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Student Commuter Permit Sales for all Eligible Students Begin July 19

Commuter (C) permit sales for new students – those who did not have a commuter parking permit last academic year – will go on sale at noon on Wednesday, July 19, and will continue until sold out.

Student Residential Parking Permit Sales for All Eligible Students Start July 18

2023-2024 Student Residential (R) parking permits for new students and those eligible, will begin at noon on Tuesday, July 18, and continue until permits are sold out. Parking permits are priced based on proximity and predictability. Most residential permits for the new academic year cost $504. Residential permits for the Green Lot (R10) cost $336 for the academic year. These permits are only available for purchase for a full academic year. Permits for Shawneetown and Greg Page Apartments (R19) cost $252 annually and went on sale on Wednesday, May 24.

Turf Replacement to Impact Track Lot Parking July 7 - July 14

Approximately 30-35 spaces in the Sports Center (C16) Track Lot will be used to help facilitate the turf replacement required for the outdoor track by UK Athletics. These spaces will be unavailable beginning this Friday, July 7 through to next Friday, July 14. Minimal impact is expected since this is a summer lot. Those impacted by this can relocate to other nearby summer lots like Sports Center North Lot, located near the EJ Nutter training facility and the Shivley Sports Center.

Campus Projects to Impact Travel Starting July 10

Several campus projects scheduled to start on Monday, July 10, will temporarily impact motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and bus service. Please see below for additional details about how this work could affect your commute: Avenue of Champions Renovation of Memorial Coliseum is now underway and will require that a section of Avenue of Champions be temporarily closed in front of the building, between Lexington Avenue and Rose Street.

2023-2024 Commuter Parking Permit Sales

Commuter (C) permit sales for students who had a commuter permit during the 2022-2023 academic year will start on Friday, July 7. This pre-sale window for returning commuter students will continue through Monday, July 17. Commuter permit sales for new students who have 60 or more credit hours and live more than one mile from campus will start at noon on Wednesday, July 19, and continue until permits are sold out. Commuter permits cost $336 per academic year and are only available for purchase for a full academic year.

2023-2024 Student Residential Parking Permit Sales

2023-2024 student residential (R) parking permits will go on sale starting Thursday, July 6, for returning UK students with a 2023-2024 campus housing assignment. This priority pre-sale window is available on a first-come, first-served basis through Monday, July 17.

Employee Parking Permit Update & Reminder

2023-2024 employee intermediate (E) and employee periphery (EK) parking permits must be displayed when parking on campus starting Monday, July 3. If you haven't already purchased your permit, please do so at your earliest convenience. If you have already purchased a permit, but haven't yet picked it up, please do so prior to parking on campus next week.

Big Blue Cycles & Semester Bike Lottery Applications Now Open

Bicycles are a great way to navigate the University of Kentucky’s campus. UK Transportation Services has two exciting options for you if you don’t own a bike or if you can’t bring yours to campus this fall. First is our Big Blue Cycles program. Big Blue Cycles is a fleet of more than 150 bicycles available exclusively to students who live in campus housing, and sign a one-year car-free commitment. Students selected for this program will have the bicycle for the entire academic year.

Press Avenue Garage Maintenance Work Starts Monday, June 5

Up to 30 parking spaces in Press Avenue Garage (PS #6) will be unavailable starting as early as Monday, June 5. Maintenance work in the structure is expected to impact approximately 20 to 30 spaces at a time throughout the remainder of the month. The location of unavailable spaces will change as maintenance work progresses throughout the structure. In addition, a Fire School event will impact an additional 28 spaces, but only on Friday, June 9. These spaces are located on the third and fourth floors in the northwest corner of the garage.

HAWK Signal to be Installed on South Limestone

The City of Lexington is upgrading the crossing signal on South Limestone at Pine Street to a High-Intensity Activated crosswalk (HAWK) system. David Filiatreau, Traffic Engineering Manager, said the HAWK system is expected to be activated on Thursday, June 1. The High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk system is a traffic control device that helps pedestrians safely cross roadways at midblock crossings and intersections without a traffic light.

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