REGULATIONS.HTM

Emory University has initiated significant planning in recent years to ensure that its future contributions in research, scholarship, and education will have maximum impact in a world facing new challenges every day. A Campus Master Plan outlining rational growth for the long term physical development of the campus was developed to address and embrace wide-ranging strategies for developing an environmentally sustainable community. Emory’s long-standing commitment to the ideals of “environmental stewardship” encourages us to “create a sustainable campus that conserves natural resources, restores environmental quality and protects biodiversity.” The planned changes in Emory’s physical environment over the next ten years will transform the University and its health care complex into a model of an effective and efficient sustainable community.

The guiding principles of the Campus Master Plan focus on developing a pedestrian campus in which inner campus streets become walkways, bike paths, and green space. Emory’s Office of Transportation and Parking Services enthusiastically embraces these principles. Frankly, we would like to get cars off campus and discourage the single occupancy vehicle commute into the Emory area. To this end, parking is being relocated from the streets of the main campus to the periphery, and we are developing several initiatives in support of alternative modes of transportation. Funds have been allocated to promote more multimodal forms of commuter transportation. This is more in line with a value system that seeks to improve air quality, to be mindful of the environment, and to enhance the quality of life for all.

This manual presents a comprehensive guide to opportunities for alternative means of getting to campus for the 20,000 employees and students (and growing) who commute every day. Emory is grateful for those who have committed to multimodal transportation in the past through MARTA, carpools, vanpools, and the bike/walk program, but now a greater effort is needed to reduce traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and avoid construction of additional parking structures.

A significant number of students and more than 7,500 employees live within three miles of campus. In response to requests for improvements and expansion to the shuttle program, new shuttle routes are being rolled out to coincide with the 2006–2007 academic year. The free shuttle system will utilize low-emission buses and include service from Park-n-Ride lots from which employees and students can take an express shuttle to campus. Emory’s expanded shuttle system is also getting a new look and a new name, “Cliff.” “Cliff” is a fictional character based on Clifton Road. Look forward to seeing the “Cliff” logo on shuttle bus stops, shuttle information, and all over campus. Not only is riding on “Cliff” free but an easy way to get around campus and into neighboring retail and shopping areas.

Emory is committed to its role as a responsible partner and leader in seeking new solutions to a more enlightened stewardship of the Atlanta urban environment. Members of the Emory community are encouraged to work together to reexamine their modes of commuting and consider modes that share all or part of the ride with others. We hope that these new and refocused programs will promote a greater awareness of commute options designed to reduce the stress of traffic in the area, provide a cleaner environment, and encourage better stewardship of the community in which we work and live. Employees in both Transportation and Parking Services stand ready to assist employees and students in taking advantage of these options.

Part I. Transportation Services Programs Rules and Regulations

Section 1. Environmental Impact

The Smog Season begins on May 1 and ends on September 30. During this time, concentrations of smog are greatest.

Across Georgia, twenty-eight counties or parts of counties in the metro-Atlanta region are classified by the U.S. EPA as a nonattainment area for either ground-level ozone, particle pollution, or both.

Ground-level ozone is produced by a combination of weather conditions, the combustion of various fuels, and other airborne volatile organic compounds. Ground-level ozone can cause a variety of health problems and aggravate respiratory conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma. Currently, a majority of smog-forming air pollutants emitted in Atlanta come from mobile sources such as cars and trucks.

Nonattainment status means that for many days, especially May 1 to September 30, air pollution levels are likely to exceed federal and state limits. Poor air quality threatens our economic prosperity, poses risks to human health, and is detrimental to the environment. (Source: The Clean Air Campaign)

Section 2. What Can I Do?

1. Help take Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOVs) off the road. Choose one or more of the commute options available at Emory.

•Emory Transit system (See Section 5.)

•Public Transit Subsidy and Discounts (See Section 6 or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/marta_subsid.html)

•Carpool Program (See Sections 7 or 8 or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/carpools.htm

•Vanpool Program (See Section 9 or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/vanpools.html)

•Bicycle Program (See Sections 10 or 11 or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/bicycle.html)

•Walk Program (See Section 12 or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/Alt Transp/walk.html)

•Motorcycles on Campus (See Section 13 or visitwww.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/motorcycles.html)

Note: Look for Transportation and Parking’s new website location, coming in 2007.

2. Make Alternative Work Arrangements: To learn about Emory’s policy regarding flextime, compressed work weeks, job sharing, and telecommuting, visit www.emory.edu/awa. Supervisors should call Human Resources for guidance regarding alternative work arrangements.

3. Use “Cliff” (campus shuttles): Instead of driving to other campus locations for lunch or meetings, plan to walk or use “Cliff.” Visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/shuttles.html to learn about “Cliff.”

4. Follow theses general tips during smog season:

• Refuel your vehicle, lawnmower, etc. after 6:00 p.m.

• Reduce car trips during the day, whether you drive to work or telecommute.

• Set your thermostat one or two degrees higher.

• Use water-based paints and cleaners.

• Delay mowing lawns until after 6:00 p.m. and keep lawn care equipment tuned-up.

• Limit time outdoors for the elderly, children, athletes, and individuals with respiratory problems.

• Turn off lights and appliances when not in use.

• If you must drive to work, then walk, or shuttle to lunch and meetings. Visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/shuttles.html to learn about “Cliff.”

For additional information, call Transportation Services at 404.727.1829, or visit www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/, the Clean Air Campaign website at www.cleanaircampaign.com, or the Clifton Corridor Transportation Management Association (CCTMA) site at www.CCTMA.com.

Section 3. Transportation Program Incentives

1. Employee Guaranteed Ride Home Program. Registered participants in Emory’s Transportation Programs (Emory Transit, public transit, vanpool, carpool, bike or walk) are eligible for a Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) to leave work due to an emergency. Eligible participants also must be registered with 1.87.RIDEFIND for the GRH program. To register, call 404.727.1829 or sign up online at www.187ridefind.com/grh.html.

