University of St. Thomas

Parking & Transportation

We look forward to having you participate in the Center for Senior Citizens’ Education programs and welcome you to our campus.  This page is intended to give you information that will facilitate your visits.

For information on building locations and parking ramps, view campus maps or click the links below for maps that show the specific locations for CSCE programming.

St. Paul Campus

There have been many changes to parking on the UST St. Paul campus, partly due to on-campus construction and elimination of some on-campus parking, as well as the addition of a new parking facility.  Please read this information carefully to make your visit to our campus more manageable.

Link to St. Paul Campus Map:  St Paul Parking Map

We encourage you to consider alternative means of transportation whenever possible, including car-pooling, public transportation, and the St. Thomas shuttle bus.

• Public Transportation:  Call Metro Transit at (612) 373-3333 for current routes, schedules and fares or on the web at http://www.metrotransit.org
• St. Thomas Shuttle Bus:  Runs every 20 minutes starting on the hour between the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses, stopping on Summit between Cleveland and Cretin (the Arches) in St. Paul and in front of Terrence Murphy Hall in Minneapolis, on Harmon.  There is no charge to ride the shuttle, but you must have a Center for Senior Citizens' ID card in order to ride the shuttle.  This card is available from the Center for Senior Citizens' Education during Center hours (call to check hours at 651-962-5188) or via mail.

Parking on the St. Paul Campus:

All vehicles parked on UST property must either have a valid permit or be parked in a paid visitor parking area (except for those with valid state-issued handicap permits).  Vehicles improperly parked on campus are subject to ticketing and towing.

On-campus surface parking lot permit:  The cost is $55.00 per semester.  These specially discounted senior citizen parking lot permits are valid only in designated campus surface parking lots and are available only through the Center for Senior Citizens' Education office.  We can accept check or cash payment for parking lot permits.  This payment must be made separately from program registration fees.  In order to issue a permit you will need to supply your vehicle make, model and color, as well as license plate information.  Multiple vehicles may be registered on one permit as long as you supply the necessary information for each vehicle.  You will receive two ramp coupons with your permit purchase which will allow you to park in either the Morrison or Anderson ramp two times at no additional charge.  Additional ramp coupons may be purchased for $5.00 each.

On-Campus visitor parking ramps:  there are two ramp locations with visitor parking.  The cost is $1.50 per hour.  The preferred method is to swipe a credit card when you enter and again when you leave.  Otherwise, you may take a ticket and bring it to the pay station to make your payment and receive an exit voucher.

Handicapped parking:  those with state-issued handicapped permits may park in any of the designated handicap spaces on campus or any of the metered spots at no charge.

Street parking:  because the city of St. Paul designates many streets as Resident Permit Parking Only, availability of nearby street parking is very limited.  Be sure to observe signs on the streets as most of them require residential permits.

Minneapolis Campus

Link to Minneapolis Campus Map:   Minneapolis Campus Map

Parking is available in several city of Minneapolis public parking ramps near the campus.  Selected ramp information is included below.  The web link for more information on City of Minneapolis parking facilities is:  http://parking.ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Selected ramp information:

• Harmon & 11th Street Ramp:  $2.50 for one hour; $8.00 for 4-12 hours
• MEC Ramp at 10th & Hennepin:  $2.75 for 1st hour; $10.50 for 5-12 hours
• DAP (Downtown Auto Park) Ramp at 9th Street & Lasalle Avenue:  $4.00 for the 1st hour; $15.00 for 6-12 hours

Those with state-issued handicapped permits may park in the MEC Ramp on 10th & Hennepin, connected to UST by elevator and skyway.  Your parking ticket will be validated at the UST Information Desk, located on the 2nd floor as you come up the elevator.