Parking and Transportation

Visitor Parking
The DMC Central Campus offers visitors convenient covered self-park and valet park services.

Parking Locations
DMC Central Campus parking includes locations that are both covered and open. Campus parking consists of six covered parking decks, five open area lots and three leased parking venues. The campus also includes designated vendor and police/authority parking.

Click the locations below to view detailed parking maps:

Parking rates are as follows:
Central Campus
Self-Park cost: $2.50
Valet park cost: $4.00

Central Campus parking hours of operation:

About DMC Parking and Badge Service
Parking is handled through the DMC Badge office, which issues all identification badges and parking placards. The DMC Badge office is located in the Central Detroit Campus, in the Kresge Campus/Hutzel Building, ground floor, suite EG15. Operating hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

DMC also provides shuttle services for the Central Campus, with defined routes and scheduled arrival/departure times.

DMC Security Police officers work closely with PETD to help keep DMC campuses among the safest places to work and visit in the metropolitan area. These officers not only patrol the campus, but assist patients, visitors and employees with excellent customer service. In the event of any emergency, DMC Security police can be reached by dialing 111 from any DMC phone.

DMC Badge Service
Everyone entering the DMC system, including new employees, physicians, students or residents on clinical rotation, and vendors, must visit the DMC Badge Service in the DMC Midtown Kresge Campus/Hutzel Building, ground floor, suite EG15, to receive the proper credentials. Your DMC badge will include your photograph (DMC will take your photo during your visit to badge services; you do not need to supply a photo.) Individuals in need of a parking assignment must provide all personal vehicle information (i.e. make, model, year, etc.)

• Employees/Physicians do not need to schedule a time to obtain a photo identification badge. Employees should bring their Human Resources paperwork at the time of their badge request.
• Students will need their instructors to schedule an appointment for their badges. Nursing Instructors must complete the DMC Nursing Clinical Affiliation Roster and return it to DMC Parking and External Transportation prior to scheduling student badge appointments.
• Vendors will need to contact DMC Facilities and receive vendor training prior to receiving their DMC badge.
• There is a $10 cost for the following types of ID badges: Vendors/Contractors/Consultants, Karmanos, Students, DMC employee Lost/Stolen Badge.
• All requests for new badges and/or data changes require appropriate documentation (i.e. HR, Vendor, Student Form/Roster.)
• Groups of five or more must schedule an appointment prior to their visit.
• Once your badge is printed there is a $10 cost for a reprint.
• Replacement badges require the most recent badge issued be returned or there is a $10 fee (badges for orchestra Place staff are $20.)
• Parking assignments are based upon DMC parking policy (DMC Tier 1 Policy #1CG040.)
• There is a $25 replacement cost for all parking access cards issued for any leased parking location.

Badging Forms: Click the appropriate form below to open the badge form you need. All forms must be fully completed, or they will not be accepted.

• DMC Third Party Staff Input Form
• DMC Employee Data Change Request Form
• DMC Student Input Request Form
• DMC Tenant Request Form
• DMC Vendor Request Form
• DMC Volunteer-Observer Form
• DMC Visiting Clergy Application Form

Employee Parking
Upon receiving a DMC badge, every employee is assigned a paring location. This parking assignment must be used at all times. A DMC badge swipe is frequently required for entry to DMC Employee parking areas. Your badge is coded to your assigned parking area, and will not provide you access to any other parking area.

In order to provide as much accommodation as possible for our patients and their visitors, employees are not allowed to pay for parking in areas reserved for patient/visitor parking. Employees found violating this policy are subject to discipline pursuant to DMC HR Tier 1 Policy. Parking assignments are predetermined; all exceptions must be approved by the Director of Parking and External Transportation and a DMC Executive Manager. Consideration is given to individuals with documented conditions.

Student Parking
Student parking and badge processing must be coordinated by the students’ respective instructors. The Parking and Badge policy for all college instructors/students is as follows:

• Instructors are required to completely fill out and return the DMC Nursing Clinical Affiliation Roster.
• The Roster must be completed entirely and typed – incomplete roster or handwritten rosters will not be accepted.
• Rosters must be either faxed (fax: 313-745-5200) or hand-delivered to parking and Transportation before the arrival of the students.
• Instructors must call to ensure that Parking and transportation has received the faxed roster and then schedule the appointment.
• Students must be prompt for their appointment. A 15-minute grace period is allowed, after which they will be required to re-schedule.
• Students must have an appointment. Unscheduled student requests will not be accommodated.
• Parking assignments for all students rotating on days will be at the Bethel AME Church, located at 5050 Richard Allen Blvd. (St. Antoine), Detroit. This lot is monitored by DMC security.
• Yellow hanging tags will be provided for Bethel AME Church parking and must be returned along with student’s badge at then end of the rotation to receive the five dollar voucher.
• Shuttle service between student parking at Bethel AME Church and the Central Campus facilities is available.
• Parking assignments for all students doing rotations in the afternoons will be in decks closer to their working hospital site. For example, students with afternoon rotations at DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan will have access to both the Beaubien and Mack parking decks.
• Afternoon rotation parking access begins at 2:30 p.m.

For more information or with questions, please contact Parking and External Transportation at 313-745-2145.

Central Campus Shuttle Service 
The DMC provides fast and convenient shuttle service 24/7 for patients, visitors and employees. DMC Shuttle buses are clean, comfortable and heated/air-conditioned. There are three types of shuttle vehicles providing service to the Central Campus:

• Standard 24 passenger bus
• American Disability Act (ADA) wheelchair equipped bus
• 10-passenger van

Shuttles travel along defined routes, with dedicated stops designed to provide efficient and time-saving travel across the DMC campus.

DMC partners in the Midtown Shuttle service to provide transportation for patients, residents and medical professionals between Detroit MEdical Center midtown campus locations and other midtown anchor locations, such as Wayne State University. Click to see a map illustrating the routes and transfer points for the Midtown Shuttle service. (For a map of the Wayne State University Shuttle Route, click here.)

Central Campus Shuttles Shuttles operate Monday through Friday, 24 hours a day, stopping at each hospital. During peak times, some shuttles are re-directed for transporting employees directly to and from parking locations. Shuttles should arrive approximately every 15 to 20 minutes. For questions or concerns, contact Shuttle Dispatch at (313) 745-8700. DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michgian/DMC Harper University Hospital Express One shuttle will run from 7:00 a.m. to 9;00 a.m. Monday through Friday. Shuttle will operate approximately every 15 minutes, delivering staff from Kresge to DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and DMC Harper University Hospital/Hutzel women's Hospitals. Click here to see a map of this DMC RIM/HUH Express Shuttle.

East Employee Shuttles Two Shuttles will serve DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital/University Health Center and DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Morning shuttles will run from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Afternoon shuttles will run from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Shuttles will run Monday through Friday. Shuttles will run approximately every 10 minutes between the Kresge Deck, Detroit Receiving and Children’s Hospital.

West Employee Shuttles Two shuttles will serve DMC Harper University Hospital, Harper Professional Building and DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital. Morning shuttles will run from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Afternoon Shuttles will run from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Shuttles will run Monday through Friday. Pick-up and Drop-off location will be in between the main entrances of Harper and Hutzel. Shuttles will run approximately every 10 minutes between the Wayne State University Forest Deck and Harper/Hutzel hospitals.