ON-CAMPUS RESIDENTS CAN NOW PURCHASE FALL TERM 2024 OR ANNUAL ('24-'25) PERMITS THROUGH THE HONK MOBILE APP. ENTER ZONE ID 54497 AND SEARCH FOR LONG-TERM PARKING

Sustainable Parking

Our parking management strategy aims to influence individual travel choices so that, on aggregate, our campus moves in a direction of more sustainable travel. A key aspect of this strategy is to prompt a daily choice. We charge a daily parking fee if you drive alone to campus. However, if you can carpool with a co-worker or roommate we'll waive your parking fee. Better yet, take a bike or a bus and we'll offer rewards. 

Sustainable parking reflects several initiatives:

• reducing the number of single-occupant vehicle trips to/from campus by encouraging biking, walking, bus, and other sustainable travel options; and,
• minimizing the number of parking spaces we need on campus to maximize space available for natural landscape and buildings for learning and living.
• offering on-campus housing for students and (eventually) employees to reduce trips to campus.

Permit Options

Parking is a valuable resource that requires maintenance and management. We cannot include the costs to maintain parking lots or remove snow from parking lots in tuition and other required fees. This is consistent with other universities and reflects our commitment to a more sustainable future.

All vehicles parked on campus must have a valid parking permit associated with your license plate. This includes the Chandler Parking lot and the Simpson parking lot. Your vehicle license plate serves as the permit and must be visible at all times; no physical permits are issued.

You have flexibility to choose daily where to park. You don't pay to park on days you don't need to come to campus, or when you can bike, walk, or carpool (with valid carpool permit). 

If you plan to drive alone to campus, we offer text-to-pay, Tap to Pay (QR code), App-based mobile transactions, and a parking kiosk that accepts coins.

Honk Mobile App

1. Download the HonkMobile parking app.
2. Register account with your OSU email address to get student and employee discounts, enter vehicle details, etc.
3. Enter Zone ID (see zone number on signs in parking lot), choose “short-term” or "long-term" and search
   • short-term permits are hourly or daily
   • long-term permits are only available in the Simpson Avenue lot, except on-campus residents
4. Select rate and complete transaction in the app. 

Scan to Pay

Open camera on cell phone, point at QR code on signs in the parking lot. Tap link to pay. 

NOTE: We will never place a sticker over our original QR codes on the signs, if you see a sticker over the QR code please do not scan. This is to guard against scammers who may use stickers to redirect your scan.

Passport App

We offer mobile transactions in the Passport app, at public parking rates. Look for zone numbers throughout the parking lots.

Text-to-Pay through Honk Mobile

Text the parking lot zone number (54496 for Chandler-Century) to 75498, tap link to pay.

Parking Kiosk (currently Out of Order as of 9/23/24)

Accepts coin or card only. Enter your license plate number. Located between Tykeson Hall and Obsidian Hall. 

Parking Lots

We offer two lots on the main campus at 1500 SW Chandler Avenue and additional parking for the Graduate & Research Center at 650 SW Columbia Street.

Chandler-Century Parking Lot

This lot offers short-term, hourly and daily parking for commuters and visitors. For coin/card payment, please use the kiosk between Tykeson and Obsidian Halls to purchase an hourly ($1.25/hour) or daily ($5/day) permit. 

Simpson Avenue Parking Lot

This lot is gated and requires an OSU ID card to enter. The parking lot is accessed from Simpson Avenue and primarily serves as daily and long-term parking. The Simpson Lot is a short walk (approximately 5-minutes) from Ray Hall.

We offer hourly ($1/hour), daily ($3/day), monthly ($40), and term ($130) parking permits in this lot through Honk Mobile or Passport.

Graduate & Research Center

Parking permits are not required at the Graduate & Research Center at 650 SW Columbia St. While we would like to take a more active role in managing parking at the GRC, we share the parking lot with neighbors and do not have an effective way to institute or enforce a parking fee. 

Accessible Parking

Commuters with a valid DMV-issued ADA placard can park in any ADA spaces in either lot for our lowest daily rate ($2/day). Pay for your parking in the Honk App and choose zone 54497 to pay for any ADA space on campus, regardless of the lot. Contact parking services for a monthly or term ADA permit. 

University Standard 07-025 governs the use of vehicles, the use of non-motorized transportation, and parking, on Oregon State University  (“university”) property.