Coming soon: more flexible parking options for students
Three improvements provide more options, starting in the 2025-26 academic year
The Office of Parking & Transportation (OPT) is offering students more options and flexibility in monthly parking during the 2025-26 academic session and beyond.
What’s New?
OPT is introducing three improvements to the Student Parking System to provide students more options and flexibility:
Expanding Tiered Parking Rates
In 2024, OPT offered three tiers of student parking permit rates to give students a choice in price points for monthly parking permits. For the 2025-26 academic year, that will be expanded to five tiers.
These tiers will include a value option in SD lot, and four tiers on the core campus. The tiers range from $70 per month (SD Lot) to $135 per month (Ft Garry Parkade). The tier prices are determined by several factors, most notably by location, facility type, amenities and demand.
New Non-Expiring Permits
A new feature for the upcoming academic year is the introduction of non-expiring permits for students purchasing tiers 3 or 4.
This change is in response to students who experienced challenges where they were able to get a permit in year one, and then not in their second year. Some students said they made decisions on where to live based on having access to a parking permit, only to miss out the following year when trying to purchase one.
The new non-expiring permits are geared towards students who have a long commute, some of whom don’t have access to public transit, and to those that plan to attend the campus year-round.
More Flexible Parking
Originally introduced in 2020, flexible parking permits allow students to purchase permits for specific days of the week, rather than the whole month.
For example, a student that only attends classes on Tuesday and Thursday can purchase a monthly permit allowing them to park every Tuesday and every Thursday, rather than for every day of the week. The flexible student parking program will be expanded this year to offer two locations instead of one, at two different price points.
For more information on these new options, visit the student parking website.