• Transportation and Parking Services confiscates bikes and personal transportation devices, such as scooters, that are either abandoned or unclaimed. A bike/scooter is considered abandoned if it is not registered with the University and/or displays signs of significant neglect, such as flat or bent tires or missing parts.
   
• Transportation and Parking Services will tag individual bikes or scooters that display signs of neglect for up to 14 days (tagging period) before removing them. If the bike or scooter is registered, Transportation and Parking Services will contact the owner.
   
• A bike or scooter is considered unclaimed if the owner does not pick up his/her bike within 30 days (holding period) of confiscation or remains unclaimed after summer storage drop off.
   
• If the bike or scooter is not claimed at the end of the holding period, it will be donated, recycled, or scrapped. The University is not responsible for damaged locks when removing abandoned property.

• Personal transportation devices include in-line skates, roller skates, skateboards, hover boards, smart boards, balance boards, Segway or similar wheeled devices that are self-propelled, gas propelled, or have an electronic propulsion system.
   
• The use of these devices is prohibited inside university facilities, to include parking garages, and must be operated on university premises, where permitted, in a safe manner in accordance with applicable university policies, guidelines, state traffic and criminal laws, and local ordinances.
   
• Transportation and Parking Services reserves the right to impound personal transportation devices in violation, at the owner’s/driver’s expense. 

• All members of the university community must have a virtual permit to park on campus. TPS will issue one virtual permit per person. Parking permits are not transferable from one person to another. 
   

• The issuance of a permit does not always guarantee parking availability in the assigned lot.
   

• Handwritten or typed notes, as well as University hangtags from prior years, are not recognized as permits. Vehicles parked without an active virtual parking permit are in violation and will be cited. 

• Each permit holder is assigned a specific lot determined by the permit holder’s affiliation with the University. University parking lots are assigned to multiple departments and for varying uses and are not reserved for specific departmental or individual use. 
   

• A University parking permit does not always guarantee an available parking space in your assigned lot. If your assigned lot is full, please notify TPS and proceed the parking areas listed as overflow for your specific lot.

• After 5 PM weekdays and on weekends, parking in any numbered, unrestricted garage or surface lot is complimentary and open to all permit holders and visitors. Overnight parking remains restricted, however, and vehicles parked in unauthorized lots as of 6 AM on weekdays will be cited.
   

• Lots 8, 9, 18, 52, and any unnumbered lots adjacent to campus buildings are accessible by special permit only and are always restricted. 

• Permit holders must register their vehicle(s) to their active virtual permit in order to park on campus. 
   

• Virtual permits are based on the license plate of the vehicle(s) you have registered. The license plates of your vehicles must be up to date and associated with your virtual permit. 
   

• When driving a loaner or rental vehicle to campus, permit holders must login to the parking portal to register the rental vehicle. There is a special rental vehicle designation with an automated expiration permit that permit holders may set themselves. 
   

• Although you may register more than one vehicle to your permit, permit holders may only park one vehicle on campus at a time. Permit holders found to be parking more than one vehicle on campus at the same time will be cited. 

• Absence of signage is NOT authorization to park. Parking is only permitted within signed lots and in unrestricted stalls within painted parallel lines. See the parking map for authorized parking areas. 
   

• Parking on grass, sidewalks, roadways, or in loading docks is prohibited. 
   

• "University Vehicles Only" parking is reserved for fleet vehicles owned by the University while actively in use on University business. Personal vehicles belonging to faculty, students, staff, contractors, and visitors are NOT permitted to park in these spaces. 
   

• Motorcycles must be registered and have a current virtual permit to park in assigned motorcycle parking spaces. 

• Visitor parking areas are reserved for campus visitors only. Faculty, staff, students, and all other University permit holders are NOT allowed to park in Visitor Lot 23 or other marked visitor spaces on campus. 
   

• Visitors may not park in visitor lots overnight, between the hours of 2 AM and 6 AM. Vehicles parked during this time in visitor parking lots will be cited. 

• Faculty and staff permit holders may park in their designated lot overnight (2 AM – 6 AM) with a valid University parking permit for up to two consecutive days. Overnight parking up to two consecutive days, when traveling on University business, is available by contacting The Service Point in advance.
   

• After two consecutive days, your vehicle is in violation and will be cited.
   

• Overnight camping/sleeping in vehicles is prohibited on University lots. 
   

• All vehicles parked on University property must be in an operable condition. Inoperable vehicles should be removed and stored elsewhere at the owner’s expense. This does not include emergency repairs, such as jump starting a battery or repairing a deflated tire, or when the vehicle can be moved during the same day. 

• Graduate students, faculty, and staff residing in University-owned residences must have an active virtual permit to park. 
   

• Residents may park no more than one vehicle per household at residential parking facilities. Households requesting to park an additional vehicle may contact The Service Point to a request an additional permit for a $350 annual fee. 
   

• No vehicle may remain parked in a University resident parking area while the resident has sublet their unit or otherwise not actively paying rent on the unit. 

• Service vehicles or other fleet vehicles actively in use for servicing the campus are expected to follow all parking rules and regulations. TPS will issue special parking permits to service vehicles at the time of their registration, that will allow them to park in designated spaces for a maximum of two hours. 
   

• Contractor vehicles must be registered, regardless of being parked within or outside of the project’s construction fence. Heavy machinery such as cranes, dump trucks, and front-end loaders are exempt from registering. 
   

