Employee FAQs
Yes. If you have a valid Duke permit, you can park in most facilities (including most garages) between 5pm and 6:59am weekdays and all day on weekends.
Several permits are valid in Parking Garage 1, Parking Garage 2, and Parking Garage 3 between 2:30pm – 9:00am on weekdays. They are:
- H, R1- For staff who primarily work days but may have an occasional need to park in a garage during evenings/weekends
- HEW - For staff working evening and/or weekend shifts
- Mill
- Parking Garage 3
- Research Drive Garage
If you have one of the above permits and need to park between 9:00am and 2:30pm, you must park in your designated lot and use Duke Transit.
If you don't have a permit, a free night permit (NGT) is available. To obtain a permit, visit Duke FlexPort.
Yes, however, we encourage employees to park in their permitted facility even when visiting for an appointment. If you park at Parking Garage 1 (Trent Drive, serving Duke Clinic, Cancer Center and Duke Medical Pavilion) without a valid permit, you should remove your permit from your vehicle before arriving at the facility. Otherwise, the parking system will read your permit (even if stored in the glove box), indicate it is invalid, and prevent you from pulling a visitor ticket.
Yes, please notify us if your pay date schedule changes by writing tranpark@duke.edu so that your payroll deductions can be adjusted. You will be responsible for all missed payments if you fail to notify PTS about the pay date schedule change
Log into Duke FlexPort or MyParking and select one of the Single Day permits.
Employees with annual permits (not NGT permits) may park in the Blue Zone and Duke University Road lots on West Campus or the East Campus lots (excluding Crowell) from the Monday after commencement (around May 15) to approximately August 15.
A parking subsidy is offered to eligible employees. Additional information is available on our website.
Use the search box above to search this site, or write tranpark@duke.edu.
Student FAQs
Yes; read about available permits and visit Duke FlexPort to place your order. The cost of the permit will be prorated based on purchase date.
Park in a facility where your permit is valid. Be sure your permit is displayed.
Yes. If you return your permit to us before Dec. 31, we'll issue a credit to your bursar account for the remaining value of the permit.
Log into Duke FlexPort or MyParking and select one of the Single Day permits.
Cars cannot be stored on campus during the summer.
Permits cannot be mailed internationally, please wait to order the permit until you have a local mailing address. Students living on campus will receive a Duke Box number in which the permit can be shipped to.
An annual parking permit should not be purchased until you have a registered vehicle.
Temporary tags can be used, please ensure the temporary tag number and not the expiration date is registered.
- Non-North Carolina license plates can be registered.
- New vehicles and license plate numbers can be added online using FlexPort.
- Using false plate numbers can result in penalties.