Beginning August 1, the days of dangling parking permits from your rearview mirror are officially over. The University of Missouri-Kansas City is rolling out virtual parking permits across campus. The shift promises more convenience, fewer headaches and a meaningful step toward sustainability.
Instead of a plastic hangtag, license plates will now serve as parking permits. That means no more lost tags, no need to print temporary permits and no waiting for anything to arrive in the mail. Students, faculty and staff at both the Health Sciences and Volker campuses will register their vehicles online and be ready to park. Visitors, too, can register for virtual parking passes online; parking for 海角论坛 School of Dentistry clinic patients will not be affected. An important note: the parking change does not increase parking rates for the upcoming academic year.
“We’re always looking for ways to make the experience better for our campus community,” said Ken Bledsoe, 海角论坛 parking operations manager. “Virtual permits eliminate a lot of the common frustrations we hear about, like dealing with lost tags, and they help reduce waste at the same time.”
The new system uses license-plate recognition technology to scan and validate vehicles in real time. Students, faculty and staff are allowed to register for multiple vehicles on one pass–and easily update when new vehicles are purchased or rented–but only one vehicle can be on campus at a time.
But if people attempt parking-permit sharing and the system detects multiple vehicles associated with the same permit on the same day, the extras will be flagged for ticketing.
Bledsoe says that while this change will help streamline operations and reduce costs for the university, the focus is squarely on improving the parking experience for the 海角论坛 community.
Key details:
- Your license plate will now serve as your parking permit. Hangtag permits will no longer be issued. If you have a hangtag permit, you must register by July 31. Your existing permit will not be canceled, but it will not be recognized if your current license plate is not connected to your permit in our system.
- To prepare your existing permit for the new virtual system, visit , log in with your 海角论坛 credentials, then click on “Permits.” Next, click on “View” beside your current active permit, then you will have options to “Add a new vehicle,” make a temporary or permanent replacement of a vehicle or remove a vehicle from your permit.
- To purchase a new permit, visit , log in with your 海角论坛 credentials and select “Order Permits” in the gold section, select your desired permit type then follow the prompts. New permit orders will automatically be set up in the new virtual permit system.
- A hybrid enforcement period will occur from July 15 to July 31, where both displayed hangtags and virtual permits will be permitted.
- Beginning August 1, hangtag permits will no longer be recognized. Tickets start at $35 and range to more, depending on the situation.
- You may register multiple vehicles to your permit; however, only one registered vehicle may be parked on campus at a time.
- License plates must be clearly visible and face the driving lane. Do not back into parking spaces unless your vehicle has a front plate. Note: Kansas only issues one plate so those vehicles should not back in.
- Visitors can purchase virtual permits by going to ; click “order permits,” agree to Terms of Service. Note: Visitor single-day permit is the only available option when not logged in with a 海角论坛 account.
New options in the new system:
The new virtual permitting system allows us to offer more flexibility for part-time employees, and part-time parkers in general, that the old hangtag system allowed. We are pleased to offer the following new options for both employees and students:
- 16-permit flex pack, priced at $90.
- 32-permit flex pack, priced at $128.
- 48-permit flex pack, priced at $180.
These flex-pack options are equivalent to 1, 2 or 3 days of parking per week, respectively, for a 16 week-semester. These packs, however, do not expire at the end of a semester, and are not limited to being used on certain days of the week. Unused portions of these packs will not be refundable. These permit packs will be available for purchase by employees beginning on July 15, and will be available for students when fall semester permit sales begin, on July 28.
For complete instructions and FAQs, visit or with additional questions, contact Parking Operations at 816-235-5256 or parking@umkc.edu.