This semester, University of Delaware Parking Services revamped the campus parking program to include virtual permits, auto-renewal permits and campus-wide license plate recognition (LPR) for enforcement.

To implement virtual permits, which allowed 20,000 plastic hangtags not to be printed, and to increase efficiency of the parking staff, the license plate of the vehicle must face the drive lane.

This unpopular regulation has pushed Parking Services to find a simple solution since Delaware and neighboring Pennsylvania are one plate states, a representative said.

In conjunction with Communications and Public Affairs, Parking Services developed a personal UD license plate that can be read by the LPR system. The plate will be registered to the customer’s active permit, with the vehicle description, as if it were a normal license plate.

The plate should be installed on the front of the vehicle as a front license plate is for two-plate states. This will enable the driver to park head-in or back-in, per their preference, and allow LPR to verify the permit status of the vehicle.

One-plate state permit holders who are interested in obtaining a complimentary personal plate should send an email to parking@udel.edu requesting a plate and including the vehicle information that the plate will be attached to. Due to limited inventory only one plate per person will be issued at this time.

Customers can choose to have the plate sent via Campus Delivery or picked up in our office at 147 Perkins Student Center.