2. “Cliff” Permit: Employees. Participants of Emory Transportation Programs (Emory Transit, public transit, vanpool, carpool, bike, or walk) may also register for a special “Cliff” pass. Employee “Cliff” permits are used at the designated deck only when it is necessary to drive personal vehicles to work. Options for the “Cliff” permit for all Transportation programs include:

a. Free “Cliff” permit. All registered commute option participants are eligible for the free “Cliff” permit good for twenty-four (24) daily uses at the designated parking deck only.

b. Additional daily uses. Allows twenty (20) daily uses at the designated parking deck for $75 (at $3.75 per use). Up to forty (40) additional daily uses may be purchased within a twelve-month period in increments of twenty.

3. “Cliff” Permit: Students. Registered student carpool participants and eligible vanpool participants may also register for a special “Cliff” permit. Student “Cliff” permits are good for twelve (12) daily uses per semester at the designated deck only.

NOTE: If you have registered for a “Cliff” permit to park in a designated deck, visitor parking areas and street parking are not allowed.

4. Carpool / Vanpool Reserved Spaces. Reserved spaces are assigned to carpools consisting of three or more persons and for all vanpools.

5. Flexcars. Emory faculty and staff who meet certain eligibility requirements can now take advantage of a new car-sharing program through a joint venture with Flexcar. Six Flexcars are parked around the campus and may be reserved and used for short trips by eligible participants during regular University hours. Membership and rental fees are waived for the first year of membership in the program, thereafter a $40 annual membership is assessed for those wishing to continue in the program. Participants in the commute option programs are eligible for certain promotional discounts. For more information, go to www.flexcar.com or call 1.877.Flexcar.

Section 4. Incentives Application Process

1. Meet Eligibility Requirements. Active full-time regular, active part-time regular (work a minimum of twenty hours per week), and active full-time temporary Emory University and Emory Healthcare employees whose primary work location is on the Clifton Road corridor are eligible to participate in the commute option programs (Emory Transit, public transit, vanpool, carpool, bike, or walk).

2. Complete form. Participants must complete the appropriate application form. Enrollment forms for the programs are available at the Office of Transportation Services, Clairmont Campus Deck; the Office of Parking and Community Services, Lowergate Deck; Human Resources, 1762 Clifton Road; and online at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/registration.htm.

3. Submit documents. Participants must submit a copy of both their current vehicle registration with license plate number/VIN for all vehicles to be used and their valid driver’s license to receive a “Cliff” permit. Submit documents in person, through interoffice mail to the Parking Office, or by email (if documents are scanned) to parking@emory.edu.

4. Notification of approval and issuance of “Cliff” permit. Participants must turn in their Emory hangtags before receiving a “Cliff” permit. Once all of the above information has been submitted to the Parking Office, it may take up to five (5) business days to verify eligibility. When your application is approved, you will be asked to turn in your current parking hangtag(s) and pick up a “Cliff” permit at the Parking and Community Services Office.

5. Display “Cliff” hangtag and decal and park in assigned deck when you must drive in alone.

Section 5. “Cliff” Transit

1. “Cliff” Transit Shuttles. The “Cliff” system operates through the Emory campus system and connects with other parts of the Emory community, including the Briarcliff Campus, the Clairmont Campus, Emory Healthcare facilities, and Park-n-Ride locations. For specific routes and schedules, see the Transportation Services “Cliff” brochure and website. “Cliff” is free to ride.

2. “Cliff” Park-n-Ride Lots. On certain “Cliff” transit commute routes, look for Park-n-Ride locations at which commuters can connect with the “Cliff” transit system. When application is made for the “Cliff” permit, identify the lot you would like to use. Parking is free in the Emory Park-n-Ride lots.

3. “Cliff” Transit Incentives: Employees

a. In emergency situations, a ride can be provided to the Park-n-Ride Lot.

b. “Cliff” permit—refer to Section 3.

4.“Cliff” Transit Incentives: Students

Eligible students are able to purchase the “Eagle” permit with twelve (12) daily uses per semester for short-term use at the designated deck. Refer to Section 16(2)(c).

5.“Cliff” Transit Application Process

a. Employees and students committing to the Emory transit system as their primary mode of commuting to campus may complete a form for subsidized transit. Refer to Section 4(2).

b. Submit documentation for “Cliff” permit if an employee, and for the “Eagle” permit if a student. Refer to Section 4(3).

c. Employees and students must turn in their regular parking hangtags before receiving the “Cliff” permit or the “Eagle” permit.

Section 6. Public Transit Subsidy and Discounts

Parking and Community Services manages Emory’s transit subsidy program for qualified employees. This program, which provides a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) transcard at no cost, is part of Emory’s total transportation management plan to reduce traffic congestion and parking demand on the main campus (Clifton Road).

Transit cards for other local commute systems such as GRTA and Cobb County will be made available as these programs develop.

1. Eligibility for MARTA Subsidy

Employee Eligibility—refer to Section 4(1). Exceptions to this are made at the discretion of the Director of Transportation Services.

NOTE: Applicants registered in one Transportation Services’ commute option program cannot register for a “Cliff” permit under another commute option.

2. Incentives for MARTA Subsidy

a. Free MARTA transcard. MARTA transcards have unlimited uses during the month. You are expected to use your transcard primarily to get to and from work. However, feel free to use it to ride MARTA to sporting and cultural events, shopping, the airport, or any other travel need that can be accommodated by MARTA. Contact MARTA at 404.848.5000 or at www.itsmarta.com for more information.

b. Guaranteed Ride Home—Refer to Section 3(1).

c. “Cliff” permit—Refer to Section 3(2).

3. Application Process for Subsidized MARTA

Current employees should complete the MARTA application form. Refer to Section 4(2). New employees may obtain the required signature for the MARTA application form from a Human Resources orientation specialist. It may take up to five (5) business days to verify your employment status. Once your eligibility is confirmed, you will be contacted and asked to bring your parking hangtag(s), if applicable, and a photo ID to the Parking Office to obtain your MARTA transcard.

4. Picking Up Your MARTA Transcard

Employees may pick up their monthly transcard at the Parking and Community Services Office starting the 20th day of each prior month. However, transcards must be picked up by the 7th calendar day of the card’s designated month. When picking up a MARTA transcard each participant must:

•Present your Emory University/Emory Healthcare photo ID.

•Sign the transcard.

•Sign the Receipt of Transcard sheet.

