Parking is available in assigned, well-lighted areas on Rider University campus for students, faculty, staff, visitors and guests. To help ensure everyone’s safety and to facilitate parking for all, members of the University community are encouraged to familiarize themselves with Rider’s parking regulations and enforcement as described below.
Parking permits
Students, faculty and staff must register their vehicles with the Department of Public Safety. Public Safety is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and can be reached at 609-896-5029.
Hangtags for Fall 2026 will be available for purchase on August 3, 2026 and Spring 2027 hangtag dates will be announced soon. All hang tags must be hung from the rearview mirror with the information clearly displayed. All other parking permits issued by the department must be displayed clearly on the dashboard.
Student parking permits:
All undergraduate, graduate, residential and commuter students must purchase a parking permit in order to have a car on campus.
To apply online for your student parking pass:
- Create a new Nelnet account, or sign into an existing Nelnet account. (Please note, Nelnet does not use RiderKey credentials.)
- Parking Permit Links:
- Go to the Shopping Cart. Check the box to agree to the terms of service, then click "CHECKOUT". On the following screen, enter your billing information and select a payment method (ACH or credit card). Click "CONFIRM" to complete the transaction.
Students may pick up their new parking decal at the Department of Public Safety, located in West House at the south entrance of campus. The office is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Please bring your Rider ID, driver’s license, and current auto insurance and registration cards to pick up your decal.
Faculty and staff parking permits:
Vehicles must be registered with the Department of Public Safety. Please download a vehicle registration form (PDF). Print out your completed form. Bring this form along with your Rider ID, driver’s license and current auto insurance and registration cards to pick up your decal.
FAQs
Parking regulations and enforcement
The operation of a motor vehicle on campus is a privilege which may be withdrawn by the University for failure to comply with regulations enforced by the Department of Public Safety. These regulations apply at all times to members of the University community including students, faculty, staff, administrators, visitors and guests.
Parking is prohibited in fire zones and on campus roadways except as otherwise designated.
Students may be granted temporary access to park near a building for loading and unloading purposes only. Please contact Public Safety at (609)-896-5029 to advise them of your request for temporary parking near your residence hall and you will be given a 15 minute grace period.
The Department of Public Safety may limit or alter on-campus parking and traffic flow in the event of an incident, emergency or campus event.
Please note that Rider University assumes no responsibility for the care of, protection of, or damage to any motor vehicle or its contents at any time it is operated on, parked on, or removed from University property.
Please familiarize yourself with the Rider University Vehicle Policy (PDF) and parking assignments.
Please note the following:
- Temporary state placard applications are available at municipal police departments. The application requires a doctor’s signature and a small fee. Resident students should indicate their Rider address on the application. Keep in mind that temporary placards are only valid until their date of expiration.
- Gated lots are accessed as designated via your Rider ID.
- Any change in the license number of a registered vehicle during the academic year must be reported to Public Safety by the registrant.
- Temporary parking permits may be obtained from Public Safety for guests and for an unregistered vehicle when a registered vehicle is unavailable due to repairs or other reasons. Temporary permits are to be displayed on the driver’s side of the dashboard. There is no fee for temporary permits which may be issued for a maximum of 7 days. Extenuating circumstances may be approved by the Director of Public Safety.
- Freshman residents are permitted to obtain one temporary parking pass per semester (not to exceed 3 days) for temporary use of a vehicle. No additional temporary parking passes will be issued to that student without prior consent from the Director of Public Safety.
- Lost or stolen hang tags or temporary parking permits must be reported to Public Safety. They will be invalidated and new ones will be issued.
- Designated handicapped accessible spaces are interspersed throughout the parking lots. The applicable license plate or hang tag issued by a state Department of Motor Vehicles is required for these spaces. Faculty, staff or students with handicapped license plates or state-issued hang tags also still must register their vehicles with the Department of Public Safety.
- Passenger pick up/drop off points are designated in the Fine Arts Circle, in front of Moore Library and the Bart Luedeke Center, and in the residential complex. These areas are designated for this purpose only. Unattended vehicles in these pick up/drop off areas and on roadways are subject to ticketing and towing at any time.
Traffic Ticket Appeals
If you believe that a ticket may have been inappropriately issued, you may seek to have it reviewed administratively. This review is initiated by completing a Traffic Ticket Appeal form which must be submitted via email within 15 days of the issuing of the citation. All reviews are conducted by a Traffic Ticket Review Board, comprised of representatives of the student body and staff. The decision of the Board is final and is communicated via Rider Email to the person making the appeal.
Complete a Traffic Ticket Appeal Form
Questions or concerns about the appeal process may be addressed to: communitystandards@rider.edu.
Parking assignments
Please note that parking is prohibited in fire zones and on campus roadways except as otherwise designated.
Students may be granted temporary access to park near a building for loading and unloading purposes only. Please contact Public Safety at (609)-896-5029 to advise them of your request for temporary parking near your residence hall and you will be given a 15 minute grace period.
The Department of Public Safety may limit or alter on-campus parking and traffic flow in the event of an incident, emergency or campus event.
- Open parking is available at all times for general faculty/staff, student and visitor use in the back lots adjacent to the turf field and track, in front of the Canastra Health and Sports Center, in the Durkin Lot between the south entrance and the south gate kiosk, and in the upper section of the parking lot located behind Lake House and Longstreet House. All vehicles on campus must be registered with Public Safety including those parking in the Open Lots. Vehicles parking in the Open Lots must have or display a current year parking permit, sticker, hang tag, or temporary parking permit.
Additional open parking is available as follows:- Fine Arts and Daly/Vona lots on weekends from 5 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Monday.
- Visitor parking or dedicated visitor parking is located across from the Bart Luedeke Center (BLC) in the Admissions and Special Event Parking Lot as indicated by sign(s). It is accessible via the entrance with gate arm, located across from the BLC. Exiting the lot requires visitors to drive through the staff parking lot, to the exit gate arm, as indicated by the signage. Students are not permitted to park in the Visitor's Lot. All vehicles parking in the Visitor's Lot should be registered with Public Safety and be issued a temporary parking pass. Additional visitor parking is available in open parking lots as described in the Open Parking section above.
- Faculty and staff parking is available in gated lots adjacent to the academic buildings, across from the BLC and next to the Canastra Health and Sports Center. These lots are accessed with your Rider ID. Parking is also available behind Daly Dining Hall, the Vona Center and the General Services Building (building occupants only).
- Resident (R) and commuter (C) student parking is available in the large lot across from the BLC as indicated by signs on the light poles stating Commuter and Resident student parking. It is also located in the lot that runs along White Pines Apartments/Skillman Ave, near the south gate entrance as indicated by the signs on the light poles stating Commuter and Resident student parking. Students with C or R decals can park anywhere in the C/R lot (open to all students). Parking is also available to residents in the Kroner lot and Poyda lot as indicated by the Resident Parking Signs
- Beckett Village residents and sorority residents and commuter parking is available in the gated lots adjacent to these buildings. These lots are accessed with your Rider ID. Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Xi Delta and Delta Phi Epsilon residents and commuting members may park in the gated sorority lot.
- Residents of Phi Sigma Sigma, Longstreet and Lake Houses parking is available in the lots behind Lake House, Longstreet House, Phi Sigma Sigma house or any other Residential Lot. All vehicles parking in this lot, including the Open Upper section, must be registered with Public Safety.
- Designated handicapped/disabled parking spaces are available in the parking lots to anyone who has either a permanent or temporary state-issued handicapped placard displayed. Vehicles must also be registered with Public Safety.