In order to best manage the demand for parking on the UCLA campus, Transportation Services issues a variety of permit types. Each type of permit grants specific parking privileges. Review the description of each permit type, then follow the provided link to view specific parking privileges for that permit. You may also download the 2007-2008 Parking Privileges Brochure (PDF).

X (Preferred) Permit
This permit allows the highest level of mobility. It is intended for faculty and staff who frequently need to move about campus.

Blue (Mobility) Permit
This permit facilitates a high level of mobility on campus. This permit is for UCLA employees, who by the nature of their job are required to move frequently from one area of campus to another.

Yellow (Non-Reserved) Permit
This permit is available to all UCLA employees who are eligible for parking. It allows the permit holder to park in a specifically assigned parking area and generally does not permit mobility on campus prior to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Night Permit
This permit is convenient for employees who work evening hours and weekends. Night Permits are valid after 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturday and Sunday. There is also the NCHS Permit for employees who work at night in the hospital and need parking in the CHS area.

Weekend Permit
Weekend Permits are valid from noon Friday until 7 a.m. Monday morning in most yellow stalls in numbered parking areas. There is also a CHS Weekend Permit for employees who work only on weekends, in the hospital and need parking in the CHS structure.

Carpool Permits
There are two (2) types of Carpool Parking Permits (reduced-fee). Two-Person Carpool Permits will have either Yellow or Blue Permit privileges based on mobility needs and the qualifications of the primary holder as assigned by the department.

Three-Person Carpool Permits
Carpools made up of three (3) full-time employees automatically receive Blue Permit privileges, except when graduate student employees are members of a carpool. The primary lot assignment will be determined by the primary permit holder’s department.

Courtesy Permits
Courtesy Permits are for volunteers, donors and clinical faculty who provide uncompensated services to UCLA, and who are on campus no more than two (2) times per week and no more then four (4) hours each visit.

If a volunteer is on campus more than four hours, two days a week, a full-fee permit should be purchased for them. A written request must be submitted by the Parking Coordinator to Parking Services for approval. Any request for a Courtesy Permit must be made in advance by writing to Parking Services at pcoordinator@ts.ucla.edu. Faculty, staff and students of the University are not eligible to purchase or use any type of courtesy parking. Donors may obtain Courtesy Permits through the External Affairs Department. Hospital Volunteers may obtain Courtesy Permits through the Hospital Volunteer Office or the NPI Volunteer Office. Clinical Faculty who qualify for this type of permit should go to their department Parking Coordinator.

Emeriti and Staff Retiree Permits
Emeriti and Staff Retiree Permits are for retired Emeritus and Staff and are initially authorized by the Emeriti/Staff Center. This permit is designed to be used no more than 2 days per week and no more than 4 hours each day. Qualifications for these permits can be obtained through the Emeriti/Staff Center at (310) 825-7456.

Clinical Faculty
Clinical Faculty who provide uncompensated services to UCLA and who are on campus no more than two times per week for no more than four hours each visit are eligible for courtesy parking. Clinical Faculty who are compensated must purchase a full-fee employee parking permit on a quarterly or annual basis.

Disability Permits
A Disability Permit allows qualified employees to park in stalls designated for persons with disabilities within assigned areas throughout the campus (any legal stall). When parking in any stall, including those reserved for persons with disabilities, permit holders must display a valid DMV disabled license plate or a DMV placard in addition to the Disability Permit.

Vendor Permits
Vendor Permits are for authorized University Vendors and provide access throughout the campus to facilitate the vendor in providing contracted services.

Departmental Mobility Loading Zone Permits
A Departmental Loading Zone Mobility Permit is offered to departments requiring frequent short-term access to UCLA loading zones, for 20 minutes or less. This permit is authorized for official UCLA business only, and is valid for loading and unloading in official loading zones (excluding Structure 8 and 9), and is valid for short-term parking in yellow stalls in numbered areas except Structure 5. A vehicle displaying this permit must also display an authorized departmental or employee parking permit. A request for this permit should include a detailed written justification of need.

Temporary Loading Zone Permits 
An individual Temporary (20-minute period) Loading Zone Permit may be requested by any valid permit holder at any Information & Parking Booths. This permit should be requested only by an individual if required to make occasional trips away from their primary parking area for pick-up or delivery of University business.