NOTE: Applicants registered in one of the Transportation Services’ commute option programs cannot register for a “Cliff” permit under another commute option.

5. After Relinquishing Parking Hangtag

Prorated refunds will be issued for hangtags paid in full or payroll deductions will be cancelled. New participants in the MARTA Transcard Program may continue to pick up weekly MARTA transcards, if applicable, until their first monthly transcard becomes effective.

6. Stolen Transcard

Should a MARTA participant’s transcard be stolen, a free replacement card can be issued upon submission of a police report within 72 hours of incident. A malfunctioning card can be replaced free of charge when returned to one of the following MARTA Ridestore locations: Airport, Five Points, Lenox, and Lindbergh.

7. Do’s and Don’ts

• Do pick up your transcard at the Parking and Community Services Office beginning the 20th of the prior month and before the 7th calendar day of the designated month.

• Do contact Transportation Services at 404.727.1829 if you are unable to pick up your transcard during the pick up period due to illness or scheduled time off. Passes will be held until the 14th of the designated month for these persons.

• Don’t send someone else to pick up your MARTA transcard.

• Don’t transfer your MARTA transcard to anyone else.

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MARTA ‘Breeze’ Card Coming!

Available in late 2006 monthly trips to the Parking and Community Services Office for the monthly subsidized MARTA will be eliminated in favor of a more permanent card. Instead of the traditional tokens and magnetic stripe card that MARTA

currently uses to collect fares, the Breeze system will use smart cards with computer chips that can be encoded with time-based passes, trips, or a dollar value. The more durable Breeze card will be able to hold a variety of MARTA fare product options. These extended-use cards can be replaced if lost or stolen.

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8. Discounted MARTA Fare

Parking and Community Services sells MARTA one-way, weekly, and monthly transcards to Emory employees, students, and affiliates. The Dobbs University Center (DUC) also sells weekly and student monthly transcards. Those purchasing this MARTA fare must be prepared to verify their status at Emory at the time of purchase. In most cases, a student or employee ID will be sufficient. Affiliates of Emory may be required to submit a statement of status from the department with which they are contracted or affiliated; however, in most cases, an employee ID will be sufficient.

Should MARTA increase its fares, the following rates may change accordingly.

$1.75 Single one-way fare (no discount)

$17.50 Ten one-way transcards (no discount)

$30.00 Twenty one-way transcards (15% discount)

$40.00 Student Monthly Transcard (24% discount)

$50.92 Emory Employee Monthly Transcard (4% discount)

$50.92 Emory Affiliate Monthly Transcard (4% discount)

9. Subsidized Regional Transit Providers

a. Effective October 1, 2006, Emory is introducing subsidized transit cards for 4 other regional transit providers.

· Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA),

· Clayton County Transit (CTRAN),

· Cobb County Transit (CCT), and

· Gwinnett County Transit.

b. Twenty (20) One-way trip Express cards. One way trips in increments of 20 uses for Express service will be available in the Parking Office at the beginning of the month for all of the transit providers listed above.

c. Monthly Regional Transit Cards. The unlimited monthly card is appropriate if only a single transit provider is needed for the commute to an Emory system work location. If applying for an unlimited use monthly card, an employee must register by the 10^th of the month to receive the subsidized fare for the following month. Partial month subsidies will not be available.

d. Registration and Eligibility. To register for subsidized transit, employees must meet eligibility requirements as set forth in section 4(1) as well as live in proximity to the point where the employee would logically connect with the service. Participants must complete the appropriate Subsidized Transit Application form identifying the appropriate transit option(s) to be utilized.

e. All regular parking hangtags must be relinquished before the transit subsidies will be issued.

f. Incentives for regional transit cards include Guaranteed Ride Home and the “Cliff” permit. Refer to Section 3(1) and to Section 3(2).

g. Regional Transit cards may be picked up according to the process identified for MARTA monthly cards. See section 6(4).

h. Participants are not allowed to change their participation in a particular transit program during the month.

Section 7. Employee Carpool Program

Carpooling is a part of Emory’s total transportation management plan and is designed to reduce traffic congestion and parking. Transportation Services provides assistance for carpoolers and potential carpoolers through a regional ride-matching service, carpool incentives, and by providing ongoing support and information. Contact Transportation Services for more information at 404.727.1829 or complete the online Ridematch Application at www.187ridefind.com.

1. Employee Eligibility for Carpool—Refer to Section 4(1),

NOTE: Applicants registered in one Transportation Services’ commute option program cannot register for a “Cliff” permit under another commute option.

2.Carpool Categories

a.Reserved Space Carpool

•Three or more full-time employees

• Two full-time employees and two part-time employees or students

b.Two-person Carpool

• Two full-time employees

• One full-time employee and two part-time

employees or two students

• Three or more part-time employees

c. Student Carpool

• Two or more students

• One employee and one student

3. Carpool Incentives

a. Reserved Space Carpool

• Twenty-four (24) free daily uses on “Cliff” permit

• Up to forty (40) additional daily uses (in increments of twenty [20]) on “Cliff” permit within a one-year period.

• Reserved Space

• Guaranteed Ride Home—Refer to Section 3(1).

b.Two-person Carpool

• Twenty-four (24) free daily uses on “Cliff” permit for employees

• Up to an additional forty (40) daily uses (in increments of twenty [20]) on “Cliff” permit within one-year period

• Discount rate of $300 per year

• Guaranteed Ride Home—Refer to Section 3(1).

c. Student Carpool

• Shared student rate of $411

• Free “Cliff” permit of twelve (12) uses per semester—Refer to Sections 3(3).

4. Application Process Carpools

a. Each member of a carpool must complete the carpool application form. Refer to Section 4(2).

b. Secondary carpool participants must submit a copy of a valid driver’s license and current vehicle registration to receive a “Cliff” permit. Refer to Section 4(3). Primary drivers of a two-person carpool are not eligible for a “Cliff” permit.

c. Notification of approval and issuance of permits: once all the above information has been submitted to the Parking Office, participants will be notified within five (5) business days if the proposed carpool is approved. Once the carpool is approved, participants will turn in their current parking hangtag and pick up their carpool hangtags at the Parking Office. All carpool members must turn in their regular parking hangtag before receiving the primary carpool hangtag and “Cliff” permit(s).

