Student Move-In will take place from Wednesday, August 20 through Sunday, August 24.
The campus community should anticipate increased traffic and rerouting on Wednesday, August 20, as student move-in begins. The increased traffic this activity brings may create traffic delays and will necessitate parking space closures and alterations to the city and U-M transit systems.
Traffic and Street Adjustments
Expected to be in place from the early morning of Wednesday, August 20, through late night on Sunday, August 24, the following changes in traffic patterns and parking will be in place to accommodate U-M student move-in:
- Thompson: One-way southbound from East Jefferson to Packard and street parking bagged/reserved
- East Madison: One-way eastbound from Thompson to South State and street parking reserved. East Madison will be closed from South Division to Thompson.
- Observatory: One-way southbound from East Ann to Geddes and street parking reserved
- Maynard: Street parking reserved from E. Jefferson to E. William
- East University: Street parking reserved between Hill and Willard
- Church Street: Street parking reserved between Hill and Willard
- North University Court: Street parking reserved
- Washington Heights: Closed from Observatory to East Medical Center Drive and street parking reserved
- East Ann: One-way eastbound from Zina Pitcher Place to Observatory and street parking reserved
Parking impacts
Most street parking in the immediate vicinity of residence halls will be reserved for students and families who display the proper move-in unloading permit.
Several university parking lots will be converted to move-in use ONLY for the duration of move-in.
University lots that will be impacted Wednesday, August 20 through Sunday, August 24 are as follows:
- Lot M28 (on Washington Heights)
- Lot M95 (just east of Markley Hall): west half of lot will be for move-in participants
- Lot E1 (on North University Court across from Stockwell Hall)
- NC2 & NC4 (Housing lots next to Bursley)
- NC31 (Housing lot north of Bursley)
- NC32 (Bursley/Baits)
- Palmer Drive Parking Structure (N26): all visitor parking will be for move-in participants. Entry/exit gates will be open starting at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 20.
- Gold and Blue permit parkers can still use the visitor entrance lane to access parking.
- W16 (“Triangle”) Lot: Thompson at Madison and Packard will be controlled for move-in
- Thompson Parking Structure
Please note that Wall Street area structures have Blue parking availability for Medical Campus parkers who typically use M28 or M95.
Maps of parking impacts and street traffic adjustments for Central/Medical Campus and North Campus are shown below.
Central/Medical Campus:
North Campus:
Bus Route Adjustments
Both the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority and U-M Logistics, Transportation & Parking will be modifying some bus routes to accommodate the changes in traffic flow. Please visit the AAATA rider alerts page and the LTP transit alerts page for details.
Uniformed Housing Security and university police officers will be on-site during move-in and will aid in maintaining efficient traffic flow in the residence hall areas.
For additional information about Student Move-In, please see the housing website.
