Parking & Transportation Services | University of Colorado at Boulder

About Parking & Transportation Services

PTS is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and administration of most of the university’s existing and new parking facilities and for customer service and business operations and for providing staffing and traffic coordination plans for thousands of annual campus events. PTS enforces university parking regulations on campus streets and properties and in campus parking areas.

PTS also administers the university’s vehicle fleet, provides the Buff Bus routes connecting residence halls with campus, and oversees campus alternative transportation programs, e.g., the faculty/staff EcoPass program.

Auxiliary (Self-funding) Status

PTS is one of the university’s self-funded auxiliary departments. It receives no tax dollars or tuition fees to support its parking, fleet or bus operations. Costs for all of PTS’ operations must be offset by fees assessed to UCB parking and transportation system users.

Parking Lots / Spaces on Campus

PTS manages parking access (e.g., hourly parking and permits) for 121 of the campus’ 159 parking zones; and for about 8000 of the campus’ roughly 11,000 parking spaces.

Not All Campus Lots are Managed by PTS

"Managed", used here, refers to the responsibility for issuing parking permits, providing parking equipment and scheduling and funding any necessary maintenance for parking lots and university vehicles. 38 of the 159 parking zones on campus are controlled by departments other than PTS. These zones contain about 3500 parking spaces. The Research Property System, the Research Park, the Family Housing System, the Department of Athletics, the Housing Maintenance operation, the University Foundation, and the Alumni Center are examples of university departments that control parking facilities/lots on campus.