Accessible/Handicap Parking

Accessible parking is at a premium on the KU Lawrence Campus, and is first come, first serve, every day. Please feel free to call or visit Parking & Transit, so that our staff can help you to determine what your best options may be.

The Kansas Department of Revenue has an online form for a handicap placard application on their web page.

Locations

There are ADA-compliant handicap parking spaces in most parking lots on campus. However, in some parking lots there is no accessible entrance to nearby buildings, and those spaces have then been moved to other areas where additional accessible parking may be needed.

The ratio for acessible parking spaces in a given parking lot is determined by the ADA regulations. Here at KU, we calculate based on the overall total number of spaces, rather than per individual parking lot. The ration is 20 accessible spaces per 1,000 parking spaces, plus one per 100 parking spaces over 1000.

That may seem like complicated math, but here is the formula:
14698 (total number of parking spaces on campus) − 1000 = 13698 ÷ 100 = 137 + 20 = 157. With approximately 390 accessible spaces on campus, that means that we have 2 1/2 times the number of accessible spaces required under the ADA guidelines.

Registration Required

It is unfortunate, but sometimes people try to get better parking on campus by using their deceased great-aunt's handicap placard from another state to park. What this means for those of you who have your own valid handicap placard is that we require you to register the placard in our office. Registration can be handled in person or by mail. You will need to provide the following:

• Handicap Placard
• Handicap Placard Registration Receipt
• KU Card
• Driver's License

Once we have verified that the placard belongs to you, Parking & Transit will provide a registration card for display in your vehicle. Vehicles that display unregistered handicap placards will receive a citation.