Navigating Parking at Rutgers University: A Comprehensive Guide to Permits, Regulations, and Options

For anyone working, studying, or visiting Rutgers University, understanding the parking policies is crucial. Whether you're faculty, staff, a student, or a visitor, this guide provides a detailed overview of Rutgers University parking permits, regulations, and available options.

Who Needs a Parking Permit?

Rutgers University requires all employees and non-affiliated individuals who work, live, or visit any of its campuses to register for a parking permit to park on campus. To park a vehicle on campus, the vehicle license plate must be registered to a valid parking permit. This includes faculty, staff, and other visitors. University Policy 30.2.1, Section 30 outlines these regulations.

Faculty and Staff Parking Permits

A Rutgers parking permit is required to park in any Rutgers-owned or leased parking lot and/or parking decks.

Permit Fees

Faculty and Staff parking permit fees are based on employee bargaining unit agreement.

Class 1 and 3: Permit fee is based on a salary scale, including Teaching Assistant and Graduate Assistant (Class 6). A Rutgers Parking Permit Fee Calculator can be used to determine the salary-based permit fee.
Part-Time Lecturer (Class 7), Co-Adjunct (Class 8), and Fellow (Class 9): Permit fees are based on the labor union’s parking agreement. The permit period is based on the Academic Year (September - August).
Rutgers Health Faculty and Staff: General parking permit fee is calculated based on .005 of annual salary with a fee capped at $600. Rutgers Health Faculty and Staff can sign up for the limited Guaranteed and Reserved permit. Gated lots or decks require a keycard to access. Rutgers Health Newark decks are excluded for daily permit holders.

Registering Additional Vehicles

After the permit registration, any new vehicle, new license plate, rental, or loaner car must be registered with a valid parking permit. You can add as many license plates as needed to one permit, but remember, ONLY one vehicle can be on campus at one time.

Keycard Access

Faculty/Staff with an active annual permit may purchase a keycard for a fee of $15.00.

Locations: College Ave. Lot 16 (accessible to TA/GA starting 4pm on weekdays), Busch Lot 55, Douglass Lot 79A.
Assigned gated lots are designated by lot coordinators upon verification of eligibility. Approved applicants in Assigned Lots must be confirmed for access before submitting a keycard request.
Complete the Keycard Request Form for new or replacement cards. Any lost or damaged keycard require a $15.00 replacement fee.

New Brunswick Parking Authority (NBPA) Decks

Access to New Brunswick Parking Authority (NBPA) decks are for eligible full time (Type 1) employees with active annual permits.

Eligible employees for NBPA decks must sign up for the Wellness, Plum, Morris or Paterson deck waitlist from employee parking portal account.
Validated access of permit holders to NBPA decks is by card access only. Any pulled tickets (transient) must be paid by the employee.
NBPA access card will be delivered to the CAB (Clinical Academic Bldg-125 Paterson Street.) for pick up. NBPA replacement card fee is $25.00

Newark Campus: License Plate Recognition (LPR)

Newark Campus License Plate Recognition (LPR) is the current system used in all parking decks in the Newark campus of Rutgers and Rutgers Health.

Permit holders are validated and granted entry based on the scanned licensed plate registered to the active permit.
Accounts must have a valid permit, with an active vehicle (License Plate must be entered correctly).

Alternative Access Credentials

Access cards: Issuance of access cards have been reinstated as the alternate method of entry/exit should the LPR unsuccessfully capture your license plate information at the gate. Access card can be claimed with receipt of permit purchase at the Bergen/P2 deck located at 160 Bergen St (M-F 8am-4 pm). There is no additional fee on the initial issuance of access card, any lost or damaged cards require a $15.00 fee.
ParkWhiz Mobile App: The ParkWhiz mobile app is an optional method to access the decks should the LPR unsuccessfully capture your license plate information at the gate. The mobile app is an alternative option and free to download.

How to Set Up Your ParkWhiz App

Download the ParkWhiz app from Apple store or Google play store
Tap MORE at the bottom right, then select Activate Monthly Parking
Select Get Monthly Parking
A text message screen with a generated code will open, select send to register
A text message will be sent to your mobile confirming successful device setup
Tap OK to allow ParkWhiz app to connect via Bluetooth with gate reader
A QR code will generate to scan at the kiosk

Guidelines When Accessing the LPR Operated Decks

Approach the entrance/exit at a reduced speed to allow successful camera read
Make sure that your front/rear license plate are free and clear from obstruction
If LPR read fails, use ParkWhiz app QR code or tap your access card as your alternate credential
All employees with inactive permits must take a garage ticket to enter and pay for the ticket to exit the deck.