NOTE: Only carpools registered through Parking and Community Services can benefit from the incentives offered.

Section 8. Student Carpool Program

1. Hangtag Purchase and Display

Emory students may share their parking hangtag with up to four students or one employee. One student is responsible for paying for the hangtag. The carpool group can decide on their own how to share the costs. Each vehicle in the carpool needs to have a rear window decal on it, plus the hangtag, in order for the vehicle to be legally parked. The carpool must park in the assigned deck. Student carpools are not eligible to park in any reserved carpool spaces. These are for employees only, and violators will be ticketed, booted, and/or towed. Emory graduate students employed in the Emory system full time, may be eligible to register as an employee in the commute options programs.

2. Incentives Student Carpools

After the primary participant, each subsequent participant is eligible for a “Cliff” permit with twelve (12) free deck entries in the designated deck per semester—refer to Section 3 (3). Student carpools are renewable on a semester basis. Registered student carpoolers are entitled to incentives such as gift cards and other promotional items each semester.

3. Application Process Student Carpools

Each member of a student carpool must complete the student carpool application form. Refer to Section 4(2). Form is available online at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/students.htm. Each student carpool member must submit the required documentation. Refer to Section 4 (3). All forms and documentation must be submitted to the Parking Office, Lowergate Parking Deck. Refer to Section 4(4).

4. Ride-matching Services

To help form carpools, students are encouraged to complete a Student Ridematch Application. These can be obtained at the Office of Transportation Services, Clairmont Campus Deck; at the Parking and Community Services Office, Lowergate Deck; or online at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/students.htm. Any questions about the program should be directed to Transportation Services at 404.712.2415.

Section 9. Vanpool Program

Vanpools, like carpools and public transit, provide an alternative to driving solo. Emory’s vanpool program is designed to target employees who do not use public transit and who are seeking the added benefits vanpools offer.

1. Participants

A vanpool is a group of seven to fifteen commuters who choose to ride to and from work together in a leased van. A minimum of three members of the group must register to drive the van. The cost of operating the vanpool is shared among the members. The number of participants and the round-trip commute mileage help determine the cost of the vanpool. The whole group enjoys the economy of sharing expenses and the convenience of sharing a ride.

2. Eligibility for Vanpools—refer to Section 4(1). Students may be eligible if approved by the Director of Transportation Services.

3. Incentives for Vanpools

• A vanpool qualifies for a free reserved parking space with a minimum of three eligible employees from Emory University and/or Emory Healthcare.

• A $51 per month subsidy for eligible employees

• Guaranteed Ride Home for employees only—refer to Section 3.

• “Cliff” permit for a free twenty-four (24) uses plus up to forty (40) additional uses at $3.75 per use. Refer to Section 3(2) for employees and Section 3(3) for students.

4. Application Process: Vanpools

• It is necessary for each member of a vanpool to complete the vanpool application form. Refer to Section 4 (2).

• All Emory vanpool participants must submit the required documentation for the “Cliff” permit. Refer to Section 4 (3).

• All vanpool members will be required to turn in their regular parking permits before receiving the vanpool “Cliff” permit.

NOTE: Only vanpools registered through Parking and Community Services can benefit from the incentives offered.

5. Ride-matching Services

The Clifton Corridor Transportation Management Association (CCTMA) maintains several waiting lists for new vanpools trying to form. If you need additional information about current/potential vanpools, call 404.712.2415, visit www.CCTMA.com, or complete the online Ridematch application at www.187ridefind.com.

Section 10. Employee Bicycle Program

1. Eligibility for Bicycle Program

To qualify for special, University-sponsored incentives, bicyclists must be active full-time regular, active part-time regular (work a minimum of twenty hours per week), or active full-time temporary Emory University or Emory Healthcare employees whose primary work location is on the Clifton Road corridor. Bicyclists must apply at the Parking Office (Lowergate Deck) and must turn in their Emory hangtag(s) to receive a special bicycle “Cliff” hangtag.

NOTE: Applicants registered in one Transportation Services’ commute option program cannot register for a “Cliff” permit under another commute option.

2. Employee Incentives for Bicycle Program

• Guaranteed Ride Home—Refer to Section 3.

• “Cliff Permit—Refer to Sections 3, 4.

• MARTA—We encourage you to take public transportation whenever inclement weather demands. Through the Clifton Corridor Transportation Management Association’s (CCTMA) own bike/walk program, you are eligible to receive up to 100 one-way transcards per enrollment year and 20 one-way transcards at a time.

• Register your bicycle with the Emory Police Department. Call 404.727.5647 for more information.

3. Application Process for Employees

• Bicyclists must complete the Bicyclist/Pedestrian/Motorized Cycle Users application form. Refer to Section 4 (2).

• Submit documentation for “Cliff” permit. Refer to section 4 (3).

• Bicyclists must turn in their Emory hangtags before receiving a “Cliff” permit.

• Notification of approval and issuance of “Cliff” permit. Refer to Section 4 (4).

• To receive the MARTA one-way transcards, employee applicants must also register with the CCTMA. For more information, visit www.cctma.com or call 404.712.2415.

NOTE: Only bicyclists registered through the Parking and Community Services Office can benefit from the incentives offered.

4. Bicycle Parking Policy

Emory University encourages the use of environmentally sensitive modes of transportation such as bicycles. It is the policy of Emory University to remove bicycles and/or other vehicles secured in any way to objects other than designated bicycle racks. This policy applies specifically to railings, handrails, and guardrails, especially those railings or other objects that may be required by persons with mobility impairments. Nor can bicycles be parked in areas that restrict egress for life safety purposes or in any area that would impede or restrict pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The University is not responsible for damage to locking devices that require removal because they are secured to objects other than designated bicycle racks. There are more than forty bike rack locations throughout the Emory campus. A map of bike racks at Emory is available online at www.epcs.emory.edu/alttransp/bicycle.html. Emory has Clean Natural Gas (CNG) buses, electric buses, and buses using biodiesel that are equipped with bicycle racks on the front of the bus (these are the only buses permitted to transport bicycles).

