Campus Parking is orchestrated by TAPS. There are several parking permit types:
| Type |
| Description |
| Cost/Quarter |
| A |
| Faculty and Staff |
| $151 |
| C |
| Faculty, Staff, and Students. More restricted than A. |
| $124 |
| CH |
| Chancellor, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, Deans, Vice Chancellors, Vice Provosts and Associate Vice Chancellors. Park anywhere you damn well please. |
| Yeah, right.1 |
| CP2A |
| Two person carpool A permit. |
| $61 |
| CP2C |
| Two person carpool C permit. |
| $49 |
| CP3A |
| Three or more person carpool A permit. |
| $43 |
| CP3C |
| Three or more person carpool C permit. |
| $37 |
| CPRC |
| Monkey Farm permit. |
| $100 |
| Courtesy |
| You will never, ever get this permit. |
| Free |
| DSA |
| Disabled - Park anywhere |
| $124 |
| O, S, RP, LG, DC, GH, COL, PG* |
| Specialty housing permits |
| $124 |
| K |
| Cuarto permit. Very hard to get. |
| $124 |
| L |
| Remote lot. Permits are specific to Lot 2 (Mondavi Center), 30 (Rec Pool), xor 35 (across from the ARC).2 |
| $73 |
| M |
| Motorcycle. Vroom Vroom! |
| $67 |
| N |
| Night permit. Park anywhere after 5. |
| $70 |
| RT |
| Retiree. Valid in A spaces. |
| Free. It would be good to steal one of these. |
| Visitor |
| You can park some places for a large fee. |
| $6/day |
| V |
| Vendor |
| $178 |
Official TAPS site: Parking Rates
- Primero Grove parking permits are only 3 dollars if you are a resident.
- An M permit can be used with your car during night parking.
- All quarterly permits went up three dollars a day at the beginning of FY 2005-06.
- UCD Parking permits are valid at other campuses as well. Although I haven't tried it on a weekday, evening and weekend parking on other UC campuses is free with the UCD permit. I learned this years ago, and haven't tried it recently, but it should be valid. —RC
Footnotes
1. I've heard CH permits actually cost three times what an A permit costs.
2. L permits are also valid at night, so buying an L permit is almost always better. It is generally the best "value", if you could call it that.
