Parking and transportation auxiliaries at a Texas public university cannot be funded by the state. Night safety escort service and access to campus parking are some of the services offered. The department continually works to identify new services to improve parking and transportation services. All costs must be paid for by the responsible vehicle user. If not, then enforcement methods are used to ensure that the faculty, staff, or student permit holders are not subsidizing the use of their permit.

Parking enforcement is a service that is necessary for the University. Tarleton police officers, a full time enforcement staff member, and some part time enforcement team members patrol the campus. They work to canvas campus efficiently to ensure that violators don’t occupy spaces that should be available for permitted vehicles.

As of the beginning of Fall 2020 there are 6420 parking spaces distributed over 48 parking lots.

ADA spaces are calculated using ADA rules. ADA rules say that each lot is required to follow the chart, however, we have several lots that are remote from any buildings and we are working to adjust by over-allocating ADA spaces in some lots closer to buildings. We have over 209 ADA spaces on campus.

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Citations must be paid online through the Parking Portal or Tarleton Marketplace.
If you have a hold on your account it will be removed within 24-48 hours. 

Access the interactive map and select the parking option to view the most current parking lots and zones.

Parking is monitored at all times. Permits should be taken care of before arriving on campus. Violations make it difficult for correctly permitted vehicles to park and move about campus. Tarleton uses a mix of citations, towing, and courtesy communication such as warnings, phone calls, and marketing to maintain lot usage. Any provided courtesy communication is not required and is offered at the discretion of Parking Services under Campus Operations to educate faculty, staff, and students about regulations.

If you have already been issued a current virtual permit, log in to your parking portal account to register your new vehicle. 

You can add or delete vehicles from your virtual permit as needed through the Parking Portal. Please note that permit holders can only have one vehicle on campus at a time.

Currently, Tarleton provides a printed citation as a courtesy. They are occasionally lost or ruined by weather. Regardless of whether you received a copy of the citation, you are responsible for registering your vehicle and parking according to Tarleton’s parking Rules and Regulations. You may contact Parking Services to get more information about your citation at [email protected].

Parking Rules and Regulations are in effect at all times and all vehicles need a permit to park on campus at Tarleton. Between the hours of 5:00 pm and 6:00 am, Blue Zone lots open for use, unless they are reserved for university events. Reserved, ADA, and Visitor spaces are always reserved for vehicles permitted for those spaces. Vehicles with Commuter permits are not permitted to park on campus between the hours of 12:00am and 5:00am. Overnight permits may be issued for special circumstances.

Reserved spaces are assigned to staff and faculty. Visitor spaces are for visitors to Tarleton. Students will be issued parking citations if parking in these spaces.

All visitors must have a visitor’s parking permit to park on campus. Please stop by Parking Services in the lower level of the Thompson Student Center, suite 21, to obtain a permit. You will need your license plate number. Visitor permits are free of charge. Visitors should park in ‘Visitor’ spaces only, unless provided a permit indicating a specific lot for a campus event or activity. Visitors will be issued parking citations if not in compliance with regulations.