5. Effective Cycling Basic / Commuter Class

Cyclists are also encouraged to attend an Effective Cycling course conducted by the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign (ABC). The Clifton Corridor Transportation Management Association (CCTMA) will subsidize $40 for eligible employees/students. Each participant is required to pay a $20 nonrefundable fee (this deposit may be rolled over to another class date if unable to attend due to an emergency). Contact the CCTMA at 404.727.1829 for additional information or visit www.atlantabike.org/ec.html.

Section 11. Student Bicycle Program

1. Student Eligibility

Students are eligible for the benefits of the Student Bicycle Program if they reside off campus. Students living on the main campus or the Clairmont Campus are not eligible. Students must own a bicycle and utilize a vehicle as the primary mode of transportation to get to campus.

2. Student Bicycle Program Incentives

• Bicycle parking on campus is free and does not require registration.

• Participants may purchase an “Eagle” permit with twelve (12) daily uses per semester in a designated deck.

• Registered student bicyclists are entitled to other incentives such as gift cards and promotional items each semester.

3. Application Process Student Bicycle Program

Students seeking to use a bicycle as their primary mode of commuting to campus may complete a form for Bicyclist/Pedestrian/Motorized Cycle Users in order to purchase an “Eagle” permit. Forms are available at the Office of Transportation Services, Clairmont Campus Parking Deck, or the Parking and Community Services Office, Lowergate Parking Deck or online at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/students.htm. Each student registrant must submit a copy of their current vehicle registration with license plate number/VIN for vehicles that will be brought to the Emory campus, plus a copy of their driver’s license. All forms and documentation must be submitted to the Parking and Community Services Office, Lowergate Parking Deck.

4. Bicycle Parking on Campus—refer to subsection 4 of the previous section on Employee Bicycle Program.

5. Effective Cycling Basic/Commuter Class—refer to subsection 5 of the previous section on Employee Bicycle Program.

Section 12. Walk Program/Drop off

1. Walk Program Eligibility

To qualify for University-sponsored incentives, refer to Section 3(1). Employees who are dropped off at the main campus, and do not drive to or park on campus, may be eligible to register in the Walk Program. Students may register if currently enrolled in an academic program and do not live on the main campus or the Clairmont Campus.

NOTE: Applicants registered in one Transportation Services’ commute option program cannot register for a “Cliff” permit under another commute option.

2. Walk Program Incentives: Employees

• Guaranteed Ride Home—refer to Section 3(1).

• ”Cliff” Permit—refer to Section 3(3).

• MARTA one-way transcards (a single one-way fare). When the weather is inclement, we encourage you to take public transportation. See Section 10(2)(c), Bicycle Program. You are entitled to receive up to 100 one-way transcards per enrollment year—twenty (20) transcards at a time. No more than twenty one-way transcards every two months.

3. Walk Program Incentives: Students

Eligible students are able to purchase the “Eagle” permit with twelve (12) daily uses per semester, for short term usage at the designated deck. Refer to Section 16(2)(c).

4. Walk Application Process, Employees / Students

• Walkers must complete the Bicyclist/Pedestrian/ Motorized Cycle Users application form. Refer to Section 4(2).

• Walkers must submit documentation for a “Cliff” permit if an employee and for an “Eagle” permit if a student.

• Walkers must turn in their Emory hangtags before receiving a “Cliff” hangtag or “Eagle” permit.

• Notification of approval and receipt of “Cliff” or “Eagle” permit. Refer to Section 4(4).

• Employees are eligible to receive the MARTA one-way transcards. Employee applicants must also register with the CCTMA. For more information, visit www.cctma.com or call 404.712.2415.

Note: Only walkers registered through the Parking Office can benefit from the incentives offered.

Section 13. Motorized Cycles on Campus

1. Motorized Cycle Regulations

a. Effective June 1, 2007, faculty, staff and students must obtain a permit for all motorized cycles including all 2 wheeled motorized vehicles under 50cc used on campus. Motorized cycles is defined to include all motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters. There is no permit fee for the 2007-2008 academic year. The permit tag must be displayed attached to the right handlebar. The permit must be obtained within 24 hours of the first use of the motorized cycle on the Emory campus. The provisions in this section do not apply to visitors.

b. Owners with motorized cycles over 50 cc must provide a copy of their motorized cycle registration and show proof of their motorized cycle license at the time the Emory permit is issued.

c. Motorized cycles are prohibited from using gated shuttle dedicated roads including, but not limited to, Asbury Circle within the gated pedestrian area and Starvine Way.

d. Motorized cycles are prohibited from parking in bike racks, fire lanes, sidewalks, handicap spaces, access zones, unauthorized spaces or regular vehicle spaces or on the grass. Motorized cycles may not be driven on sidewalks of the campus.

e. Motorized cycles with a valid Emory permit may park in any designated areas on campus including those in parking decks. Motorized cycles may park in orange- marked designated areas. Motorized cycles cannot park in areas that restrict egress for life safety purposes or in any other area that would impede or restrict pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

f. Motorized cycles, except for mobility impaired, are not permitted inside buildings at any time.

g. All violations involving motorized cycles are subject to citation, including immobilization and towing.

2. Permits for motor vehicle parking.

Students and employees seeking to use a motorcycle as a mode of commuting to campus are not precluded from participation in other commute or parking options and holding other permits.

Part II. Parking Rules and Regulations

Section 14. General Regulations

1. The University requires faculty, staff, and students to register for parking privileges anytime their vehicles are used on campus, including nights, weekends, holidays, and recess periods. Individuals must register within twenty-four hours of the first use of the vehicle (excluding weekends and holidays). If a ticket is received during that twenty-four-hour period, the fine will be waived.

2. University parking privileges will be granted only to persons who have registered and paid appropriate fees or who have otherwise obtained appropriate authorization.

3. Parking registration does not guarantee the availability of a parking space.

4. All vehicle operators are subject to University traffic and parking regulations while on University property and are responsible for knowledge of these regulations.

5. These regulations are subject to change during the academic year. Notification of these changes will be made in Emory Report, The Emory Wheel and on the Transportation and Parking Services website.

6. State and local traffic laws apply to the operation of motor vehicles on the Emory campus. Violations of these laws are handled through the appropriate state and county courts.

