Update vehicle registration when license plate changes
Nebraska licensed car owners will receive a new plate, with new numbers, when licensing their vehicles in 2017. If your vehicle has a UNL Parking Permit, you must change your registration to include the new license plate information. A permit registered with only the old license information will be invalid – and you can receive a parking ticket.
To update your license plate information, access your Online Parking Service Account, enter the new registration information and delete the old listing.
Steps to change parking permit for new license plate:
• Access Online Parking Service account https://unlpts.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal
• Click blue box, MANAGE ACCOUNT
• Log in with your My.UNL credentials
• Select VEHICLES from the dropdown ‘MORE’ in gray text at top
• Click gray box ADD VEHICLE
o Enter information for vehicle with new license plate as noted (License plate information, make and model of your vehicle)
• Click NEXT
• Select PLATE NUMBER of the vehicle with EXPIRED license plate
• Click DELETE gray box at bottom of page
• REMEMBER to LOG OUT of the account
More details at: http://parking.unl.edu/
Update Passport Registration when license plate changes
The Passport mobile parking app lets you park, pay, extend and manage your parking meter session from your smartphone.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you have a new vehicle license plate, update that information on your Passport registration.
Check details on Passport across campuses at http://parking.unl.edu/parking-meters#passport-app
More details at: http://parking.unl.edu/
Help yourself! Make sure phone contact information is correct and current
In time-sensitive situations, the Parking and Transit Services enforcement team calls vehicle owners about their vehicles.
However, these calls only work if your current phone information is available.
• Students: Check and update phone numbers on MyRed.
• Faculty and staff: Check you phone listing on Firefly and correct if needed.
More details at: http://parking.unl.edu/
Guests on campus in March
State Basketball Tournaments will return to Lincoln in March.
Players, their families and fans are visitors to the University campuses around these events. Girls’ teams will play March 2 through 4. Boys’ tournaments occur March 9 through 11.
Guest parking spaces, lots and garages [on the west and north sides of campus], will be busy at these times.
More details at: http://parking.unl.edu/
Close Up: Parking enforcement protects those following the rules
The enforcement team of Parking and Transit Services focuses on protecting the people doing the right thing – not just catching people doing the wrong thing.
“We make sure that people who have paid for a permit to park in an area can do that. We ticket vehicles that are parked illegally,” said Bill Manning, Operations Manager, Parking and Transit Services. “There is a limit on the number of vehicles that can park in any lot or garage. We sell permits to fill those areas. Violators often keep vehicles with permits from parking in their area.”
The number of violations is significant. From January 3, 2017 to February 6, 2017, enforcement wrote more than 3,880 tickets across East and Downtown campuses. Tickets are issued to all parking violators, including students, faculty and staff, as well as contractors, vendors and visitors.
“It is important that of the 3,880 tickets, more than 40 percent were warnings,” said Dan Carpenter, Director, Parking and Transit Services. “Warnings are a direct tool to educate drivers about designated campus parking areas. We want drivers to understand available and acceptable options.”
A ticket appeal process is also available, with access on the website http://parking.unl.edu/citation-payment-appeal
“In the last fiscal year, we saw an 11 percent decrease in the number of tickets,” Carpenter said. “We attribute this decrease to improved utilization of campus parking options. These include expanded hourly garage parking; the addition of Passport cell phone app to pay parking meters remotely; and more perimeter parking permits.”
Parking and Transit Services is an auxiliary department and does not receive funding from state tax revenue. The enforcement staff includes about 20 students who work 15 to 20 hours a week.
“The enforcement staff that monitors lots and garages includes students who are working to make money for their tuition,” Manning said. “They work in all weather conditions. Sometimes they receive negative verbal feedback. They are just students, doing a job to enforce the rules.”
If you have any questions about available parking, violations and fines, check the website http://parking.unl.edu/rules-regulations
More details at: http://parking.unl.edu/