Parking

Parking on Campus at Red Deer Polytechnic

We serve students, visitors, faculty and staff in their day-to-day parking needs at Red Deer Polytechnic.

Carpooling and Alternate Transportation

Manage your Parking

Username and Passwords

Refunds

Contact

Students

Students can purchase parking through our ePermit system. We recommend using Google Chrome as your browser.

Steps on how to apply for parking through the ePermit system:

Click on the ’Apply for parking’ link
Register for a permit
Select location
Select Credit or Apprentice student
Select your permit type
Use your email address to create an account
Enter details for number of weeks or months you are purchasing, as well as your license plate number
Review and accept your permit
Proceed to payment

The ePermit system only takes credit card or visa-debit. If you do not have those, you will need to purchase a Visa/Mastercard gift card. If a Visa/Mastercard gift card is used, please keep the card in case you need to cancel your permit and require a refund. Refunds can only be refunded to the original source of payment.

For instructions on how to register for your Student Parking click here.

Questions can be directed to parking [at] rdpolytech [dot] ca (subject: Parking%20Inquiry%20) , or please call the Fees' office at 403.342.3132.

Rates 2022/2023

East Zone (Lot C/D - paved, unreserved)

4 months (Fall or Winter Term) = $168
Spring = $84

West Zone (Lot N - gravel, unreserved)

Monthly = $36.25/month (up to 4 months available for purchase for Fall or Winter).
Spring = $72.50

West Zone parking is also available by the month so students who are only on main campus for 1 or 2 months can purchase that length of parking. If you are on campus for 1, 2 or 3 terms you should purchase 4 months per term to guarantee your parking.

Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre (Lot Q - paved, unreserved)

Monthly = $42/month (up to 4 months available for purchase for Fall or Winter).
Spring = $84

Apprentice Zone (Lot B, T or U - gravel)

Weekly = $19/week up to 12 weeks available for purchase

Students in Residence

Residence parking is designed to be lot based grouped on unit styles across campus. To apply for Residence Parking view our website for more details and instructions.

Accessible Parking

Accessible parking stalls are located throughout campus to allow for ease of access to all of Red Deer Polytechnic's facilities. Please check the campus parking map for specific locations, call 403. 342. 3132 or email parking [at] rdpolytech [dot] ca for more information.

Accessible Parking Application

General Public

Daily, hourly or short-term visitor parking is available in public lots (east or west) at the main campus. You can pay with cash or credit card at one of our three Pay stations located inside the main campus building, near the Main Entrance, Arts Centre or Four Centres (The Patch) and the Main Entrance of Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre.

Short term parking for a maximum of 30 minutes is available in the short-term parking, located near the main entrance.

Please remember your license plate number for the payment at the Pay station.

Rates:

Public East/West	Effective weekdays: 8 am to 5 pm	$2/hour to max of $10/day
Gary W Harris	Effective weekdays: 8 am to 5 pm	$2/hour to max of $10/day
Short Term Parking	Effective weekdays: 8 am to 10 pm	$1/30 minutes

There will be no charge for parking at RDP during the following times:

weekday evenings after 5 pm
weekends and statutory holidays - all day

*exception to the above is Short Term Parking, Bethany CollegeSide and Lot K (residence)

Faculty and Staff

Parking for Staff and Faculty can be purchased online through our ePermit System. For more information on employee parking please visit TheLoop under Services>Parking at RDC

Parking Regulations

Security personnel routinely monitor all lots and parking violations are determined by our license plate recognition program.
Two license plates can be registered, but only one vehicle can be on campus at a time.
Only one person can be registered for a permit, if you would like to participate in carpooling, you will be required to register, provided a carpool stall is available.
Permits are not transferable or for resale.

View full RDP Parking Regulations

Carpooling and Alternate Transportation

Alternate transportation initiatives are available and encouraged at Red Deer Polytechnic including carpool, bicycle and public transit use. For details please visit RDP's Green campus webpage or email parking [at] rdpolytech [dot] ca

For public transit and route information, please visit The City of Red Deer website.

A discounted public transit SARDP Semester pass is available for purchase at the Students' Association office located on the 2nd floor of RDP's main campus (cash, debit or credit card).

Managing your Parking

To check the status of your permit, please follow these steps:

Go to the ePermit system
Log in under ‘Manage My Permits’
On the ‘Permits’ section you will see a drop down list of different permit status’
Click on the permit number and you will see the status on the top right hand side
- An expiry date is shown – Permit is valid and has been paid for
- Declined/ Cancelled – Invalid permit
- Approved (Pending payment) – Payment is needed to validate permit
- Pending approval – Our Admin needs to check on eligibility for the permit type selected. An email will be sent notifying you to pay or to apply for a different permit once the decision has been made
- Pending availability – The parking zone is currently full and you are placed on a waitlist for the zone. An email will be sent to you once a stall becomes available

To view or print your receipt:

Go to the ePermit system
Log in under ‘Manage My Permits’
On the ‘My Orders’ section, select the invoice you want to view/print
If you did not see any invoices listed under my invoices, scroll up to the Notifications section to see if there is a ‘View your permit invoice’ line item

To change/delete license plates on file:

Go to the ePermit system
Log in under ‘Manage My Permits’
On your profile, click on the triangle beside ‘Currently Active Permits’
- Click on the permit number to see the current license plate(s) listed under the permit
- To add: click on ‘Add a license plate’
- To delete: click on the ‘x’ on the top left-hand corner of the license plate number
- To change: click on the ‘x’ to delete wrong/unused license plates, then click on ‘Add a license plate’

Username and Password Help

Your username is the email address that was used to register.

Forgot your username? Email parking [at] rdpolytech [dot] ca to request your username info
Forgot your password? Go to the ePermit system login page and click ‘Forgot Password’

Requests for Refunds

Students who need to request a parking refund should email refund details to parking [at] rdpolytech [dot] ca. Please indicate the reason for canceling and provide the permit number and first and last 4 digits of the credit card used to pay for parking online. Refunds can only be refunded to the original source of payment.

Refunds will be calculated based on the date that the request was received.

Examples:

Before Oct 1st:	The full amount for Oct plus any remaining months
Before Oct 15th:	The amount is half of Oct plus any remaining months

Normally, the process will take around two to three weeks, but it may take up to one month to receive your refund.