7. Inability to locate an authorized parking space is not considered reasonable cause for violating these regulations.

8. The maximum speed limit on campus at all times is 15 m.p.h., except in parking decks and lots, where the speed limit is 5 m.p.h.

9. The University assumes no responsibility for damage to private property.

10.Pedestrians will be given the right of way at all times.

11. Only one parking hangtag will be issued to each authorized driver, except as allowed in Transportation Services’ commute options.

12. Theft of a hangtag, use of a lost or stolen hangtag, or the falsification of a parking hangtag is a criminal offense.

13. Lost or stolen permits must be reported to Parking and Community Services. The lost/stolen report should be completed and submitted to the Parking Office within five business days.

14. Permit holders are responsible for the parking hangtag and decal issued and for any citations issued to the vehicle displaying your hangtag and decal. Parking assignments are made according to the registrant’s eligibility. Therefore, hangtags are not transferable.

15. Both the hangtag and deck/lot decal are required to be displayed appropriately by faculty, staff, and students of the Emory system to park legally on the main Emory campus, Briarcliff Campus, and Clairmont Campus.

16. The deck/lot decal will bear the name of the primary parking deck or lot to be used by the permit holder.

17. To be valid, a hangtag must be clearly visible and hanging from the rearview mirror of a vehicle.

18. To be valid, a deck/lot decal must be displayed on the outside, lower-left corner of the back windshield of the vehicle using the adhesive on the back of the decal.

19. Hangtags should not be displayed in convertibles or other “open” vehicles. A special bumper decal is available upon request.

20. Employees and students who are using a temporary vehicle that does not have a deck/lot decal to display must notify Parking and Community Services to obtain a temporary hangtag for the length of time the temporary vehicle is needed.

21. A registrant’s status as a student will take precedence over any other status with the exception of permanent employment or as allowed in the carpool and vanpool programs.

22. First-year students living in first-year housing and participating in their first complete year of undergraduate academic study at Emory will not be allowed to register to park or bring vehicles onto campus.

23. The abuse or violation of any of the rules and regulations of either the parking section or the transportation program section of these rules may result in the revocation of parking privileges or any other benefit provided herein.

24. All fines must be paid before a permit can be issued and before applications can be approved for any of the Transportation Services’ commute option programs.

25. Persons with motorcycles are not required to register their vehicle to park on campus, but must park in designated motorcycle areas.

26. There are several visitor parking lots on campus. The intent of visitor parking is to provide short-term parking space for visitors and Emory Healthcare patients. Faculty, staff, and students who use these lots in lieu of regularly assigned parking will be considered to be parking out of zone.

27. Vehicles eligible to park in high-top van spaces in parking decks include vans that are seven (7) feet or more from the ground. Sport utility vehicles are not included in this category. Vehicles measuring more than seven (7) feet in height as indicated by the warning bump bars inside the decks are eligible to park in high top van spaces.

28. The wheels of a vehicle eligible to park in a compact space must be within the inner yellow or white lines of the compact parking space.

29. For all parking spaces, a vehicle parked on or over a yellow or white line is a parking violation, even though it may be due to the parking of an adjacent vehicle.

30. Gated shuttle roads may only be utilized by vehicles that are so authorized. Starvine Way, within its gated area, may only be utilized by authorized alternatively fueled and emergency vehicles.

31. Campus parking decks are open for parking on the weekends and generally after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, with the exception of Lowergate, the Tower, and 1525 Clifton Road decks. All vehicles must park in the assigned deck or appropriate zoned street spaces between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During the week unauthorized vehicles must vacate the decks by 6:00 a.m.

32. Reserved, handicap accessible, carpool and vanpool designated spaces are 24 hour tow away spaces for all except the proper permit holders.

33. The term “permit” in these regulations refers to both the parking hangtag and decal.

Questions regarding traffic and parking rules and regulations may be directed to Parking and Community Services at 404.727.PARK.

Section 15. Hangtag and Decal Issuance

1. Faculty and staff renew their parking registration biannually. Parking assignments for faculty and staff are subject to employment status as verified through the appropriate department of Human Resources.

2. Students register at the time of class registration or according to Student Parking Registration Guidelines announced annually. Student status is verified through the Office of the Registrar of the school or program in which they are enrolled. A student’s housing and class, according to University records, will be used to determine the student’s parking assignment.

3. Parking violations must be cleared before a permit can be issued and before applications can be approved for any of the Transportation Services programs.

Section 16. Permit Categories / Eligibility

1.Emory System Employees

a.Administrative All-Access

•Issued to PPAS approved for parking in all deck areas.

•Issued to PPAS and faculty approved for a reserved space.

b.Faculty / Staff Annual permit

• Issued to Emory University employees.

• Issued to individuals in specially designated

categories.

c. Faculty / Staff “Eagle” permit

• Issued to part-time employees, employees whose work location rotates, and employees who need limited access to on campus parking.

• Allows twenty (20) daily uses at the designated parking deck for $75 (at $3.75 per use). Up to 120 daily uses may be purchased within a twelve-month period in increments of twenty (20) uses.

d.Healthcare permit

• Issued to individuals employed by Emory Healthcare.

•Health care parking is restricted to the assigned deck.

e. Medical Resident

• Issued to individuals with medical resident or medical fellow status.

• Medical resident parking is restricted to the assigned deck.

f. Carpool

• Issued to two or more individuals who have properly registered for carpool status.

• Two-person carpool parking is restricted to specifically assigned decks or lots.

• Registered three or more person carpools are restricted to specifically designated carpool spaces, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

g. Vanpool

• Permit issued to primary driver when seven (7) or more individuals have properly registered.

• Vanpools are restricted to designated vanpool spaces twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

h. “Cliff” commute option permit

• All registered employee commute option participants (“Cliff” transit, public transit, vanpool, carpool, bike, walk) are eligible for this permit good for twenty-four (24) free daily uses.

• Additional daily uses may be purchased in increments of twenty (20) uses up to sixty (60) daily uses within a twelve-month (12) period.

