PARKING RATES
Parking is available at these convenient locations by purchasing a monthly parking contract from TMC.
TMC Multiple Facility Access Garages 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, CONTRACT The Commons, LAV...... $305 PARKING TMC Campus Garages
Garages 1, 2, 2GL, 7...... $208
Garages 4, 5, 6, 10, 17...... $178 Parking Rates and Instructions Garage 8...... $102 Helpful Tips and Facts Garage 1 Basement...... $269
The Commons (Garage 15)...... $254
Garage 18...... $127
TMC Campus Surface Parking Lots
Leland Anderson Campus...... $102 John P. McGovern Campus
(2450 Holcombe Surface Lot)...... $127
Remote Surface Lots M, SM, South Extension,
Smith Lands...... $76
Parking Off-Peak Program (POP) Garages 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, The Commons, John P. McGovern Campus Lot,
AU, and LAV Lots...... $97 24/7 Security Services Sales tax not included. 713.795.0000
Parking Helpline 713.791.6161 www.tmcparking.org FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Sign up for parking in three easy steps: What if I don’t have my parking card or I lose it? What is “after hours access?” 1. Go to https://contractparking.texasmedicalcenter.org You must have your card to access your TMC parking Parkers with a contract to park at a TMC remote location 2. Click “Create New User” and follow the steps to select facility. If you do not have your card, you will have to park have after-hours access in designated TMC parking facilities your preferred parking location. on the main campus and pay the daily visitor rate. on the central campus. Parkers with after-hours access can 3. Receive your parking card either in person at If your card has been lost or stolen, you will need to have enter from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday–Friday. After-hours 2450 Holcombe Blvd. (in 2 business days) or by mail it replaced before parking again. If at any time you pull parkers must EXIT prior to 8 a.m. All parkers that have not (in 5-9 business days). a yellow SmartChip to enter a TMC parking facility, that exited by 8 a.m. must pay the full daily visitor rate for that SmartChip must be paid at standard TMC visitor rates to facility. Parkers may also park on campus all day Saturday, Note: Important information outlining TMC's contract exit the facility. Sunday and on TMC holidays.2 parking policies are on the contract form and should be read and understood completely by new parkers. How do I get from the remote parking lots What is the Parking Off-Peak Program (POP)? to the main Texas Medical Center campus? Proximal Off-Peak Parking is designed for parkers who What is a Q-Card? The complimentary TMC Blue, Red and White Shuttles need to park on the central campus only in the evening and If you elect to park at the Smith Lands Lot, you will receive serve the remote parking lots and provide convenient and weekends when the campus is less congested. All parkers a METRO Q-Card. As a Q-Card holder, you will enjoy reliable transportation for patients, visitors and employees. who have not exited by 8 a.m. must pay the full daily visitor unlimited free service on METRORail within the TMC area, The TMC Blue Shuttle operates regularly from 4:30 a.m. rate for that facility. POP hours are from 4:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. between Smith Lands, TMC Transit Center, Dryden and to 10:30 p.m., Monday–Friday.1 The TMC White Shuttle Monday–Friday, weekends and TMC holidays.2 Memorial Hermann/Houston Zoo stations. operates regularly from 4:30 a.m. to midnight, Monday– Friday.1 The TMC Red Shuttle operates regularly from 6 a.m. 1Times subject to change How do I use my parking card? to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday–Friday.1 The shuttles When entering the parking facility you are assigned to, hold 2TMC Holidays include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, do not operate on Saturdays, Sundays or designated TMC the parking card 18–24 inches from the card reader. As long Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the holidays.2 You can access additional information on shuttle as the card is held within range of the reader (straight out Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day stops, locations and schedules at www.tmcparking.org. from the reader, not too high or too low), there is no need to roll down your car window. Do you have Motorcycle Parking Permits? Most cards can be read through the window glass. The gate Motorcycles parked in a TMC facility are required to will lift to allow entry. The parking card is programmed in an display a valid TMC Motorcycle Parking Permit or to pull a “in/out” sequence—so the same card must be used to enter SmartChip and pay the daily visitor rate. and exit a facility. No card sharing is allowed. Monthly motorcycle Permits cost $75.00 + tax and can be purchased by contacting the TMC Parking Helpline at 713-791-6161. Parkers who maintain a current contract, including off-peak parking, are eligible to receive a motorcycle permit at no additional cost with proper documentation.