There are no areas where students, faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, and contractor/service employees may legally park without having purchased a valid permit.

All students, faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, and contractors must purchase a parking permit in order to park a vehicle on campus property. Those persons who have a valid placard displayed or plates to park in an ADA-accessible space may do so if they have purchased a valid permit.

Parking permits are required in all parking lots from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday for all motor vehicles, including motorcycles and rental cars.

Please see above. Parking permits are required in all parking lots from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday for all motor vehicles.

Although the exact dates may vary, semester-long permits are available one month to two weeks before the beginning of the semester and cease being sold about one month before the end of the semester. Year-long permits are typically available one month to two weeks before the beginning of the academic year, and cease being sold at about the end of the Spring Semester.

Employee permits no longer expire, and are paid for via Payroll Deduction. Please contact parking@wright.edu if you wish to change the type of parking permit that you have; changes can be made once per academic year. New employees are given a link during their orientation where they can select their choice of permit type.

Temporary (i.e., weekly) permits may be purchased at any time.

Students may currently purchase a Single-Semester Permit, a Full Academic Year Permit, or a Full Year Academic “Rowdy” Permit. Further information about student permits can be found on our Employee and Student Parking Permits page.

Employees who elect to have a parking permit may currently purchase a General Parking Permit or a “Rowdy” Permit. Further information about employee permits can be found on our Employee and Student Parking Permits page.

Contractor/Service Employees may currently purchase a General Parking Permit or a “Rowdy” Permit in the Public Safety Service Center located in the Public Safety Service Center in 060 Allyn Hall.

Anyone may purchase a temporary (i.e., weekly) permit; they are priced at $9/week for students and $10/week for other persons. Temporary permits grant access to park in any General Parking space on the Dayton campus. These permits are available in the Public Safety Service Center located at 060 Allyn Hall.

First-Year students are welcome to park at Wright State.

No. Wright State uses License Plate Reader technology to verify that you have a valid permit. That said, you need to make sure that the vehicle that you are parking on campus has been linked to your permit. You can find a link to your My Parking Account and instructions on how to do this on our Employee and Student Parking Permits Page.

The Expiration Date of your permit can be found by logging into your My Parking Account and clicking Permits -> View Permits.

We do not accept cash or Wright One Cards as forms of payment.

We accept all forms of credit or debit cards, with the exception of American Express, to purchase a permit. You may also use a personal check or a signed money order; please note that there is a $25 fee if your check is returned to us, plus the full amount of the price of the permit.

Additionally, until the first day of classes, you may add the cost of your parking permit to your tuition bill. When you are purchasing a permit in your My Parking Account, and you are prompted for the Payment Type, please select Bursar Student Account.

Graduate assistants and student teaching fellows would purchase one of the three types of student parking permits. Students are not currently allowed to use Payroll Deduction as a method of payment.

All Dayton campus faculty, staff, and students, as well as paid contractors, must purchase their own valid parking permit in order to park a vehicle on the Dayton campus. Sharing permits is considered to be fraudulent; violations are subject to fines.

All persons who have a valid permit may park one of their associated vehicles may park in any white- or yellow-lined space in the Residential Areas or the Campus Lots, as long as the space is not restricted or reserved for another purpose. Please note that those who have a “Rowdy” Permit may also park in the “Rowdy” spaces in lots on campus.

Visitors to campus that have either obtained a Visitor’s Permit at the Lot 2 Booth or at the Public Safety Service Center located at 060 Allyn Hall or who have a prominently-displayed PDF permit that was obtained from a Wright State faculty/staff member, may park in “Rowdy” spaces. Students or employees who have a “Rowdy” Permit may also park in the “Rowdy” spaces in lots on campus.

You may park in an ADA-accessible space if you have a valid permit in addition to a legally-displayed, state-issued disability license plate or placard permit. ADA-accessible parking spaces are located in visitor Lot 2; Lots 1, 3, and 4; as well as Lots 6 through 18. ADA-accessible parking spaces are also located near the entrances to all of the residential buildings.

Instructions for logging in to your My Parking Account and for linking vehicles to your permit can be found on our Employee and Student Parking Permits page.  Once you have purchased your own permit, you may have up to three vehicles that are linked to your permit at any one time; however, you may only have one of those vehicles parked on campus at any one time. There is never a fee for changing which three vehicles are linked to your permit.

This is not allowed. Every Dayton campus student, employee, and contractor/service employee must purchase their own permit.

You can purchase a temporary (i.e., weekly) permit in-person at the Public Safety Service Center located in 060 Allyn Hall; they are priced at $9/week for students and $10/week for other persons. Temporary permits grant access to park in any General Parking space on the Dayton campus.

We welcome visitors to the university. Visitors, alumni, retired professors, etc., may always park in Parking Lot 2, which is adjacent to the Student Union. If you wish to park elsewhere, you may obtain a daily Visitor’s Permit (free of charge) in the booth in Parking Lot 2. If there is no attendant on duty, you may obtain one in the Public Safety Service Center in the Public Safety Service Center located in 060 Allyn Hall. The permit must be prominently displayed on your rear-view mirror before parking. You may then park in any white- or yellow-lined space in the Residential Areas or the Campus Lots, as long as the space is not restricted or reserved for another purpose. However, Visitors may park in “Rowdy” spaces.

Bicycles must be parked in bicycle racks. Bicycles may not be parked in campus buildings (except student residence hall rooms) or locked to trees, light/sign posts, fences, handrails, etc. Please see additional information regarding bicycles in the Wright State Parking Policy page.

Guests to the Residential Areas are welcome at Wright State.

Day guests may obtain a Visitor’s Permit (free of charge) in Parking Lot 2, which is adjacent to the Student Union. If there is no attendant on duty, they may obtain one in the Public Safety Service Center located in 060 Allyn Hall. The permit must be prominently displayed on their rear-view mirror before they park on the Dayton campus and/or in the Residential Areas.

Overnight guests may purchase a temporary (i.e., weekly) permit in-person in the Public Safety Service Center located in 060 Allyn Hall; they are priced at $10/week. At this time, we do not offer overnight permits for a shorter amount of time.

Prior to the beginning of the semester, semester permits are refunded at 100%; during the first two weeks of the semester, they are refunded at 70%. Refunds will not be granted after the first two weeks of the semester. Annual permits are refunded on a prorated basis. For more details on our refund policy, please visit the Wright State Parking Policy page.

The fastest and easiest way to pay for a citation is by clicking Citations -> Pay this Citation after logging into your My Parking Account. You may also mail the citation and a signed check or money order to the following:

Public Safety Service Center
060 Allyn Hall
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435

You may appeal a citation by clicking on Citations in your My Parking Account. Those people who are not affiliated with the University may appeal their citation by creating a Guest Account.

Click on Citations, and then click on Appeal, which is located to the right of the citation number.

Please call the motorist assistance phone line at 937-775-2111 if you need help with a battery jump or vehicle lockout. Our officers are here to help you. Motorist Assistance is offered 24 hours a day, all through the year, unless inclement weather conditions create unsafe conditions for staff providing the assistance.