Loading/Unloading Parking Privilege

Rutgers Departments may request Loading/Unloading parking privileges for department employees with a valid Rutgers faculty/staff parking permit. The request must be submitted in advance by completing the DOTSHelp general request form.

Permit Cancellation Policy

The following outlines the permit cancellation policy:

Read also: ACT Requirements for Rutgers

Refund requests must be submitted within the eligible period required as defined below. All requests will be reviewed and processed accordingly.

Faculty/Staff Refund Request

Transactions purchased with Debit/Credit Card or Electronic Check
- Full Refund: Must be submitted within 5 business days from date of purchase. Refunds only applies to annual permits purchased in full
- 50% Refund: May be submitted when you depart from the University within the first six months of the annual permit year. A resignation or termination document must be provided.
Permits purchased via payroll deduction are not eligible for a refund
To Cancel Payroll Deduction for the purchased parking permit, log in to your parking portal account and click “X” next to your permit number.
Any approved refunds will be issued after all outstanding balances have been satisfied

Transactions Not Eligible for Refund

Daily permits
Keycards
Temporary Permits

Visitor Parking

Visitors are defined by the University as individuals or groups who are traveling into campus for an activity or special event. All visitors must have a visitor permit to park on campus.

Purchasing Visitor Permits

Visitors can create a guest account from the Rutgers Parking Portal to purchase visitor permits.

New Brunswick Campus:

Livingston Campus - Yellow and Green Lots*: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am weekdays
Busch Campus - Lot 54: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am
Cook Campus - Lot 99D: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am
College Ave Campus - College Ave Deck: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am
Douglass Campus - Lot 82: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am
RBHS Piscataway - Lot A & Lot B: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am
Livingston Campus - Livingston Parking Deck: $3 per hour up to 12am
Free parking is available for visitors in select parking locations at the Busch and Livingston campus in New Brunswick:
- Busch Campus across from the Visitors Center: Lot 48, Daily 6am-12am
- Livingston Campus at theYellow or Green Lots, Friday 5pm - Monday 6am weekend

Newark Campus:

Eagle East Lot 509A near 1 Washington Park, RBS: $5 per day 6am-12am
Lot 508 next to 110 Warren St: $5 per day, Monday-Friday 3:30pm-12am & weekends
Parking Deck:Deck 3 (180 Washington St) or Deck 4 (134 Washington St): pull ticket to enter, $5.00 parking fee valid for first 8 hours and additional $5.00 fee for every succeeding 8 hours
RBHS Newark P2 Bergen and P3 DOC3 DeckParking fee as published at the deck

Camden Campus:

Camden Lot 15 and Lot 16: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am weekdays
Camden C1, C2, C3, or C14: $5 per day 6:00 am to 2am weekends

Departmental One-Day Visitor Permits

Department One-day permit is a day permit provided by university departments to invited guests, for permission to park on campus.

Faculty, Staff, and Students are not permitted to use Department One-day permit and must park according to their permit category. Any unauthorized use will be subject to a $100.00 citation for fraudulent use of permission.
This permission is for visitor use only (person not affiliated with Rutgers University).
Department representative must complete the request form in advance, to order Department One-day permits, and for any permit items with a fee, attach a copy of the purchase order: Submit a One-Day Parking Permit Form
Department One-day permits will be added to the department parking account and will be valid for the semester of the order date.
Each campus has designated parking locations and a Rutgers Marketplace item number for Department One-day permits with a charged fee.

Rutgers New Brunswick

Rutgers New Brunswick Department One-day permissions are allowed to park in any common faculty/staff lot in the New Brunswick campus, except in College Ave campus where permit is only allowed to park in Lot 26, Lot 30, and College Ave Deck only. There is no charge for New Brunswick Department One-day permit and can be issued by the department to a visitor for the initial campus visit. Visitor must register for a daily visitor permission for any succeeding campus visit.

