Transportation & Parking

Students ride free on all Capitol Metro Buses, UT shuttle buses, MetroRapid, and Light Rail with a student ID card. The shuttle bus service covers campus and many parts of Austin, including the Pickle Research Center. Maps, timetables and travel planner available on the CapMetro website.

The bus timetable is also linked to the bus stop icons in GoogleMaps and to the GoogleMaps route-planner, and the Transit App has live arrival times, route maps and a journey planner on a platform that is more stable than the CapMetro App.

Parking is very limited at UT Austin. All registered students are eligible to purchase a ‘C’ hangtag permit. Registered graduate students who are employed by UT for at least twenty hours per week (GRAs, TAs, and some fellowship holders) may request an ‘A’ hangtag permit online. Note that you will not be able to purchase an 'A' ticket until your work appointment begins. For more information on eligibility, fees, location of the parking lots, or other information on parking, contact UT Parking.

Other UT & Local Resources

City of Austin City Government Offices 

Austin American Statesman: local newspaper

UT Maps: when Google can't figure out what that building code stands for  

Campus Computer Store: discounted hardware and software, limited stock on campus and a large online inventory