Parking and ID Services Office

Welcome to SMU! The Parking and ID Card Services Office offers solutions and directions to those who need to move around the campus. Reshaping public perception. Discovering a new way of doing business. Our mission is to provide SMU identification cards and a comprehensive array of parking services for the campus community, as well as visitors.

 

   

 

 

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Log in with your SMU ID number and password at idcard.smu.edu. SMU employees and students who need a new or replacement SMU ID card visit the Parking and ID Card Services Office during business hours at your convenience.

A parking permit is required to park on campus year round. Below is information on how to get the right permit for your needs.

  • Students registered for Spring Semester 2020 classes  may order a permit valid through August 1st 2020. online (just log on to your My Parking Account using your SMU ID and Password) Payment is made after the permit is ordered on my.SMU.edu, not on the parking website. 
  • Employees may obtain permits in our office or online by logging on to their Parking Portal account.  Contact us for more information at parking@smu.edu.
  • Visitors can purchase permits in our office, online as a guest or use any self-pay & park location referenced on the visitor parking map (see lower right).
  • Please note Students and Employees - To help enhance application and data security, effective October 14, 2019, Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) will be required to access this service.
     

New for the 2019-20 Academic Year

Student and Employee "Decal Permits" will be replaced by "Virtual Permits" using License Plate Recognition software to validate the permit in the system.

Parking Spring enforcement schedule is in effect 

  • Spring enforcement schedule is in effect From January 2nd to May 18th. 
  • Permit and metered parking is enforced  Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
  • Permits are required to park your car on campus at all times all year round.
  • Students with valid SMU parking permits may park in the area corresponding to their permit: Resident "yellow" or AUP "red" on the campus parking map.
  • Lettered employee lots (Blue) remain parking by assignment only and the appropriate permit is required.
  • Employees may park in AUP or as indicated on the campus parking map for the type of permit.
  • For a full listing of enforcement hours and parking regulations, please visit the Student Handbook's vehicle regulations section.

Update your vehicle information now! 

Log on to your parking account to update your vehicle by selecting "Vehicles" on the upper left of screen.

Parkmobile, LLC, the leading provider of on-demand and prepaid mobile payments for on- and off-street parking announced today its partnership with Southern Methodist University to provide mobile payments for metered parking to the campus. Visitors will be able to use the app on-street throughout the campus metered parking spaces using Parkmobile’s app for iPhone, Android, and Windows phones or by calling the toll-free number on the green meter stickers and signs. Parkmobile’s mobile payments system is very simple and easy to use. Customers first must register by either downloading the mobile app in their phone’s app store, online at www.parkmobile.com, or calling the toll-free number on Parkmobile signage. Once registered, they may immediately begin using the system. Learn more.

DART Transit GoPass, riders are able to commute to campus by bus and rail with public transportation that is reliable, economical and hassle free! You must be currently registered for Spring 2020 semester's classes, have a photo ID and your current US cellphone registered on your my.SMU.edu account to be eligible to download a 2020 student DART GoPass transit pass. 

Your new 2020  DART Transit GoPass will be delivered right to your cell phone. Check out what the GoPass App looks like at http://www.gopass.biz/. Just download DART's free GoPass Mobile Ticketing Application at the App Store on your cell phone and then register your device by clicking on "My Tickets" in the GoPass App. Once you’ve successfully downloaded GoPass, click here more information. 

Please contact the Parking and ID Card Services Office at idcard@smu.edu or 214-768-7275 for additional information or further assistance.

Please note: The SMU Express and Museum Express shuttles remain free to all riders and do not require a DART Transit Pass to ride.

The SMU Express 768 shuttles will operate the reduced “Out of Session” schedule during spring break and the first two weeks following spring break Monday March 16 through Saturday April 4.   

The 768 SMU Express shuttles will resume operating the full “In Session” schedule beginning Monday April 6. 

The 743 Museum Express shuttle will continue to operate its route as normally scheduled.

Community members can sign up for Rider Alerts at www.dart.org. This will allow them to stay up-to-date with any new developments regarding this issue as well as any DART service alerts and/or disruptions that may occur at any time.  

Commuters can also track the SMU shuttles in real-time and receive notifications by downloading the DoubleMap app or use the website at http://smu.doublemap.com/map/.  

New Track the SMU Express or Museum Shuttle Here or go to http://smu.doublemap.com/map/ Powered by DoubleMap shuttle tracking system

  • SMU NON-SESSION SERVICE.
    Operates when regular undergraduate classes are not in session: Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and Good Friday. No Saturday service when classes are not in session.  SMU Express 768 Non-Session schedules 

Learn more about campus parking options on SMU's Athletics game days.

Please click here for information on Commencement and parking information