Visitor Parking Options
There are several hourly options you can choose from in different areas.
Please note that a visitor is not a faculty, staff, student, vendor or contractor of the university. Faculty, staff
and students need to purchase a permit, while vendors or contractors should have permits
arranged through their project manager.
Hourly Parking
The following areas offer hourly parking:
- Bull Street Garage (gate 3)
- Discovery Garage (park St. side)
- Horizon Garage
- 650 Lincoln Garage (Devine St. entrance)
- Campus Village Garage (top level)
- Pendleton Street Garage (levels 1a, 1b, 2a - enter from Pickens St.)
- Close-Hipp Lot (top level)
- College Street (1700 block)
- Capstone and Columbia Hall (on Barnwell St.)
- Sumter Street Garage (top level)
Parking Meter Cards
Cards are available for $5 per day, for purchase in the Parking Services office. They
can be used in any hourly surface lot space. These cards are not valid in USC garages
or at City of Columbia street meters.
City Meters
While we encourage you to park in campus parking whenever possible, City of Columbia parking meters are also available on many streets around campus.