Transportation and Parking
For the protection of University students, faculty, and staff, no parking is allowed at any time, anywhere on campus, without a valid Vanderbilt University registration permit, except by visitors in spaces designated for visitors. University parking lots are identified by alphabetical, zone-permit, or reserved-spaces designations. Vehicles may be parked only in areas that correspond to their respective parking decals, subject to the exceptions delineated in the University Parking Regulations.
Student Parking and Transportation Options
| Zone 3 |
$50 per month Zone 3 includes (click here for a map):
To purchase a parking permit for Zone 3:
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| MTA Ride to Work |
Free Vanderbilt fully subsidizes (100% discount) the cost for all graduate, professional, and medical students to ride the local mass transit buses to and from the University every day. To ride for free, swipe your VU student ID badge as you board an MTA bus. Bus routes and schedules are available at http://www.nashvillemta.org. |
| Bike |
Free |
Parking for class
There is no reserved parking for students at the Village at Vanderbilt building or the 2525 West End Avenue building. Students who drive to campus should park in their permitted parking areas and walk to class.
Village at Vanderbilt – There is one-hour visitor and patient parking in the surface lot behind the building and in the designated areas of the underground parking garage. These areas are patrolled by VUMC Parking and Transportation Services several times a day. There is on-street parking along 17th Avenue South. Bike racks are located by the tables outside Dunkin Donuts.
2525 West End Avenue – There is free 2-hour parking for retail customers in the surface lot directly in front of the building. The 2-hour time limit is enforced. There is on-street parking off-campus, within a few blocks of the building. Bike racks are at the northeast corner of the building by the main entrance to Barnes & Noble. Additional bike racks are located in the Kensington garage near the 25th Avenue entrance.
Visitor Parking and Metered Spots
A Vanderbilt permit is required to park in any space on campus, other than in the visitor spaces below:
- Terrace Place Garage, spaces 41-92, 21st. Avenue & Terrace Place
- Wesley Place Garage, spaces 52-170, 21st. Avenue & Scarritt Place
- Meters in Lot 96 located in Zone 1; Lots 6B located in Zone 2; Lots 15 & Lot 21, & Lot 27 located in Zone 3
- All meters along streets (meters are enforced Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise marked)
Nashville MTA
All full-time Vanderbilt graduate students and employees are eligible to ride to and from campus on an MTA bus. Swipe your student ID badge upon boarding the bus.
Bus route and schedule information is available at www.nashvillemta.org or by calling (615) 862-5950. Bus route maps are available at the post office on the second floor of the Commons Center.
Bus routes with stops close to campus include:
- Route 2 Belmont
- Routes 3, 5 West End Corridor
- Route 7 Hillsboro
- Route 21 University Connector
- Route 25 Midtown
Nashville B-cycle
A partner with the Mayor’s Office and the Metro Nashville Health Department, Nashville B-cycle is designed to encourage a healthy and environment-centered mode of transportation. Nashville B-cycle is an affordable fee-based bike-share initiative that is operated by the Nashville Downtown Partnership, a nonprofit management organization. Nashville B-cycle tracks mileage and calories burned, as well as the carbon offset of each trip.
How to Use B-Cycle, Nashville’s Bike-Sharing Program
The B-cycle station map | Stations closest to Vanderbilt:
- Corner of Wedgewood Avenue and 21st Avenue
- Centennial Park (27th Avenue North, by the Centennial Arts Activity Center)
- Corner of Church Street and 20th Avenue North (near St. Thomas Midtown Hospital)