Rules and Regulations

Anyone parking a motorized vehicle on UNIVERSITY OWNED PROPERTY must register that vehicle with Parking Services by purchasing a parking permit or paying to park in an hourly space. Except for hourly parking spaces, vehicles parked on Tulane University property must have a valid digital parking permit from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. All vehicles parked in hourly spaces in the Diboll Garage must either pay the T2 Paystation, or the ParkMobile app. On-street hourly parking spaces must use the Park Mobile app, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Even if your vehicle has a Tulane permit, hourly parking spaces must be purchased through the ParkMobile app, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The following parking rules and regulations have been enacted by the university for the security and safety of the Tulane community and apply to all persons who operate a motor vehicle on campus property. The parking plan is designed to provide parking spaces as conveniently as possible within the limits of available space. Operating a motor vehicle on the campus is a privilege and is conditioned on compliance with these rules and regulations. For continued disregard of the rules and regulations and at the discretion of the Tulane University Parking Director, on-campus parking privileges may be suspended for a period of up to one semester or permanently revoked.  It is at the discretion of Parking Services to involve Office of Student Affairs and/or Human Resources for repeat offenders.

“Campus,” “Campus area,” or “University Property” includes all properties owned or controlled by Tulane University. “Motor vehicles” includes automobiles, trucks, motorcycles and moped or scooter-type vehicles.

Permits are valid from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31 unless otherwise stated.

Parking permits are not valid for football parking. Vehicles found on university property on football game days that do not have the appropriate game day permits will be towed from the uptown campus and fined.

During the summer, annual resident and commuter permit holders storing their vehicles in the Diboll Garage is on the fourth and fifth floors.

Annual cleaning of the garage begins the Monday following Spring Commencement and lasts through the end of July. The fifth floor will always be available for parking. Signs will be placed on other floors and ramps to advise when floors and ramps are closed to parking. Vehicles parked in the garage (stored) over the summer or for an extended period that would hinder cleaning must be parked on the fifth floor. During this time, vehicles parked on floors designated as “no parking” will be towed from the uptown campus at the owner’s expense plus assessed an administrative fee.

The Permit Holder is responsible for all citations issued to the vehicle regardless of the vehicle operator. In addition to fines and fees levied for violations, certain offenses may be additionally directed to the Office of Student Affairs for further disciplinary action. 

Due to the implementation of digital permits, all vehicles must park in a parking space with vehicle license plate facing the driving lane.

University Emergency Closure 

In the event that there is a university emergency, such as an imminent storm threat, only vehicles bearing current uptown Tulane campus annual permits (faculty, staff or student) will be given access to the Diboll Garage. The garage will be placed in “Restricted Mode” to ensure essential personnel have parking spaces reserved and to accommodate as many uptown annual permit holders as possible. Parking in the garage during “Restricted Mode” for uptown annual permit holders is based on space availability. Once the university closes, no one will be allowed entrance into the Diboll Garage except essential personnel even if you have an annual parking permit. Once the emergency is over and the university resumes normal operations, all parking rules and regulations will be in effect.

Immobilization

Any vehicle having two or more unpaid citations totaling $50 or more will be subject to immobilization if the citations remain unpaid after 10 working days. Vehicles placed on the immobilization list are subject to be immobilized 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even if legally parked at the time of immobilization. Vehicles immobilized will incur a $25 per day citation for every day they remain on campus immobilized. The fact that a citation is not issued at the time a vehicle is illegally parked does not mean, or imply, that the regulation or law is no longer in effect. 

Purchasing a student annual permit when registering the vehicle, or paying current outstanding citations removes the vehicle from the immobilization list. Outstanding citations are required to be paid in full prior to removal of an immobilization device and removal of a vehicle from the immobilization list. Subsequent multiple violations will again make the vehicle eligible to be immobilized.

Unauthorized removal, tampering with, or damaging an immobilization device will result in fines and a fee appropriate to the amount of damage caused to the device. This act will be reported to the Tulane University Police Department (TUPD) and Student Affairs, if applicable.

The University is not responsible for theft or vandalism and always encourages owners/operators to lock their vehicles while parked on campus.

Towing

Any motor vehicle that has remained on university property three days or more without a valid parking permit is considered abandoned. Tulane University Parking Services's Unauthorized/Abandoned Vehicle Policy will be followed when removing abandoned vehicles. Vehicles parked on university property but found to hinder the performance/function of the university may be towed immediately at the owner’s expense. Additionally, vehicles which remain immobilized after 48 hours may be relocated at the owner’s expense.

Speed Limits

The campus speed limit is 15 miles per hour at all hours unless otherwise stated, such as in the Claiborne Lot where it is 9 mph and the Diboll Garage where it is 5 mph.