2.Student Permits

a. Student Deck Permit

• Issued to students living off campus or in Alabama, Dobbs, Gilbert, Harris, Hopkins, Longstreet, McTyeire, Means, Smith, Thomas, Thomson, and Trimble residence halls.

• The deck permit provides access to one of the following decks: Fishburne, Lowergate South, Peavine, Michael Street, and Clairmont Campus.

• Students must park in the assigned deck between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

b. Student Lots permit

1.“H” Lots

• Issued to students living in fraternity houses.

• Students issued an “H” lot permit may park only in the Fraternity Drive house lots.

• The Fraternity Drive house lots are restricted residential lots. Only students with “H” permits may park there.

• An individual fraternity house decal is required on the vehicle

• Overflow parking for the fraternity houses is Peavine Deck.

2.“S” Lot

• Issued to students living in the Sorority Houses.

• Students issued an “S” Lot permit may park only in the Sorority Houses lot or in Peavine Deck.

• The Sorority Houses lot is a restricted residential lot. Only those students with “S” permits may park there.

•An individual sorority house decal is required on the vehicle to park in the Sorority lot.

• Overflow parking for the Sorority Houses lot is Peavine Deck.

3.“T” Lot

• Issued to students living in Turman Residential Center.

• Students issued a “T” Lot permit may park only in the Turman lot.

• Turman lot is a restricted residential lot. Only students with “T” Lot permits may park there.

• Overflow parking for Turman Lot is Michael Street Deck or Clairmont Campus Deck.

4.“W” Lot

• Issued to students living in Woodruff Residential Center and Clifton Tower.

• Students issued a “W” Lot permit may park only in the Woodruff and Clifton Tower lots.

• The Woodruff and Clifton Tower lots are restricted residential lots. Only students with “W” Lot permits may park there.

• Overflow parking is the Michael Street deck.

c.Student Decks “Eagle” permit

•Issued to students who, according to the Registrar, are half-time students or students in a program where the site of training is on a rotating schedule.

•Allows twenty (20) daily uses at the designated parking deck for $75 (at $3.75 per use). Up to 60 daily uses may be purchased within a 12 month period in increments of 20 uses.

Section 17. Loading Zone / Service Vehicle Permits

1. “Z” Permit

• Issued to university employees using their personal vehicle for university business.

• Employees issued a ”Z” hangtag may park in a loading zone or service space for up to thirty minutes only.

• “Z” hangtags are valid only when used in addition to a current permit.

• “Z” hangtags are approved by special application and must be renewed annually.

• The “Z” hangtag must be displayed on the rearview mirror in the front of the current hangtag when vehicle is in a loading zone.

2. “V” Permit

• Issued to authorized University vendors.

• Vendors issued a “V” hangtag may park within a loading zone or service space for up to thirty minutes only.

• At all other times, vendors are required to use visitor parking.

• “V” hangtags are obtained by special application and must be renewed annually.

• “V” hangtags do not require a decal.

Section 18. Special Reserved Parking

1. Professional Reserved Parking

Parking spaces for members of the president’s senior staff and academic deans may be requested by submitting a completed Special Reserved Parking request form to the Transportation and Parking Services Office. Payment for authorized assigned spaces must be made in advance by the individual requesting the reserved space.

2. Department/Individual Reserved Parking

Special parking spaces for departmental use (excluding University vehicles) may be requested by submitting a completed Special Reserved Parking request form to the Transportation and Parking Services Office. Payment for authorized departmental and individual special parking spaces must be made in advance.

Section 19. Accessible Parking Accommodation

An accessible parking accommodation is available for persons with a disability and/or chronic medical condition (temporary, short-term, long-term) as supported by documentation provided by an appropriate health care provider.

On-campus access to a disabled parking space requires a state-issued Department of Motor Vehicles hangtag along with an Emory-issued parking permit. Applications for the state-issued hangtags are available at the Parking and Community Services Office in Lowergate Deck and at the Office of Disability Services (ODS) in 110 Administration Building, 201 Dowman Drive. Completed applications are processed at selected state Department of Motor Vehicles offices. On-campus use of nondisabled spaces requires the appropriate Emory parking permit.

All accommodation requests based on a medical condition must register with the Office of Disability Services (ODS). No additional fees will be charged for parking accommodations granted under this process. For more detailed information concerning the registration process, please contact Susan D. Cook-Prince at 404.727.6016. The Emory Office of Disability Services is located in 110 Administration Building, 201 Dowman Drive.

Section 20. Permit Fees

1. Parking fees for Emory system employees are announced annually prior to the registration period on the Parking and Community Services website at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/ and in the Parking and Community Services Office and are subject to change.

2. Regardless of parking assignment, the cost for student parking is $411 for 2006–2007.

3. Non-Emory

a. Contractual employees are charged $55 per month for a permit

b. Temporary students who are not registered with the Registrar and do not pay tuition will be charged $35 per month for a permit.

4.Individuals in the foregoing categories must receive approval from Parking and Community Services before any parking privileges can be issued.

Section 21. Permit Returns

Hangtags must be returned to Parking and Community Services if:

1.The hangtag has been damaged in any way. A replacement will be issued at no charge.

2.There has been a change in employment status.

3.In the event of termination of employment.

4.A change in a student’s address, resulting in a change in parking assignment. A change in an employee’s work address may result in a change in parking assignment.

Section 22. Refunds

Refunds on prepaid hangtags and deck-access cards or a termination of payroll deductions will be made only upon return of all parking materials. Refunds will be prorated on a monthly basis. Student hangtags are prorated through Commencement. No refunds for student permits will be issued after March 1, 2007.

Section 23. Replacement Hangtag / Decal

The theft or loss of a hangtag must be reported to Parking and Community Services, and a police report must be filed with Emory University Police or Parking and Community Services. After a report has been filed, a lost or stolen hangtag will be replaced, and a replacement fee of $20 will be assessed. Recovered lost or stolen hangtags should be returned to Parking and Community Services as soon as possible. Faculty, staff, or students who have purchased a hangtag but who fail to place it on the vehicle in use on campus for a particular day may obtain a free one-day replacement up to three times per year. Thereafter, the cost of a substitute hangtag will be $4 per day. Replacement of a decal may also be obtained from Parking and Community Services.

