.

• Overnight parking (past 2:30 a.m.) in the parking ramps will incur an overnight charge:  $10.00 at all municipal ramps (except the Center Street Ramp which is $12.00). Parking at meters is prohibited between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.  

• Disabled parking: Any daytime/monthly parking lease student needing special parking access due to a disability should contact Student Services at 507-280-2824 or stop at the Student Services Office on the first floor. Evening/weekend students with a disabled parking permit may use the appropriate parking spaces in any ramp/lot.

• Parking validation may be offered for prospective students and/or their parents and other guests of the University.

• Bike racks are available in parking ramps, generally near the cashier booth and on the west side of the ramp (near Michael’s) in the Center Street Ramp. Bike racks are also available on the Peace Plaza outside of University Square.