University of Delaware Transportation and Parking Services are teaming up to offer transportation and parking options near the Morris Library to students who are preparing for final examinations.

The last day of classes for the spring semester will be Tuesday, May 15, with Reading Days on Wednesday, May 16, and Saturday and Sunday May 19-20. Final examinations will begin Thursday, May 17, and conclude on Thursday, May 24.

In addition to the University’s normal shuttle schedule, a Final Exam Study return shuttle will be available every 30 minutes from 2 a.m. through 6:30 a.m. This shuttle will depart Lot 34, just south of the Morris Library and within view of the east entrance. The shuttle will be available Monday through Friday, May 14-18, and from Monday through Thursday, May 21-24.

On Thursday, May 24, evening routes will operate, with one bus doing a return loop from Smith Overpass at 11:20 p.m. The Late Bird route will not operate on May 24.  Please see the Transportation Services website at www.udel.edu/transportation for further information.

Complimentary parking

Parking Services has announced that from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., nightly, during the last week of classes and final exam week there will be no charge for parking at the Visitors Center Lot 41 on South College Avenue.

The complimentary parking is being implemented to support students who are studying at the Morris Library.

Normal hourly rates apply between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. Motorists should pay the kiosk if parked during these hours.

From Sunday, May 13, through midnight, Friday, May 25, vehicles parking at the Visitors Center lot from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each weeknight will not be charged for parking.

In addition, from 8 p.m., Friday, May 18, through 5 a.m., Monday, May 21, there will be all-day, no-charge parking for students studying at the Morris Library.

Normal operations will resume Sunday, May 27.