A Variety of Permit Types are Available
Regular Commuter
Carpool/Vanpool
Occasional/Evening
Retired Employees
After Hours
People who are full- or part-time employees of MIT can request parking privileges on campus. The Parking Coordinator for your department handles these requests. The Parking and Transportation Office determines the distribution of allocations to departments and distributes each department's allocation among the available parking facilities. Distribution is based on the physical location of the department's headquarters, the previous year's assignments, and the need to provide equity among departments. Each department is issued spaces in several parking facilities. The goal in the distribution of spaces is to keep the walking distance from the parking facility to the individual's office to 10 minutes or less.
If you are an MIT affiliate not associated with a specific department, you should contact the Parking Coordinator who handles your affiliated group.
Frequently Asked Questions
For answers to specific questions about parking at MIT,
please see the Parking FAQ page on this
site.
Parking Rates
A complete list of parking
rates is available.
Regular Commuter
Regular Commuter Permits are issued directly to individual parkers for their exclusive use. Regular commuter permits are issued to full- and part-time employees with MIT appointments as well as affiliates, and count against a department’s allocation.
| REGULAR COMMUTER PARKING PERMIT | |||
| Annual Fee | Payroll Deduction | Check or Cash | Comments |
| $786.00 | Yes | Yes | Payroll deduction limited to employees with an MIT appointment. Voucher and contract employees are not eligible. |
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Carpool/Vanpool
A carpool or vanpool permit is a Regular Commuter Permit that is charged half the Regular Commuter rate and which is shared by members of the carpool. When permits are distributed at the beginning of the parking year, each member receives a parking sticker, and the group is given a carpool hang tag. The hang tag is to be used by the carpool member whose vehicle is parked on campus on any given day. At no time should more than one vehicle of a carpool be parked on campus.
One person in a carpool – the one designated as primary – may pay the fee by payroll deduction. If paying by payroll deduction, cash or check, the primary parker pays the full amount, and the secondary parkers reimburse the primary parker directly for their share.
The process for setting up a carpool is discussed in Commuter Options.
Carpools and vanpools do not count against a department's allocation.
To apply for a carpool or vanpool parking permit, download the Carpool/Vanpool Parking Application and return to the Parking & Transportation Office at W20-022.
| CARPOOL/VANPOOL PARKING PERMIT | |||
| Annual Fee | Payroll Deduction | Check or Cash | Comments |
| $393.00 | Yes | Yes | If primary parker chooses payroll deduction, then pays the full amount; other members reimburse primary parker. |
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Occasional and Evening Parking
The Occasional/Evening Permit is intended to meet the needs of part-time employees, second- and third-shift employees, or employees who normally use other means of commuting. This permit allows a person to park at MIT at a daily rate up to eight times a month. The fee is for a business day and not for each entry or exit during the day.
To allow for emergencies and unexpected events, a person may park more than eight times per month, but at a higher fee. Additional parking will be billed at $10.00 per day. These permits also allow unlimited after-hours, weekend and holiday parking.
An employee with an MIT appointment may elect to have the occasional parking charges and the sticker fee payroll deducted. Affiliates, who cannot have the charges deducted from payroll, and employees who choose to pay by check must include an additional deposit with the application. This creates a "debit" balance from which each day’s occasional parking is deducted. Periodic bills or statements are sent to employees who do not have payroll deduction.
An occasional parker who leaves the Institute or who decides to terminate parking must notify the Parking and Transportation Office. The Parking and Transportation Office will calculate payment due or will refund a positive balance. Occasional Parking balances are carried over from year to year as long as the employee continues to elect the Occasional Parking program.
Occasional/Evening Parking Permits do not count against a department's allocation.
| OCCASIONAL/EVENING PARKING PERMIT | |||
| Annual Fee | Payroll Deduction | Check or Cash | Comments |
| Sticker $44.00 Day rate $4 |
Yes | Yes* | Payroll deduction limited to employees with an MIT
appointment. Voucher and contract employees are not eligible.
* Requires additional deposit of $50 with application. |
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Retired Employees
Retired faculty permits are available to retired faculty and professors emeriti. Retired faculty who receive compensation pay the regular commuter rate; retired faculty without compensation pay a lower rate.
Retired employees may also purchase Invited Visitor Parking passes directly from the Parking Office. Please see the Visitor section of this site. Retired faculty and professor emeriti permits do not count against a department’s allocation.
| RETIRED EMPLOYEES PARKING PERMIT | |||
| Permit Type | Annual Fee | Payroll Deduction | Check or Cash |
| Prof. Emeritus with Compensation | $786.00 | Yes | Yes |
| Prof. Emeritus, No Compensation | $130.00 | No | Yes |
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After Hours Parking
Any parker with a valid MIT parking permit can park his/her vehicle in any parking facility on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday and all day on weekends and MIT holidays. Parkers with a valid MIT parking permit can park in the Main Lot after 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday and all day on weekends and MIT holidays.
Employees or others who do not have an MIT parking permit can park in any non-gated lot on campus after 5:00 PM on weekdays, and all day on weekends and MIT holidays.
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