Section 24. Gate-controlled Areas

Access to gate-controlled areas is determined by Parking and Community Services. All university rules and regulations are in effect in gate-controlled areas. Please note the following:

1. Restricted parking in decks will be indicated by signs.

2. Any individual who has access to a gate-controlled area and has allowed any other person to gain entry to the area with his/her access hangtag will have such parking privileges revoked and will forfeit any fees that may have been paid for those privileges.

3. Vehicles parking in decks open between 4p.m. and 6a.m. weekdays without a valid permit will be cited after 6am for parking in unauthorized gate-controlled areas.

Section 25. Towing

The following infractions of the rules and regulations will result in the immediate towing of vehicles from university property.

1. Unauthorized parking in reserved, handicap accessible, carpool and vanpool spaces.

2. Parking in fire lane or designated tow-away zone.

3. Falsified hangtag.

4. Use of lost or stolen hangtag.

5. Three delinquent parking fines/nonpayment of fees.

6. Blocking driveway, building entrance/exit, or

delivery zone.

7. Using areas not designated as a parking space.

8. Parking in construction areas.

9. Parking in a gate-controlled area without proper authorization.

10. Extended parking in time-zone areas (after receiving three tickets for overtime parking).

11. Unauthorized parking in restricted resident-use-only lots.

Information on recovery of impounded vehicles can be obtained at Parking and Community Services or by calling 404.727.PARK. Impounded vehicles will be stored at S & W Towing, 4489 Hugh Howell Road, Tucker, Georgia; phone 770.493.9083. Violators may obtain a release of their impounded vehicle by presenting a photo I.D. and paying the impound fee in cash at S & W Towing. The fee is set by S & W Towing.

Section 26. Booting

Parking and Community Services uses boots to immobilize vehicles on Emory property that are in violation of university parking rules and regulations. Instances in which a vehicle can be immobilized:

• It has accumulated three or more outstanding tickets.

• It is found in unauthorized gate-controlled areas or in any area that could result in the impounding of a vehicle. (See Section 25.)

Vehicles may be booted on Emory property between 5:00 a.m. and midnight Monday through Friday. Vehicles not released before 12:30 a.m. may be impounded and removed from campus. Parking and Community Services officers will have the option to boot or impound if the violation calls for either action. Fire lanes, state-accessible (handicapped) spaces, barricaded spaces, and reserved spaces (unless directed by the authorized occupant of the space) will continue to be enforced through towing. Vehicles will be released after a booting fee of $100 is paid and all fines are appropriately settled.

Section 27. Parking Violations

Violation Penalties

Citations will be issued for the following:

1. Registration/Display Violations

Failure to register, failure to display hangtag and decal as prescribed in these regulations, failure to replace damaged or defaced hangtag or decal.

EACH OFFENSE: $35

Giving false or incorrect information on registration forms, failure to change hangtag when changing address (which would affect parking assignment), unauthorized entry into gate-controlled areas.

EACH OFFENSE: $100

2. Illegal Parking

Out of zone, out of a space, against the flow of traffic, overtime (as many as three tickets may be issued for extended overtime parking), unauthorized parking in gate controlled areas.

EACH OFFENSE: $35

Fire hydrant, fire lane, tow away zones, yellow curbs, yellow lines, entranceways, lawns, intersections, loading zones, service drives, service areas, crosswalks, bike lanes, impeding flow of traffic.

EACH OFFENSE: $75

3. Moving Violations (Emory citations)

Operating a vehicle contrary to regulations / driving the wrong way.

EACH OFFENSE: $75

4. Unauthorized parking in Accessible (handicap) spaces

EACH OFFENSE: $200

5. Unauthorized parking in Carpool, Vanpool , Reserved spaces

EACH OFFENSE: $150

6. Unauthorized Use of Shuttle Road

EACH OFFENSE: $200

7. Damage to Gate Control Devices

EACH OFFENSE: $200

8. Booting

EACH OFFENSE: $100

9. Late Payments

• Payments for fines received after ten days from date of citation issue will incur a late fee.

EACH OFFENSE: $15

Section 28. Process for Appeal of Parking Citations

1. Persons wishing to appeal a ticket must submit an appeal on the appropriate form. Appeal forms are available at the Parking and Community Services Office or online at www.epcs.emory.edu/park/APPEALS.HTM. The appellant has the right to be present at the appeal hearing and should indicate this desire on the appeal form.

2. Appeals may be made only by those individuals who have registered properly for parking privileges and have paid all appropriate fees.

3. Appeals submitted after seven calendar days of the ticket issue date will be accepted only after payment of the fine. Decisions of not guilty or guilty-fine suspended will result in a reimbursement of the paid fine. Parking and Community Services will process the request for refund. Tickets more than one year old cannot be appealed.

4. Appeals will be considered and decisions rendered by the Parking Appeals Board. As a matter of policy, the board does not accept the following as grounds for appeal:

• Lack of knowledge of these regulations.

• Appointment conflicts or lateness for class.

• Inability to locate an authorized parking space.

5. The appellant should provide all possible evidence of his or her claim, including photos, maps, witnesses, etc.

6. Visitors to campus should park in visitors’ parking areas. Those who feel they have grounds for appeal may proceed under the procedure outlined above.

7. Decisions of the Parking Appeals Board are final.

Section 29. Collection of Fines

Parking Services will collect fines and will transfer appropriate fines to the Office of the Bursar and to the appropriate payroll department. Payment may be made by presenting the ticket and paying the fine at the Parking and Community Services Office or by mailing the ticket and a check or money order for the fine to the Parking and Community Services Office, 1701 Lowergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322 payable to Emory University. Individuals who do not pay their fines become eligible to be towed, booted and assessed late fees. (See Sections 25 and 26.)

Section 30. Liability

Emory University assumes no responsibility for damage, theft of contents, or theft of a vehicle when it is parked on university property.

Parking Contact Information

Telephone: (404) 727- PARK
FAX : (404) 727-2673
Postal address: 1701 Lowergate Drive: Atlanta, Ga. 30322
Electronic mail:: General Information: parking@emory.edu

If you have any questions about these procedures, please call us at (404) 727-PARK.
@2006 Parking & Community Services, Emory University
Last revised: August, 2006