Students

First-Year and Sophomore Residents Are Not Allowed to Register Their Vehicles and Cannot Utilize Campus Parking Areas. Junior Residents can access the LaSalle Garage on the downtown campus for the 2025 – 2026 academic year only.  Starting with the 2026 – 2027 academic year, Junior Residents will not be allowed to register their vehicles and cannot utilize campus parking areas.

Commuting Permits (C Permits)

Commuting permits are available to all commuting students. Vehicles with C permits are restricted to parking in red and yellow zones between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. After 3 p.m., vehicles with C permits are permitted to park in all zones (for exceptions, see section III). 

Resident Permits (R Permits)

Resident permits are available to all residential students who have achieved at least fourth-year status. Vehicles with R permits are restricted to parking in the yellow zones between (includes fourth floor and above in the Diboll Garage only) 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. After 3 p.m., R permits are permitted to park in all areas (for exceptions, see table). 

Faculty Permits (F Permits)

Faculty permits are issued for persons who are classified as FACULTY and Tulane Executive Officers. Emeritus Faculty (no charge) will be issued an F permit. 

Staff Permits (E Permits)

Staff permits are issued to persons who are staff members and sub-contract employees (food service, travel agency, bookstore, bank employees and temporary employees). Vehicles with “E” permits are restricted from parking in blue zones until after 3 p.m.

Handicap Parking with a Tulane Permit

Faculty, staff, students, vendors, and visitors with a valid Tulane parking permit and a state-issued ADA license plate or placard may park in an ADA parking space or a legal space close to their campus building.  Permits are not valid in reserved spaces or meter/ParkMobile spaces. 

Medical Need Permits (MNP Permits)

Medical Need permits may be issued to students, faculty, or staff members who suffer a short-term disability which limits or impairs their ability to walk. Parking Services has partnered with Goldman Center for Student Accessibility and the Office of Campus Accessibility to support faculty, staff, and students with a medical need to park close to campus buildings (rather than just areas their parking permit is valid) when they do not have a state-issued ADA license plate or placard. Medical Need permits are issued for mobility needs that will last less than three months, with one 3-month extension available with follow-up and approval through Goldman Center for Student Accessibility or the Office of Campus Accessibility. These permits do not allow parking in ADA, reserved, or hourly parking spaces. 

• Students please contact the  Goldman Center for Student Accessibility, if you are requesting a Medical Need Permit.
• Faculty/staff contact the Office for Campus Accessibility, if you are requesting a Medical Need Permit.   

If approved for a Medical Need Permit, those who do not already have an annual parking permit must pay for daily parking, $6/day.  

Motorcycle Permits (MC Permits)

Motorcycle permits are required for any two- or three-wheel vehicle which has a motor or engine to propel it. These permits may be parked only in posted motorcycle parking spaces, which are located in various areas of the campus. Motor vehicles inclusive of motorcycles, motorbikes, motor scooters, and others with internal combustion engines or electric vehicles are not permitted inside buildings and may not be parked on any pedestrian walkway or sidewalk or at bike racks. 

Vendor/Contractor Permits (V Permits)

Vendor/Contractor permits are issued to outside agents who conduct business on the Tulane uptown campus on a periodic basis. Vendors must work with their Tulane contact to purchase annual parking permits. The Tulane contact must submit a request to Parking Services for no more than two Vendor A permits for each vendor. This request must include name of company, company contact, company phone numbers, number of permits, location work is performed, and reason vendor permits are needed. Any requests for Vendor A permits that exceed two permits must be submitted to the Parking Services at parking@tulane.edu. Vendor A permits are valid in all zones.

Reserved All Hours Permits (RAH Permits)

Reserved All Hours permit requests should be submitted to parking@tulane.edu. 

Individual

Staff/Administrators: Must be classified as a senior university leader (i.e., a member of the President’s Cabinet) or hold a position at the level of Vice President (Assistant, Associate and Senior Associate Vice Presidents are not eligible) or higher to be eligible.  

Faculty: Must be classified as a Dean of a School (Assistant, Associate and Vice Deans are not eligible) or be a faculty-in-residence through Housing and Residence Life.

Departmental

Designed for departments with a true business need to access a university vehicle or who have a high volume of guests with high turnover throughout the day.   

Tulane House Permits (TH Permits)

Some Tulane-owned perimeter buildings have driveways where vehicles must park behind one another. Therefore, only someone working in that building is eligible to purchase a permit for the building’s driveway. Should an employee need to leave who has a vehicle parked behind them, they will know who to ask to move their vehicle. Parking Services will only sell permits for the number of spaces determined to be available in the driveway (pre-determined by Parking Services). Staff eligible to purchase a permit will be determined by the perimeter buildings delegate. 

Tulane House Permit requests should be submitted to  parking@tulane.edu. 

Access to the parking area behind Reily Student Recreation Center shall be by card access 24 hours a day seven days a week.  

Parking in these zones with these permit types does not allow parking in reserved all hours and hourly parking spaces. 

