Parking Permit & Eligibility
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital employees, regardless of hire date
Cost: $155/month or $22/day
Effective September 1, 2026, the daily permit cost will increase by $0.25 from $22 per day to $22.25 per day, and the monthly permit cost will increase by $1, from $155 per month to $156 per month.
Parking Areas:
- Quarry South and Psychiatry Lots
- Center for Academic Medicine Garage
- Roth Way Garage
- Hoover Pavilion North Lot
- Stock Farm North and South Lot
- Stock Farm Garage
- Any ‘C’ permit space
How to Purchase
Log in to the Stanford University Transportation portal (opens in new tab) and purchase a daily or monthly permit
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital employees hired before 1/1/23
Cost: $45/month or $8/day
Effective September 1, 2026, the daily permit cost will increase by $0.25 from $8 per day to $8.25 per day, and the monthly permit cost will increase by $1, from $45 per month to $46 per month.
Parking Areas:
- Hoover Pavilion South Lot
- Center for Academic Medicine Garage (limited availability)
- Stock Farm North and South Lot
- Stock Farm Garage
- Searsville Lot
How to Purchase
Log in to the Stanford University Transportation portal (opens in new tab) and purchase a daily or monthly permit
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital employees hired after 1/1/23
Cost:
- $45/month or $8/day
- A carpool program (opens in new tab) is available for free or discounted parking
Effective September 1, 2026, the daily permit cost will increase by $0.25 from $8 per day to $8.25 per day, and the monthly permit cost will increase by $1, from $45 per month to $46 per month.
Parking Areas: Hoover Pavilion Garage (south entrance via Sweet Olive Way)
How to Purchase
Parking is reserved through the Stanford Medicine Transportation App. View detailed instructions
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care staff
Cost:
- $15/day
- A carpool program (opens in new tab) is available for free or discounted parking
Effective September 1, 2026, the daily permit cost will increase by $1 from $15 per day to $16 per day.
Parking Areas: Pasteur Staff Garage
How to Purchase
Parking is reserved through the Stanford Medicine Transportation App. Permits are released daily at 4 PM to reserve parking for the next day. View detailed instructions
Eligibility: Staff may be eligible to park in the lot associated with their primary work location. Parking eligibility is determined by department leadership. To find out if you are eligible to park in a Welch Road location, please contact your department lead.
Cost: $140/month or $15/day
Effective September 1, 2026, the daily permit cost will increase by $1 from $15 per day to $16 per day, and the monthly permit cost will increase by $6, from $140 per month to $146 per month.
Parking Areas:
- 700 Welch Road
- 750 Welch Road
- 770 Welch Road
- 777 Welch Road
- 900 Welch Road
- 1000 Welch Road
How to Purchase
Parking is reserved through the Stanford Medicine Transportation App. View detailed instructions
Overview:
- Motorcycle parking is free in designated motorcycles spaces at Pasteur Staff Garage (PSG/500 Pasteur)
- Staff arriving on a motorcycle and parking in these designated spaces do not need to purchase a permit or display proof of payment
- Motorcycles parked outside the designated motorcycle spaces are subject to the parking requirements for that area
- For all other Stanford Medicine garages and lots, motorcycles require an appropriate parking permit. Riders may purchase:
- MC (Motorcycle) Parking Permit
- ‘A’ Parking Permit
- ‘C’ Parking Permit
- Location-specific parking permits as applicable (Welch Road, Hoover Garage, Pasteur Staff Garage, etc.)
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) staff, regardless of hire date, are eligible to park in the motorcycle spaces at Pasteur Staff Garage or purchase ‘MC’ parking permits. Hire-date restrictions still apply for Hoover Garage, ‘A’ and ‘C’ parking permits.
Cost:
- Designated spaces in Pasteur Staff Garage: free
- MC Permits: $17/month or $3.50/day
- Pasteur Staff Garage Dily permit: $15/day
- ‘A’ Permit: $155/month or $22/day
- ‘C’ Permit: $45/month or $8/day
- Hoover Garage Permit: $45/month or $8/day
- Welch Road permits: $140/month or $15/day
Parking Areas and Permit Requirements:
- No permit required:
- Pasteur Staff Garage Motorcycle spaces
- MC Permit-required spaces:
- All Stanford University lots and garages, including but not limited to:
- Center for Academic Medicine garage
- Roth Way garage
- Stock Farm Garage
- Stock Farm North Lot
- Quarry Psychiatry Lot
- Quarry South Lot
- Hoover Pavilion North Lot
- Hoover Pavilion South Lot
- All Stanford University lots and garages, including but not limited to:
- ‘A’ and ‘C’ parking permits: see applicable parking permit sections on this page
- Welch Road parking permits: location specific (e.g., 900 Welch parking permit for 900 Welch Road lot). Welch Road parking eligibility is dependent upon building and department eligibility requirements. Please contact Hospital Transportation Operations Center at (650) 736-8000 or your department parking lead or for more information.
How to Purchase
- Pasteur Staff Garage Motorcycle spaces: no parking permit required
- Pasteur Staff Garage Daily, Welch Road, and Hoover Garage Permits: Log in to the Stanford Medicine Transportation App and purchase the relevant parking permit
- ‘A’ parking permits, ‘C’ parking permits, or MC parking permits: Log in to the Stanford University Transportation portal and purchase a daily or monthly permit
Eligibility: Remote staff and off-site staff whose primary work location (in Workday) is outside of the Palo Alto Hospital Campus.
Cost:
- Hours 0-2: free
- Hours 2-5: $3/hour (and fraction thereof)
- Hours 5+: $18 per day maximum
Parking Areas:
- Pasteur Staff Garage
- 900 Welch Road
- 1000 Welch Road
How to Purchase
Parking is reserved through the Stanford Medicine Transportation App. View detailed instructions
Eligibility: All Stanford Health Care Emeryville staff
Cost: free
Parking Areas: Staff will apply for parking and be assigned to one of the following garages
- 5855 Horton Street
- 5858 Horton Street
- 6100 Horton Street
- 5885 Hollis Street
How to Apply
Fill out the application form (opens in new tab) and you will be assigned a parking location