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Parking permits required at Stanford's main campus and Stanford Redwood City

Commuters and residents are required to have a valid ‘A,’ ‘C,’ ‘Z,’ ‘C-SRWC,’ ‘MC,’ or resident parking permit to avoid citations. Please refer to our announcement for more details.

For COVID-related transportation updates, please visit our Stanford Transportation COVID-19: Featured Topics page. If you are interested in learning more about your commute options as you return to campus, please refer to our Returning to Your Stanford commute page.

Find Event Parking

Stanford event hosts

Group/reserved event parking permits can be purchased by filling out the Event Parking Request Form.
Stanford event hosts should encourage visitors to download the Parkmobile app for faster and more convenient visitor parking payments.
Departments can purchase the following permits through the virtual parking permit system (pre-registration required):
- Department ‘A’ Daily permits (SRWC and the main campus)
- Department ‘Event’ Daily permits (main campus only)
- Department ‘C-SRWC’ Daily permits (SRWC only)
- Service Vehicle (‘SV’) Daily permits (SRWC and the main campus)
Learn more about departmental parking permit rates.
To learn more about purchasing event permits, visit our Departments and Virtual Permit System FAQ.

One-day visitor permits

“Visitor” daily virtual parking permits

Visitor parking is available through the ParkMobile app. We recommend downloading the ParkMobile app before arriving at Stanford for faster and move convenient visitor parking payments. To learn more about parking rates, visit our Visitor Parking Rates webpage.

"Event" parking permits

Because the supply of parking spaces in central campus is limited, we also have an “Event” permit for $5.45 each, which is valid in the following parking locations:

Searsville Lot (L-22)
Varsity Lot (L-97) near Stanford Stadium and Sunken Diamond

You can purchase "event" parking for Searsville Lot (L-22) or the Varsity Lot (L-97) through our virtual parking permit system (pre-registration required). If more than 20 permits are needed, please submit the Event Parking Request Form.

If you have any questions, please contact Stanford Transportation at 723-9362 or eventparking@stanford.edu.

Parking for sporting events

For parking questions, please contact Stanford Athletics Operations & Events at (650) 736-PARK or athletics-parking@stanford.edu.
"Travel to Stanford" page on the Stanford Athletics website

Take a shuttle to and from your campus event

Marguerite — Stanford's free public shuttle

Stanford's free Marguerite shuttle system serves major parking structures and visitor parking lots on campus. Refer to our “Event parking and Marguerite shuttle service” page for the most convenient shuttle options.

Charter reservations

Stanford Transportation can help you arrange charter shuttles for your events. Go to our Charter Services page to request a reservation.