The University of Iowa and University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics maintain facilities offsite of the main campus in Iowa City. Parking and Transportation manages some parking and provides transportation options where possible for several of these facilities listed below.
For employees assigned to offsite facilities see Permit Reciprocity arrangements for parking on main campus. Public parking facilities can also be used to visit main campus (not including some hospital ramps), but normal parking rates will apply.
Iowa River Landing
Transit
The City of Coralville and CAMBUS provides transit service that connects the main campus and IRL.
All three local transit agencies - CAMBUS, Iowa City Transit and the City of Coralville Transit – use the Transit app to provide real-time bus location, arrival times, alerts, maps, trip planning and more. See our Transit page for more information and to download this essential transit tool.
Parking
The UI Health Care offers primary and specialty health care at the Iowa River Landing. Parking at IRL is provided in parking facilities and structures managed by the City of Coralville.
Parking and Transportation and the City of Coralville work together to allow university permits at the IRL West and Intermodal Facility Ramps. Employees assigned to work at IRL or IRLE are eligible for an IRL West or Intermodal Ramp permit. The City of Coralville also honors most university main campus employee and student parking permits, except for NW permits, in the IRL West Ramp. Employees are assigned to park in the upper levels of the IRL West Ramp, leaving the lower floors for patient and public parking.
N/W Privileges are provided with IRL permits for use on the main campus via a university parking access card. For employees who purchase an Intermodal Facility Ramp permit, a separate Coralville parking access card is required to enter/exit gates at this facility.
License plates are used as virtual parking permits on the university campus, including permits at the Oakdale campus. Specific rate and other permit information can be found on the employee and student parking pages.
Employees and students who do not maintain a campus permit can park in the hourly parking facilities at IRL and pay the applicable daily rate.
UI Research Park/Oakdale Campus
Most parking at the UI Research Parking/Oakdale Campus is managed and maintained by Parking and Transportation. In addition to providing dedicated maintenance from permit revenue, enforcing the space as a reserved parking lot helps ensure employee and business parking is accommodated during primary business hours.
Transit
CAMBUS provides service to the UI Research Park/Oakdale Campus via the 34 Research Park Route. Please see the CAMBUS Routes, Schedules and Maps page for the most up to date information. Download the Transit app for real-time bus information.
Parking
Below is a list of the parking lots on the UI Research Park/Oakdale Campus currently managed by Parking and Transportation:
Parking facilities at Oakdale campus
A parking permit is required on weekdays during the enforcement hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Permits allowed during enforcement hours include: HSSB, OAK and main campus employee and student permits. NW permits are not allowed during enforcement hours. Motorcycles can park in vehicle stalls at this time, but the license plate and permit must be facing the drive lane.
Portions of the lot are dedicated to ADA, visitor, public and loading zone parking. Users should look for signage throughout the parking lot to understand the limits of employee parking.
Public parking spaces will be signed with ParkMobile zone signs and will require payment via ParkMobile, the campus mobile parking payment option.
License plates are used as virtual parking permits on the university campus, including permits at offsite locations. Specific rate and other permit information can be found on the employee and student parking pages.
A parking permit is required on weekdays during the enforcement hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Permits allowed during enforcement hours include: OAK and main campus employee and student permits. NW permits are not allowed during business hours, until 3 p.m.
Portions of the lot are dedicated to ADA, public and service zone parking. Users should look for signage throughout the parking lot to understand the limits of employee parking.
Public parking spaces will be signed with ParkMobile zone signs and will require payment via ParkMobile, the campus mobile parking payment option.
License plates are used as virtual parking permits on the university campus, including permits at the Oakdale campus. Specific rate and other permit information can be found on the employee and student parking pages.
The East Lot is primarily reserved for student storage parking but offers some public parking. The lot can be found on GPS maps as “East Lot – University of Iowa”.
Bus service to East Lot is available but limited. See the 34 Research Park route page for details and download the Transit App to help plan trips.
Research Park Student Storage Permit
The majority of the lot is reserved for student permit holders. You must be residing in a university residence hall to qualify for this permit. Permits are sold on a first come, first serve basis and may sell out.
Public parking
There is one row dedicated to public parking located closest to Old Hospital Rd. The public parking spaces are free and are first come, first serve.
