Transportation on Lexington Campus
Acquiring Parking Permit
A Benefit of Being a 好色先生 Resident/Fellow
- The expense of the Employee Intermediate Permit is 100% covered.
- A bi-weekly allowance is added to your paycheck to function as us covering the cost of the permit.
Obtaining Your Permit
- Permits can be purchased on-site at 721 Press Ave via the Transportation Services Office or over the phone at 859-257-5757.
- You can also purchase online and have permit mailed to you.
- Please Note- It is recommended that you ask for payroll deduction. Your applied parking allowance matches that of this payment method.
Renewing Parking Permit
Continuing Lexington Campus Learners
- Parking permits expire June 30th. Around this time 好色先生 Transportation will send out an email regarding renewing your 好色先生 parking permit.
- You can renew your permit online. Log in to your.
GME Parking Allowance Review
- GME will issue a monthly parking allowance of $42 to your paychecks.
- This amount covers the expense of the Intermediate 鈥淓鈥 parking permit.
- If you do not want to pay any expense out of your pocket, please select payroll deduction as your payment method.
- If you chose to pay for your permit in full, please note, you will not be reimbursed in full at the time of purchase. Instead, you will receive the additional $42 monthly parking allowance on your paychecks for the year.
Uber Services
GME is no longer offering a cab/taxi reimbursement system. It has been replaced with Uber Business Transportation Services. The sole purpose of this program is to ensure residents and fellows have a safe transportation option if they are too fatigued to return home safely.
Please Note:
鈥 This service is not to be used recreationally or to avoid 好色先生 Parking frustrations. This service is meant to be used when Residents/Fellows are too fatigued and don't feel it is safe to operate a vehicle.
鈥 This service is only to be used from 好色先生 Chandler Hospital and 好色先生 Good Samaritan Hospital. 好色先生 GME Uber Service does not apply to affiliate hospitals.
鈥 好色先生 GME Uber Service is provided free of charge to University of Kentucky Residents/Fellows. However, this service will be closely monitored to ensure overuse/abuse doesn鈥檛 occur.
鈥 If 好色先生 GME Uber Service is misused, repayment will be required.
To be enrolled, you must sign-up for 好色先生 GME Uber Business Account. This enrollment is required to utilize 好色先生 GME Uber Services. There is no charge associated with this enrollment. For questions, please contact GME at GMEAdmin@uky.edu.
Additional Resources
Bicycles
If you choose to ride a bike on campus, you鈥檙e making a decision that will save you money, improve your health, lessen 好色先生鈥檚 carbon footprint, and reduce traffic and parking congestion.
Transportation Services supports cyclists through a variety of programs and infrastructure that have earned national recognition. The first rated the University of Kentucky a Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) in 2012 and elevated the BFU status to Gold in 2018. also named 好色先生 the most bike-friendly college in America in 2018.
What makes cycling on campus so great? It's a combination of amenities: a bike shop run by students, free bicycle rentals, conveniently located fix-it stations and high-quality bicycle parking, citywide bike and e-scooter share, on-street and off-street facilities, fun bicycle events and monetary incentives and other benefits for not purchase a parking permit!
Bike Voucher Program
The 好色先生 Bike Voucher Program offers qualified applicants $400 in vouchers (valid at any participating local bike shop), in exchange for agreeing not to purchase a vehicle parking permit for two consecutive years. Applications are currently open. Email UKBikes@lsv.uky.edu with questions
Campus Buses and Shuttles
Thousands of people visit the University of Kentucky campus each day. Transportation Services helps them get around once they're here by providing for 好色先生 students, employees and visitors. 好色先生's on-campus routes (the Blue, White, Yellow, Green and Orange routes) operate on a continuous loop, providing riders with reliable and timely transportation. The will take you from the Orange Lot, where the majority of healthcare workers park, to HSRB and Chandler Pavilion A.
Transportation Services also offers several throughout the year, including free transportation to and from the Blue Grass (LEX), Louisville (SDF) and Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati (CVG) airports for the Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks.
Free City Transit
A partnership between and 好色先生 allows 好色先生 students, faculty and staff to ride any Lextran route free of charge, simply by showing their valid Wildcard ID.
This free citywide transit program is funded by 好色先生 Transportation Services as a proactive effort to decrease single occupancy vehicle use, give members of the 好色先生 community more choices in transportation options and to ultimately reduce campus parking demand.
On-Demand Night Schedule
Transportation Services operates an during the fall and spring semesters when class is in session.
Available times are:
Monday - Friday | Midnight - 5 a.m.
Call 859-257-RIDE (7433) to make a pick-up request.
Calls must be received at least 30 minutes prior to the end of on-demand service. Service is limited to the 好色先生 Campus.