RBHS Piscataway and Newark

In both Piscataway and Newark campuses of RBHS, parking is allowed in any common faculty/staff lots only (parking decks excluded) with a RBHS Department One-day permission. When requesting a purchase order for RBHS Department One-day permissions from the Rutgers Marketplace, select item number #3623. If required in the Purchase Order form, the 5-digit GL string for Parking is 74105

Rutgers Newark

Department One-day permit for the Newark campus can park at Deck 3 and Eagle East lot (509A). The Newark Department One-Day permit is item number #920 in the Rutgers Marketplace. If required in the Purchase Order form, the 5-digit GL string for Parking is 74105.

Rutgers Camden

Camden Department One-day permit can park at Lot C1, C2, C3, C14, City Lot 15, or City Lot 16. The item number for the Camden Department One-day perm is #620 in the Rutgers Marketplace. If required in the Purchase Order form, the 5-digit GL string for Parking is 74105.

Non-Affiliate Permission

Non-Affiliate permits are issued to service providers or vendors authorized to do business with the University as consultants or other professional services (e.g. research, administration, or support services) in areas such as:

Rutgers University Foundation
Student Center
Rutgers Bookstore
RU Federal Credit Union
Campus Ministries verified by the Vice President of Student Affairs
External Interns or Volunteers
ROTC staff members

Non-affiliates must provide proof of eligibility and must be verified to purchase the Non-affiliate permission. Supporting documentation from the university department and organization such as a letter from the hiring department or purchase order agreement with the University can be submitted as proof. The annual cost of a Non-affiliate annual permit is $325, and monthly $45, plus tax.

Access and Parking Locations

Permit holders are validated and granted entry based on the scanned licensed plate registered to the active permit. Accounts must have a valid permit, with an active vehicle (License Plate must be entered correctly).

Access cards for Annual non-affiliate and University Hospital only: Issuance of access cards have been reinstated as the alternate access method in case LPR system fails to capture your license plate information at the gate. Access card can be claimed by showing permit purchase receipt at the Bergen/P2 deck office located at 160 Bergen St. (M-F 8am-4 pm). There is no additional fee on the initial issuance of access card, but any lost or damaged cards require a $15.00 fee.
ParkWhiz Mobile App: The ParkWhiz mobile app is an optional method to access the decks should the LPR unsuccessfully capture your license plate information at the gate. The mobile app is an alternative option and free to download.

How to Setup Your ParkWhiz App

Download the ParkWhiz app from Apple store or Google play store
Tap MORE at the bottom right, then select Activate Monthly Parking
Select Get Monthly Parking
A text message screen with a generated code will open, select send to register
A text message will be sent to your mobile confirming successful device setup
Tap OK to allow ParkWhiz app to connect via Bluetooth with gate reader
A QR code will generate to scan at the kiosk

Guidelines When Accessing the LPR Operated Decks:

Approach the entrance/exit at a reduced speed to allow successful camera read
Make sure that your front/rear license plate are free and clear from obstruction
If LPR read fails, use ParkWhiz app QR code or tap your access card as your alternate credential

Non-affiliate monthly permit holders can only park in P1/Norfolk deck in the Newark Rutgers-Health campus. Non-affiliate annual permit holders can park in P1/Norfolk, Bergen/P2 and DOC/P3 decks in the Newark Rutgers-Health campus and in Deck 3 and 4 in the Rutgers Newark campus.

Digital Parking Management

Rutgers University has partnered with Parking Base to provide a digital parking permitting program for the university’s campuses. The Rutgers University digital parking program is built on Parking Base’s industry-leading cloud-based parking management platform, and Parking Base provides day-to-day management of the program. Also partnering on the program are Park Loyalty, a trusted leader in omnichannel violations management, and Modii, a data integration and parking intelligence provider.

Key Features of the Digital Parking Program

Convenient Online Purchasing: Students, faculty, and visitors can purchase parking permits online, eliminating the need to visit the parking office.
Proactive Parking Notifications: The system will notify parkers via text message if they park in an ineligible lot, allowing them to move their vehicles before enforcement is contacted.
Real-Time Wayfinding: Utilizing Modii’s Parking Finder technology, parkers will be able to access maps showing where parking is available on campus at that moment via their personal devices.

Temporary Disruptions and Closures

Parking Operations often works closely with University Grounds and Facilities to manage parking availability, especially during adverse weather conditions or special events. Be aware of potential temporary disruptions and closures.

Lots may close for snow removal, requiring vehicles to be relocated. Failure to move vehicles may result in citations.
During certain periods, such as Reading Day, Exam periods, or Winter Session, additional parking locations may be available to permit holders.

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