Plan Ahead: Holiday Parking & Transportation 2024

Student rushing to catch a snow covered University of Michigan blue bus in winter

Happy holidays!  Please note the following modifications to Logistics, Transportation & Parking services during the 2024 – 2025 Holiday Season.

Hours of Operation

  • Parking Customer Services Offices: 523 S. Division and the UH South offices will close December 24 at 12:00 p.m.  Both offices will reopen at 7:30 a.m. on January 2.  
  • Fleet Services will be closed from December 24 at 12:00 p.m. until January 2 at 6:30 a.m. Vehicles to be rented over the season day period need to be picked up before 12:00 p.m. on December 24.
  • Fleet Garage will be closed from December 24 at 12:00 p.m. until January 2 at 6:30 a.m.  For vehicle concerns when the garage is closed:
    • Contact DPSS at 734-763-1131
    • Call Roadside Assistance at 833-433-8841
    • Dial 911 in an emergency.
    • If necessary, DPSS can arrange for assistance from Fleet Garage.
  • Waste and recyclable collection needs will be monitored and performed during the season days as needed. Call the Facilities Services Center (734-647-2059) if there are additional needs.

Transit 

Reduced transit services will be in effect during the holiday season.

There will be NO BUS SERVICE on December 25 or January 1. Regular campus and Michigan Medicine bus service will be modified as follows:

  • Northwood Express and Diag-to-Diag will run through December 9 (the last day of classes) and resume January 8, 2025 (the first day of classes).
  • Bursley/Baits and Oxford Shuttle routes will run through December 20 and resume January 5, 2025.
  • Northwood route will run regular service through December 20 and resume January 5, 2025.
  • December 21 – 24 and December 26 – January 4, 2025: Northwood buses will run every 40 minutes and will follow the Northwood Winter Break schedule.   Please be aware that Winter Break Northwood Service will end early on December 24.
  • Wall St-NIB, Wall Street Express, North-East Shuttle, and Med Express routes will run through December 23 and resume January 2, 2025.
  • Commuter will run through December 24 and resume January 2, 2025.  Commuter will end early on December 24.
  • The Wall Street Express will run a special holiday schedule between 6:15 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to and from the Wall Street Parking Structures and the U-M Hospital on December 24, 26, 27, 30 and 31. Bus frequency will vary from 7-15 minutes depending on the time of day. Please check the Wall Street Express Winter Break schedule. 
  • Commuter lot parkers (NC90/91, Glazier Way, Mitchell Field, NC78 and Crisler Center lots) are encouraged to park FREE in the Wall Street Parking Structure and Wall Street blue permit surface lots and take the Wall Street Express to/from the hospitals. There will be NO BUS SERVICE for the NC90/91, Glazier Way, Mitchell Field, NC78 or Crisler Center commuter lots from 6:00 p.m. on December 24th through January 1, 2025. Regular Service to these lots will resume on January 2, 2025. 
  • The East Medical Campus Employee Parking Shuttle and Michigan Medicine Late Night Shuttle services will not operate between December 24 and January 1.  Please note that the East Medical Campus Employee Parking Shuttle will end at midnight on Monday, December 23.  Late night return service from Taubman will be provided to East Ann Arbor Gravel Lot (EC1) and Northeast area lots until 5:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 24.  On Thursday, January 2, the East Medical Campus Employee Parking Shuttle will resume at 3:20 a.m.
  • Paratransit Service: Regular service will be available through December 20 and will resume on January 6, 2025. Registered passengers who need the service between those dates may call Golden Limousine directly at 734-668-8282.
  • SafeRide will be available through December 19 and will resume on January 8, 2025.

See the 2024/2025 Holiday Parking & Transportation Map and Calendar for additional Medical Campus Information.

Parking Enforcement

From 5:00 p.m., Monday December 23 through 6:00 a.m., Thursday January 2:  

  • Permits are required in P1, P2/P3, P4 & P5 structures and M95 (Arbor Heights) surface lot.  These parking areas will be enforced throughout the holiday season. In addition, special signed spaces (Gold, Accessible, Service, Business, and Commercial Vehicle) will require appropriate permits and remain enforced at all times.
  • Permits are not required in all other U-M parking lots and structures (from 5:00 p.m., Monday December 23 – 6:00 a.m., Thursday, January 2). Recommended “free” parking options for Medical Campus employees include:
    • Structures –  Glen, Catherine, Ann, Wall Street, Fletcher & Palmer 
    • Lots – M27, M28, M34, M50, M65, M66, M87, & M78
  • Medical Campus afternoon or night shift staff, who can not be accommodated by the Wall Street Express bus service or “free” options, can park in P2 (December 25 – January 1).  Staff must exit via a patient/visitor lane and show their Yellow or Orange parking permit to the Attendant for free exit.
  • On university holidays, Yellow AVI permit parkers can park at P3, P4, P5 & M93 24 hours/day as described here.

Patient/Visitor Parking

  • Patient & visitor parking will continue at P1 – P5 throughout the holiday season, except on December 25 & January 1, when parking will be free.
  • Patient & visitor parking at Fletcher and Palmer Structures will be free throughout the holiday season (December 24 – January 1).

 

Thank you for your cooperation — and happy holidays!