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Knowing where to park, how to park and when to park has never been easier.

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Parking Permits

Getting a permit to park on campus is easy.

Parking Regulations

Following these simple regulations will keep you safe and informed.

Parking Lots

Want to know where to park? View our parking lot pages to learn everything you need to know.

Meters

Pay stations and meters are conveniently located throughout campus.

Pay Stations

Conveniently located at the entrances of campus and in major parking lots.

Visiting the Campus

Visiting the campus shouldn't be frustrating. We are here to help.

Commuting to Campus

With limited parking on campus and the many alternatives to driving alone, it is not necessary to bring a car to Cal Poly.

Local transit is safe and reliable and best of all it´s FREE for staff and students!

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Airport

There are over 6,500 bike rack spaces and 254 secure bike lockers available on campus.

Bicycles

There are over 6,500 bike rack spaces and 254 secure bike lockers available on campus.

Employee Vanpool

Cal Poly currently has 9 employee vanpools in operation, with over 115 vanpool riders.

Bus Service

Affordable. Convenient. Less stressful. Local and regional transit to get you throughout the city, to the beach, shopping, or the areas in the county. Get on the bus and rest your mind.

Zipcar

9 Zipcars are at convenient locations throughout campus and are available to rent by the hour or day.

Rideshare ??Include??

Looking for carpool options? IRideshare can help match you with an existing carpool or individual looking to carpool. Additional incentives and rewards are available to all faculty and staff who are "registered" at iRideshare.

Amtrak

Cal Poly students receive a 15% discount from Amtrak through the Amtrak Student Discount Program.

Electrical Vehicle Charging

Charging stations are located on campus in the Grand Avenue Parking Structure as well as the parking lot across from the Kennedy Library.

Beware of Parking Permit Scams

Cal Poly Public Safety is aware of a parking permit scam. TAPS is the only authorized seller—be do not purchase second-hand permits online!!

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Parking Lots

Parking lots are named after the first letter of the street it is near. For example H lots are off of Highland Drive and G lots are off of Grand Avenue.

Between the following hours permits are required:

  • Monday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
  • Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
  • Residential parking areas are enforced 7 days a week.
  • All other regulations are enforced 7 days a week.

A1 Lot

The A-1 lot also known as the “Administration Lot” due to its proximity to the Administration Building 001 is the most central lot to the campus core and can be accessed off of North Perimeter Road. Metered, disabled and sponsored guest parking is provided in the lot.

parking lot A1 map

A1 Parking Lot

  • 4 Disabled spaces
  • 12 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 36 Metered spaces
  • Zipcars
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps

C Lots

The C lots are located off of California Boulevard and are primarily staff/faculty and disabled parking areas. There are no commuter parking spaces in the C lots. Student and visitors that need to visit buildings by a C lot are encouraged to park in K1 or H1 lots

  • C1
  • C2
  • C3 - Closed for Construction
  • C4 - Permanently Closed
  • C5
  • C6
  • C7
  • South Perimeter
  • College Avenue
parking Lot C1 map

C1

  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • 39 Staff spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C2 map

C2

  • 7 Disabled spaces
  • 119 Staff spaces
  • 9 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 2 Van pool spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area (By Health Center)
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C3 map

C3 - Closed for Construction

  • 43 Staff spaces
  • 1 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • 4 Metered spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C4 map

C4 - Permanently Closed

  • 28 Staff spaces
  • 2 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 9 Disabled spaces
  • 6 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C5 map

C5

  • 1 Staff spaces
  • 5 Disabled spaces
  • 1 Metered spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C6 map

C6

  • 1 Disabled space
  • 20 Yellow & state spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot C7 map

C7

  • 135 Staff spaces
  • 2 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 5 Disabled spaces
  • 2 Van pool spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot South Perimeter map

South Perimeter

  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • 31 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot College Avenue map

College Avenue

  • 4 Disabled spaces
  • 4 Metered spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps

G Lots

  • Grand Avenue Structure
  • Structure 131 R2
  • G2
  • Grand Avenue
parking Lot G1 map

Grand Avenue Structure

  • 572 Commuter spaces
  • 317 Staff spaces
  • 20 Disabled spaces
  • 5 Metered spaces
  • Pay station - 1
  • Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging - Bottom Floor (4 spaces)
  • Motorcycle parking area - Top Floor
  • Open in Google Maps
Structure 131 map

Structure 131

No Commuter or Staff permits allowed in this lot - Enforced 7 days a week

  • 7 State Vehicle
  • 34 Clean Air (Visitor or Resident)
  • 10 ADA
  • 2 CSD
  • 394 Visitor or Resident
  • Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging – 9 Spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot G2 map

G2 Limited Time Zone - 2 hour Max

No Commuter permits allowed in this lot - Enforced 7 days a week

  • 110 Limited Time spaces (no time limit for staff/faculty permits)
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • Pay station
  • ParkMobile
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Grand Avenue map

Grand Avenue

  • 3 Uber/Lyft/Taxi
  • 2 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps

H Lots

The H lots are located off of Highland Boulevard and provide commuter, staff/faculty and disabled parking spaces.

