Parking and Transit Updates
Recent updates from UNO Parking and Transit Services.
- published: 2023/12/01
- contact: Parking and Transit Services
- phone: 402.554.7275
- email: unoparking@unomaha.edu
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The following are important updates regarding parking and campus shuttle service for the end of the Fall 2023 semester, the January Session ("J-Term), and the Spring 2024 semester.
You can also explore the many ways to get to campus, including MavRIDE - a partnership with UNO Parking and Transit Services, UNO Student Government, and Omaha Metro to provide bus rides at no cost with a MavCARD. With stops located conveniently near campus, you can avoid some of the congestion from commuting.
Information about:
Parking Information
Parking For Finals Week and the Holiday Closedown
UNO will provide open parking beginning Monday, Dec. 11, and running through Monday, Jan. 1 in all general-use spaces on campus surface lots and garages. Permits are not necessary to park during this time. Regular enforcement resumes on Monday, Jan. 22.
Please note that certain areas on campus are excluded from open parking, such as pay-to-park areas (Lots A, C, and the seven spaces in M), ADA spaces (reserved for those with an ADA permit), reserved spaces, loading zones, motorcycle areas, carpool spaces, compact stalls, visitor spaces, EV charging spaces, driveways, drive aisles, and fire lanes. These areas are enforced 24/7.
Parking for the January Session (“J-Term”) and Martin Luther King Jr. Day
UNO will observe valid-permit parking beginning Tuesday, Jan. 2, and running through Friday, Jan. 19. A valid UNO parking permit will be required but permit restrictions are relaxed, so a surface lot permit may park in the garage, or vice versa. There will be open parking for the Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday on Monday, Jan. 15. Regular enforcement resumes on Monday, Jan. 22.
Please note that certain areas on campus are excluded from valid-permit parking, such as pay-to-park areas (Lots A, C, and the seven spaces in M), ADA spaces (reserved for those with an ADA permit), reserved spaces, loading zones, motorcycle areas, carpool spaces, compact stalls, visitor spaces, EV charging spaces, driveways, drive aisles, and fire lanes. These areas are enforced 24/7.
Parking for the Spring Semester
UNO will resume regular enforcement on Monday, Jan. 22. For those that purchased Fall semester permits, you will need to purchase a Spring semester permit to park on campus. Spring permits go on sale at 8 A.M. on Dec. 11. Limited permit sales for the East Garage and West Garage for faculty/staff and commuter students may be available temporarily until limits are reached.
Shuttle Service Information
Evening Shuttle Service Extended for Prep Week
From Monday, Dec. 4, through Thursday, Dec. 8, evening shuttle service will be extended until noon to assist those studying and preparing for finals at the Criss Library.
Shuttle Service for Finals Week, Winter Shutdown, and the Jan. Session (“J-Term”)
From Monday, Dec. 11, through Thursday, Dec. 21, and from Tuesday, Jan. 2, to Friday, Jan. 19, campus shuttles will run with limited service from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
During these times, they'll be servicing the Scott Court, Scott Crossing, and Criss Library stops only. There will be no shuttle service to the Pacific Parking Garage, Maverick/University Village, Milo Bail Student Center, H&K, PKI, and Mammel Hall stops.
There will be no shuttle service from Friday, Dec. 22, through Monday, Jan. 1, due to the winter shutdown.
Additionally, there will be no shuttle service on Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Routine shuttle service will resume on Monday, Jan. 22.
Cold Weather Service
On Monday, Oct. 16, campus shuttles transitioned to cold weather service. Shuttles will attempt to load, unload, and depart as quickly as possible in effort to reduce wait times during the colder months. Times listed on the UNO Shuttle Tracker App will not be as accurate during this time.
How to Contact Parking and Transit Services
UNO Parking and Transit Services is located just south of the Pacific Parking Garage on the UNO Scott Campus and can also be reached by phone at 402.554.7275 or by email at unoparking@unomaha.edu.
Be sure to watch your emails and look for campus newsletters, which have timely updates.
Updates and changes, including traffic impacts, will also be shared on the Parking and Transit Services website, as well as their Facebook and Twitter accounts.