Spring 2026 Essential Parking & Transit Information

All student parking permits are sold out. Students can register for the UPARK Park & Ride at Capitol Humboldt; students who pay segregated fees as part of tuition can register for free.


Employees who need a parking permit can purchase one for the Pavilion/Klotsche Garage, NWQ Garage, or Lots 7 and 20 SARUP/Cunningham.

Permits & Account Management

These instructions are intended to assist students, faculty and staff, or visitors to UWM’s campus with using their permit and maintaining their UWM Transportation Services account. Whether it is by adding or deleting a vehicle; updating an address, email, or phone number; or manage permits associated with an account.

Visit uwm.edu/transportation/portallogin to manage your account, purchase permits, or pay and appeal citations.

Permit FAQs

Managing Your Permit

Purchase a Permit
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Select “PERMITS AND BUS PASSES” at the top of the website.
  4. Click on “GET PERMITS AND BUS PASSES” from the populated drop down menu.
  5. Click on “Purchase a Parking Permit” in the Parking section.
  6. Click “NEXT”.
  7. Verify the address associated with the account and click “NEXT”
  8. Click the button next to the permit desired for purchase
  9. After reviewing the Transportation Services Rules and Regulations, check the box agreeing to abide by the Transportation Services Rules and Regulations.
  10. Check the box(es) associated with the vehicles desired to be associated with the permit [Additional vehicle(s) can be added to association with the permit by clicking “ADD VEHICLE”].
  11. Click “NEXT”.
  12. Select your location if prompted. Not all permits have a location. Only one selection is allowed per permit.
  13. Click “NEXT” if prompted.
  14. Cancel the purchase, add other permits, or pay now.
Manage Vehicles on a Permit
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Select “PERMITS” at the top of the website.
  4. Click on “VIEW YOUR PERMITS” from the populated drop down menu.
  5. Clicking on the associated “PERMIT NUMBER” for one of your permits will open an additional window.
    Vehicles associated to the permit can be deleted or added to the permit through buttons at the bottom of the screen. At least one vehicle must be attached to a permit, so deletion will only be possible if you have at least two vehicles. Typically, no more than four vehicles can be attached to a permit.
Cancel a Permit

You cancel your permit by submitting the Cancellation form. Transportation Services will refund eligible customers once the cancellation is submitted. It may take a few weeks for the refund to process.

Exchange a Permit

You can email uwmpark@uwm.edu or call 414-229-4000, and we can arrange an exchange of permits.

Permit Features

How do I purchase/cancel permits?

Permits are sold online at uwm.edu/transportation/getpermits, unless noted otherwise as “Purchase at Office”. Most permits are prorated for the purchase date. There are no refunds on daily permits. Cancellation requests for other permits can be submitted online.

Where can I park?

Permit holders can typically only park in areas listed in their parking permit.

However, UWM does allow “crisscrossing” permits during certain times. Any UWM Semester and Annual permit regardless of the facility allows the holder to park on any outdoor surface lot at UWM’s main campus during:

  • Weekdays from 4 pm to 2 am
  • Weekends from 5 am to 2 am.

Customers with the following permits are eligible:

  • Main campus parking permits
  • Cambridge Commons
  • Kenilworth
  • RiverView

U-PARK is ineligible.

Permit holders must obey other signage and instructions in the lot, such as for accessible parking spaces.

What about overnight parking?

Cars parked on all UWM surface lots and most garages may not park overnight and any vehicles parked after 2 am and before 5 pm without permission may be ticketed/towed at owners expense. Certain garages allow overnight parking as long as the parker has purchased a residential permit. If a permit parker (without overnight parking) does need to park overnight, a request including the license plate number must be made in advance of the requested date to uwmpark@uwm.edu. Typically, customers with a commuter (non-residential) permit can have one night a month of overnight parking for free, but payment is required for additional nights. Customers must contact Transportation Services regardless.

Which spaces can I park in?

Please note that the K-permit and/or all-access permit do not allow parking in Chancellor’s spaces, accessible spaces, spaces reserved for events/guests, or loading/drop-off areas (including the Lubar, Union, and Sandburg circle driveways). The All Access Permit also does not include access to Cambridge or Riverview garages. Check our signage page for more information.

Do I need a physical permit?

Usually, no.

Cambridge Commons requires that a hangtag is displayed in your vehicle to park in the garage.

For other locations, UWM uses license plate recognition software to determine if a vehicle has a permit, and no stickers or hang tags are necessary.

To enter and exit the Union, NWQ, Pavilion, Lubar, and Kenilworth garages, simply hold your PantherCard up to the keypad in order for it to scan and raise the gate.

How many vehicles can I have on my permit?

Faculty/staff can register up to two (2) vehicles on a permit; other customers, including students, are limited to just one (1) vehicle per permit. Regardless, only one vehicle associated to a permit can be in use of the permit at a given time as each additional vehicle found to use the permit at the same time will receive a citation unless payment is made for parking via pay station, payment app, or purchasing an additional permit.

Vehicle FAQs

Adding a Vehicle
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Click on “VEHICLES” at the top of the website.
  4. Click on “ADD VEHICLE”.
  5. Provide the required information.
  6. Click on “NEXT”.
Editing Vehicle Information
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Click on “VEHICLES” at the top of the website.
  4. Click the corresponding license plate of the vehicle.
  5. Click “EDIT” in the center of the page to access the current vehicle information.
  6. Edit the desired content, e.g. vehicle make.
  7. At the bottom of the page, click “NEXT” to complete the edit.
Removing a Vehicle
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Click on “VEHICLES” at the top of the website.
  4. Click the corresponding license plate of the vehicle.
  5. At the bottom of the page, click “DELETE”.
  6. Click “OK” on the pop up.

Note: There must be at minimum one vehicle associated with an active account.

What if I get a new vehicle? How do I update my permit?

Note: If you have a permit and are adding a vehicle, you must also attach it to your permit. See the Manage Vehicles on a Permit section above for more information.

Contact Preferences

Adding an associated address, email, or phone
  • Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  • Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  • Select your name at the top right of the webpage. Click “MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION” from the menu.
  • Click “ADD NEW +” under Address, Email, or Phone to enter new content for that section
  • Provide the desired information.
  • Click on “SAVE NEW” when completed with the addition.
Edit an associated address, email, or phone
  1. Go to the website uwm.edu/Transportation/portallogin.
  2. Login to your account. If you are a student or faculty and staff, please use “AFFILIATED LOGIN”. Visitors can use “GUEST LOGIN”.
  3. Select your name at the top right of the webpage. Click “MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION” from the menu.
  4. Click “EDIT” next to Address, Email, or Phone to change the content of that section
  5. Edit the desired information.

Note: There must be at least one address associated to active accounts. Associated addresses and phone numbers can be edited, but only Transportation Services representatives can delete an associated address or phone number completely. Emails can be removed if desired.

An old phone number, mail address, or email address is listed. Why is that?

The Transportation Services pulls data directly from PAWS for faculty/staff and students. This is updated over night and may take a few days if you just made a change in PAWS for it to show up. We also may add in addresses taken from the Wisconsin DMV for official notices. You can always contact Transportation Services with any questions.