The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing Parking and Transportation from being able to meet the UH community in person, so the department will be holding two virtual events to answer questions.
Summer parking rules will come to an end at 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24. Everyone with a valid 2020-2021 permit will have to use their designated parking location 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday.
Parking and Transportation Services’ leadership team has completed advanced front-line T2 Flex certification training, giving them the opportunity to expand their knowledge of the comprehensive parking permit and enforcement software system.
The Houston Roughnecks will be playing at TDECU Stadium on Saturday, March 7. The 1 p.m. game will affect numerous parking garages, lots and streets on campus.
Starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and continuing through Sunday, March 15, anyone with a valid UH parking permit will be allowed to park in any ungated lot on campus, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Normal restricted parking hours resume promptly at 7 a.m. Monday, March 16.
Parking and Transportation Services will be holding a series of information tablings across the University of Houston over the next several weeks to answer questions from students, faculty and staff about 2020-21 parking permits and more.
Garage 5 is the Elgin Street Garage. Garage 6, which is under construction at University Drive and Spur 5, will be the University Gateway Garage when it opens in fall 2020.
The interactive bus allows people the opportunity to learn more about transit safety, fare cards, commuter benefits and other METRO services. Rain postponed its original visit last month, so now it will be in the Student Center South circle drive Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
University of Houston students, faculty and staff can RSVP to take the Nov. 11 trip with members of Parking and Transportation's COAST team, which will teach the basic information that anyone unfamiliar with METRO's bus and light rail systems needs to know.
The event, which will be Monday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Library, is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to get information about using METRO buses, light rail, Zipcar, carpooling, vanpooling, biking, BCycles and more.
Students, faculty and staff who have considered using METRO as a viable option to commute to campus can visit METRO's interactive Discover Bus, which will be in the Student Center South circle drive from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30.
UH Parking and Transportation Services has been a supporter of METRO and its services for many years, with UH being the first school to distribute METRO Q Fare Cards to students, starting in 2008.