  • H1
  • H2
  • H4
  • H10
  • H11 - Closed for Construction
  • H12
  • H13
  • H14
  • H16
  • Sports Complex
  • Corporate State Mail Warehouse
  • Dairy
  • Crops
  • Poultry
  • Mountain Lane
  • Ornamental Horticulture
  • Meat Processing
  • Village Drive
parking Lot H1 map

H1

  • 364 Short Term Commuter spaces
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • Pay station
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H2 map

H2

  • 214 Staff spaces
  • 7 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 9 Disabled spaces
  • 88 Metered spaces
  • Zipcars
  • Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging – 8 Spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H4 map

H4

  • 222 Staff spaces
  • 12 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 9 Disabled spaces
  • 9 Metered spaces
  • 8 Van pool spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area

Lot H4F Permanently Offline - Future home of Student Success

  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H10 map

H10

  • 9 Staff spaces
  • 4 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 11 Disabled spaces
  • 24 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H11 map

H11

  • 11 Staff spaces
  • 1 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 8 Disabled spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H12 map

H12

  • 426 Long Term Commuter spaces
  • 25 Staff Spaces
  • Commuterpermit required 7 am - 5 pm
  • Pay station
  • Short Term permits available after 5 pm
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H13 map

H13

  • 33 Commuter spaces
  • 9 Staff spaces
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H14 map

H14

  • 365 spaces
  • Commuter permit required 7 am - 5 pm
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • Limited Time Zone - Cash, Credit or ParkMobile - B/C Portion Only
  • Pay station
  • Short term permits available after 5 pm
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot H16 map

H16

  • 526 spaces
  • Commuter permit required 7 am - 5 pm
  • 52 Staff spaces
  • Pay station
  • Short term permits available after 5 pm
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Sports Complex map

Sports Complex - H15

  • 35 Commuter spaces
  • 12 Disabled spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Dairy map

Dairy

  • 76 Commuter spaces
  • 9 Staff spaces
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • 1 Metered spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Crops map

Crops

  • 15 Commuter spaces
  • 34 Staff spaces
  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Poultry map

H-3 Poultry

  • 21 Commuter spaces
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • 1 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Mountain Lane map

Mountain Lane

  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • 1 Uber/Lyft/Taxi
  • 6 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Ornamental Horticulture map

Ornamental Horticulture — Poly Plant Shop

  • 9 Staff spaces
  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • 4 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Meat Processing map

Meat Processing

  • 14 Commuter spaces
  • 2 Disabled spaces
  • 6 Metered spaces
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Village Drive map

Village Drive

  • 5 Staff spaces
  • 1 Disabled spaces
  • 5 Metered spaces
  • 3 Van pool spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot K1 map

K1 - Permanently Closed

  • 431 spaces
  • Commuter & Short term commuter permit.
  • 8 Metered spaces
  • Pay station
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot K2 map

K2 - Permanently Closed

  • 192 Staff spaces
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps

R Lots

  • R1 - Permanently Closed
  • R3
  • Canyon Circle Structure R4
  • Cerro Vista Circle
parking Lot R1 map

R1 - Permanently Closed

  • 97 Resident spaces
  • 2 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 2 Metered spaces
  • Permit Required 24 hours a day 7 days a week
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Village Drive Structure R3 map

Village Drive Structure R3

  • 950 spaces
  • 20 Disabled spaces
  • Permit Required 24 hours a day 7 days a week
  • Pay station
  • Zipcars
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Canyon Circle Structure R4 map

Canyon Circle Structure R4

  • 950 Resident spaces
  • 20 Disabled spaces
  • 8 Limited-Time space
  • 2 Staff Spaces
  • Permit Required 24 hours a day 7 days a week
  • Pay station
  • Zipcars
  • Motorcycle parking area
  • Open in Google Maps
parking Lot Cerro Vista Circle map

Cerro Vista Circle

  • 4 Staff spaces
  • 1 Sponsored guest spaces
  • 9 Disabled spaces
  • 10 Limited-Time space
  • Zipcars
  • Open in Google Maps
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Parking Today

Monday 23rd of February 2026

LOT/STREET CLOSURES

  • C3 (Permanently Closed)
  • C4 (Permanently Closed)
  • K1 (Permanently Closed)
  • K2 (Permanently Closed)
  • R1 (Permanently Closed)

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