Parking Permits

You may submit your RISD parking permit application online or in person by bringing a completed PDF form to our South Hall office, Monday through Friday from 8 am–3 pm.

We process applications submitted in person immediately, and issue your permit immediately after processing. For all other applications, we will send your permit via interoffice mail.

A standard campus parking permit entitles you to park in all RISD lots. Parking is first-come, first-served as spaces come available. 

There is currently no charge for an employee parking permit. RISD reserves the right to reevaluate and restore parking fee structures for upcoming fiscal cycles.

Permit holders are expected to read and understand all RISD parking policies and must display your permit when parking on campus. Vehicles are subject to ticketing, towing or immobilization unless a valid permit is visible inside the vehicle. You are responsible for all citations/fees associated with any vehicle displaying their permit.

You may only utilize RISD parking facilities when you have official business on campus. We prohibit storing of vehicles on campus or in RISD parking facilities.

RISD PARKING LOTS

• 130 Point Street (8 spaces)
• 187 Garage Studios (5 tandem spaces)
• Bayard Ewing Building (23 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Benefit Street Lot, 292 Benefit Street (22 spaces)
• Congdon Street Lot (6 spaces)
• Defoe Lot 1 — Lower (13 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Defoe Lot 2 — Upper (4 spaces)
• Design Center/Auditorium Alley (4 tandem spaces)
• Dwight House (3 tandem spaces)
• Farnum Lot (33 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Fones Lot (10 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Illustration Studies Building Lot (10 spaces + 4 handicapped spaces)
• Planet Street Lot (9 spaces)
• 161 South Main Street Lot (22 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Waterman Street Lot 1 — Upper (20 spaces + 3 handicapped spaces)
• Waterman Street Lot 2 — Lower (3 spaces + 1 handicapped space)
• Woods Gerry Lot (24 spaces)

CITY STREET SPACES

• Benefit Street — Benson Hall (4 spaces)
• Fulton Street (7 spaces, reserved for RISD-marked and service vehicles only)
• Meeting Street — east side (7 spaces)
• Meeting street — west side (4 spaces)
• South Water Street — east side (16 spaces)
• South Water Street — west side (20 spaces)
• Washington Place (5 spaces)
• Westminster Street (3 spaces)
• Westminster Street (1 space reserved for Residence Life staff only)

Permit holders are prohibited from parking in:

• spaces expressly reserved for a specific faculty/staff member
• spaces marked as “visitor” spaces
• spaces marked restricted by a sign or pavement markings

Parking in these restricted areas will result in a citation or towing of the improperly parked vehicle. Spaces reserved for a specific individual are to be used by that individual only.

Please note: RISD holds a lot at 55 Angell Street, but spaces are reserved for specific RISD community members. General parking permit holders are not permitted to park in these spaces.

If you no longer need a parking permit, or if you are no longer employed by RISD, please return your permit to our administrative office in South Hall (30 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912).

Emeritus professors and trustees receive lifetime parking permits free of charge. The Trustee Office makes arrangements with DPS for issuing permits to emeritus professors and trustees, who must abide by all established parking regulations.