• If you require access via Elm Drive, authorization from Transportation and Parking Services is required at least two business days in advance.

  • Service providers and delivery vehicles, please have your Princeton University contact reach out to The Service Point to request access.
     
  • Faculty and staff, please have your department administrator or manager contact The Service Point to request access.

In order to maintain safety for all and livable space for Princeton’s undergraduate residents, unauthorized vehicles are restricted from accessing Princeton’s historic core at all times.

• Visitors on university business may park for the day in Lot 23 and walk or take TigerTransit to many campus locations, including the Admissions Information Center, Nassau Hall, Firestone Library.
   
• If you require access via Elm Drive, authorization from Transportation and Parking Services is required at least two business days in advance.
   
  • Service providers and delivery vehicles, please have your Princeton University contact reach out to The Service Point to request access.
     
  • Faculty and staff, please have your department administrator or manager contact The Service Point to request access.

• Electric vehicles (EV) with an active University parking permit and registered through the TPS electric vehicle charging form can use EV charging stations when requiring a charge.

• TPS requests that commuters limit charging to no more than two sessions per week.
   

• Residents at University-owned housing with active permits may access charging stations nightly after 5 PM and on weekends.
   

• EVs may not utilize other sources (e.g., outlets in garages or surface lots) to charge their vehicle. 

• TPS utilizes license plate recognition (LPR) hardware and software for parking and access control. The University’s LPR terms are available here.
   

• License plates (front or rear) must be easily and clearly visible from the drive lane when parked. Vehicles without a front license plate must park head-in only. The following license plate-related issues will result in a citation:

• Vehicles without a front plate NOT parked head-in. 
   

• License plates displayed behind objects (bike racks, brush or bumper guards, covers, etc.) or on a vehicle dashboard or window. 
   

• License plates that are not readable due to peeling, fading, or other damage.

• If vehicle or license plate information changes, plate information must be updated in the customer portal and linked to an active permit. 

• Vehicles parked in restricted areas without a permit or otherwise impeding access to any area of campus may be booted or towed at the owner’s expense. Examples include:

  • Vehicles parked in or obstructing use of an accessible space, ramp, curb cutout, patient space, delivery zones/loading docks, closed lots, fire hydrant/fire lane. 
     

  • Vehicles parked in commuter and visitor lots for more than two consecutive days. 
     

  • Vehicles with outstanding citations that are parked in violation of the parking rules and regulations. 
     

  • Vehicles booted for 48-hours without resolution or contact from owner. 
     

• Towed vehicles may be relocated to another lot on campus for a fee of $150 at the owner’s expense. Any vehicle towed at Princeton University that is not retrieved within 48 hours (about 2 days) will also encumber a fee of $25 per day. 
   

• Towed vehicles unclaimed after 90 days will be disposed. 
   

• For information regarding a towed vehicle between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM, Monday-Friday, please contact The Service Point at 609-258-8300. After hours and on weekends and University holidays, contact the Department of Public Safety at 609-258-1000. 

• All citations and expenses related to violations, including fees associated with towing or booting of vehicles, are issued against the parking permit holder if the vehicle has a University permit. 
   

• For non-University registered vehicles, the vehicle owner is responsible for all violations and citations. 
   

• Frequent violations or disregard for University parking rules and regulations will result in the revocation of University parking privileges at the discretion of the Director for Transportation and Parking Services. 
   

• Princeton University and TPS are not responsible for damage, loss of property, or theft of vehicles parked or towed on University property. 

Daily permits are required when:

• A participant in the Bike/Walk, Bus Pass, 50% Transit Reimbursement, or Vanpool benefits drive their personal vehicle to campus
   
• A carpool must park a second vehicle on campus.

Revise Your Ride participants are provided with 12 daily parking permits per semester.These permits are only valid for the day and vehicle selected and in select lots on campus. Each daily permit pass is active for 24 hours cannot be reused. Permits may be activated the day before or the day of using My Transportation, Transportation and Parking Services' online hub.

The purpose of TigerTransit is primarily to connect University buildings and facilities to one another, to parking and to public transit, at the times when students, faculty, and staff must travel among them.

To achieve this purpose, TigerTransit routes, stops and schedules are designed following the below principles:

• Most routes will be expected to attract 20 boardings per service hour. This is because they are designed to:
  • Offer high frequencies where large numbers of people need to travel over distances too far to walk.
  • Provide for direct, non-circuitous travel among major destinations.
  • Serve two-way demand and overlapping markets with the same route when possible
• Some routes will be needed even if they do not attract 20 boardings per service hour, in order to:
  • Connect students to classes that are not easily reachable by walking or bicycling.
  • Serve those who have difficulty walking or riding fixed-route transit.
  • Support student life by providing access to shopping and services.
• Services that meet these guidelines may require people to walk up to 10 minutes from a University building to reach a TigerTransit stop.
• For University buildings which are costly to reach with transit or where very few people can be expected to ride, the University will find other more cost-effective ways to help people commute and move around throughout the day.

Please “pardon our transit--ion” as TigerTransit operates an interim fleet of vehicles until Fall 2022.

All interim fleet vehicles will be safe, ADA accessible, and easily recognizable as part of the TigerTransit network with University branding or signage. 

• Passenger Capacity: varied
• Wheelchair Capacity: 2
• Accessibility Features: Flip-out ramp; Low floor kneeling
• Bike Rack: Front-load rack, holds up to 2 bikes
• Tracking: Web-based GPS real-time tracking (TripShot)