Parking and Transportation

Tips on Providence neighborhoods Walking distance: Look for places that are listed as Wayland Square, Wickenden Street, East Side, Fox Point, and some in the Hope Street area. On a bus line: Federal Hill, The Armory District, Blackstone Boulevard, Oak Hill, Rochambeau, West Side, Downtown. Farther afield: Pawtucket, Cranston, Elmwood, Pawtuxet Village, East Providence, Johnston, and Seekonk are all within a 10-minute drive. Brown Transportation Office Brown University Box 1842 Providence, RI 02912 Phone: 401 863-3157 E-mail Web site

Students can apply to reserve a spot in a Brown parking lot through the Brown Transportation Office, or they can rent spaces from local landlords. Both daytime and overnight parking are available, and annual rates range from $375 to $1,000.

Parking on and near campus is tight; after 9 a.m. it can be difficult to find a spot that is closer than a five-minute walk away. Most of the convenient blocks are metered. Overtime meter tickets are $20 – $40. A Providence city ordinance prohibits parking on the street between the hours of 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. Many apartments and houses also include parking spaces, but not always. If parking is not available with a rental, it is often possible to rent space nearby. Typical rents for a parking space are between $50 – $100 per month. Overnight parking permits may also be purchased from Brown. Because of the scarcity of parking spaces around Brown, graduate students (along with University faculty and staff) are encouraged to find alternate means of commuting to and from campus. The Office of Transportation’s Web site offers a number of alternatives.

Office of Transportation Services

The Office of Transportation provides other services, including evening shuttle and oncall ride programs for the safety of all students, weekday campus transport for students with disabilities, and a weekday downtown express shuttle.

• Brown Shuttle:Continuous evening van service on a fixed route around the Brown campus
• RISD Shuttle: Continuous evening van service on a fixed route around the nearby RISD campus
• OnCall: Evening transport service for Brown students who live off campus
• DSS OnCall:Daytime weekday dispatched transportation for students with disabilities who need assistance moving around campus
• BrownMed/Downcity Express: Scheduled weekday shuttle service between Brown, affiliated hospitals, and the Jewelry District
• Zipcar: A car-sharing service students can join to get access to hourly or daily rental of cars (on campus and select cities across the US).