After 3 p.m. and on weekends, registered vehicles with valid campus parking permits may park in all zones, except where posted signs prohibit parking there, e.g.,

• Cowen Circle (24-hour green zone)
• Oak Lot (Blue Zone Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
• Fire lanes 
• Handicapped spaces
• Reserved spaces
• Controlled access areas
• Hourly parking spaces
• Special coned-off/roped-off areas
• Parking permits are not valid in any area of Tulane property during home Football games

A single parking permit will be issued to an individual according to their job classification or status as a student or guest. Use of the permit is restricted to the registered individual.

• All persons requesting a parking permit must present the appropriate documentation at the time of registration.
• Faculty, Staff: validation online using the Splash Card ID #
• Students: valid Tulane Splash Card
• Vendors and Contractors: Request from the designated sponsors in facilities services or capital projects

Parking permits may be purchased online at parking.tulane.edu.

Questions regarding interpretation or clarification of the parking rules should be directed to parking@tulane.edu. 

Hourly parking is provided on the ground level and in designated, marked spaces on the second floor of the Diboll Garage (building #103) as well as throughout campus on private streets and surface lots. Hourly parking spaces are marked by signage throughout campus. Permits are not valid in hourly parking spaces. 

Daily permits are ONLY VALID in the Diboll Garage on the second floor and above.

There are several ways to pay for visitor parking on campus. ParkMobile app: located on Newcomb Place, Newcomb Circle, and Cowen Circle as well as the Diboll Garage.

The zone number can be found on posted signs or painted on the ground in the parking space. On Tulane’s campus, ParkMobile spaces are space specific.

The entire area is not a ParkMobile zone. Parking in a ParkMobile space is limited to a two-hour maximum.

Daily Permits: only valid in the Diboll Garage second floor and above. Online Parking Permits ($6 each day) can be purchased at parking.tulane.edu for one or more days. The correct license plate must be attached to the permit in order for it to be valid.

A daily parking pass may also be purchased from the Diboll T2 Paystation using Pay by Plate and choosing Option 2 Daily permit for a cost of $6 and the correct license plate number must be entered into the paystation. This permit is not valid in an hourly parking space. 

Guest permits are required Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome to park in an accessible space when displaying their state-issued handicap permit and a Tulane permit. 

State issued handicap permits are not valid at hourly parking spaces as they would be in a municipal metered space.

Hourly parking space enforcement is from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. All vehicles parked in the Diboll garage hourly parking spaces must pay the T2 Paystation or use ParkMobile and on-street ParkMobile spaces must use ParkMobile, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, whether displaying a Tulane permit or not.

All appropriate Louisiana criminal laws, motor vehicle laws, New Orleans City Traffic Ordinances and Tulane University regulations are in effect on Tulane property. Careful adherence to all regulations is required to protect pedestrians and vehicles and to provide access for emergency vehicles. Jurisdiction to enforce these regulations is vested with the Tulane University Police and Parking Services Departments and the employees thereof.

All contractors/vendors, outside agents, sales representatives, service technicians, etc., are required to purchase parking permits. In addition, the Senate Committee on Physical Facilities has determined that these persons are responsible for paying any fines/fees incurred against their vehicles. If payment, after notification, is not received within the prescribed time, vehicles are subject to immobilization and all fees must be paid before the vehicle will be released. Outstanding traffic citations will be billed to parent company.

All driveways leading to residence halls, administrative, and academic buildings, are designated as Emergency Fire Lanes and therefore parking is prohibited at all times except where parking is designated by appropriate lines, signs, or TULANE UNIVERSITY POLICE OR PARKING SERVICES DEPARTMENT personnel.

The use of skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, unicycles and all bicycles are forbidden as a means of transportation on any of the garage surfaces, ramps, walkways, elevators, benches, etc. (Exception: Tulane Police bicycle patrols will be permitted in all areas.)

Pickup trucks, SUVs and full-size vans must not park on ramps of the Diboll Garage. 

Each individual receiving a traffic citation will have 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE VIOLATION in which payment may be made at https://parking.tulane.edu.

After 10 working days, those known violators with unpaid fines will be referred to Accounts Receivable for collection.

NO APPEAL WILL BE CONSIDERED WHICH IS BASED ON IGNORANCE OR MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PARKING REGULATIONS

The assessment of any fines may be challenged before the Parking Appeals Committee, composed by an autonomous Advisory Board of faculty and staff members. You may file an appeal https://parking.tulane.edu. In all cases your appeal must be received in the Parking Services office within 10 calendar days from the date the citation was issued. 

There is a $5 administrative fee for filing each parking citation appeal. The administrative fee will be credited only if the appeal is upheld by the Parking Appeals Committee. 

Decisions of the Parking Appeals Committee are final—there are no further appeals. Citations which are paid cannot be appealed. If an appeal is upheld, fees will be returned, and the citation will be dismissed.