{"id":31190,"date":"2026-05-14T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=31190"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:10:28","slug":"free-parking-during-exams","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/free-parking-during-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Free parking during exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin is extending our recently announced free parking initiative to further support our students, staff and the wider community at a time of higher fuel costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University will now provide <strong>free parking during exam periods<\/strong>, doubling previously proposed free parking from two weeks to four weeks for campus parking users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free parking* applies for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Semester 1, 2026<\/strong>: Monday, 1 June to Friday, 12 June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Semester 2, 2026<\/strong>: Monday, 2 November to Friday, 13 November<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sm-font-size\"><em>*<strong>Please note<\/strong> this replaces the previously announced free parking during study weeks (25 &#8211; 29 May and 26 &#8211; 30 October).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <strong>parking will be free<\/strong> in <strong>green<\/strong>, <strong>yellow<\/strong>, <strong>white<\/strong>, <strong>blue <\/strong>and <strong>Equipark<\/strong> parking zones during exam weeks, please be careful to park in appropriate bays as infringements will still apply. You must not park in reserved, courtesy, short-term, IGA Tucker Fresh 30 or 90-minute bays, or ACROD bays unless permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no need to activate the Cellopark app during these times. Don\u2019t worry if you do &#8211; you will simply receive a reminder that you are not required to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For parking maps\/zones, FAQs and updates, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/corporatecommunications.cmail19.com\/t\/d-l-guiydtl-hjjyijluku-y\/\">Bentley Campus Parking page<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, alternative ways of getting to campus are available and encouraged, including using the free <a href=\"https:\/\/corporatecommunications.cmail19.com\/t\/d-l-guiydtl-hjjyijluku-j\/\">curtinlink<\/a>&nbsp;service, public transport, cycling or drop-off options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your cooperation as we continue our work to shape a vibrant, welcoming and sustainable campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin is extending our recently announced free parking initiative to further support our students, staff and the wider community at a time of higher fuel costs. | Reading time: 1 min.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":21377,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4914,4697,5388,4706,5395,4676","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[140],"class_list":["post-31190","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-on-campus"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ParkingUpdate-April-1588x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 16:13:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=31190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}