USA Health parking policy goes into effect Feb. 1

Due to the significant growth in our patient volume and ongoing construction, the number of employees, vendors, contractors, and student learners have all increased accordingly, causing parking issues for all involved.

The goal of these changes is to provide parking access for all individuals who need it, understanding that decisions will be made to prioritize the closest parking to those who need it most, our patients and their families. Employees, providers and/or students are not allowed to park in any visitor/patient/emergency vehicle designated parking space at any time while on duty at USA Health. Duty is defined as being compensated or receiving educational credit for time at the hospital or patient care campus.

Beginning Feb. 1, 2023, these changes will directly impact those who park at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, the Strada Patient Care Center, the Mitchell Cancer Institute, and University Hospital.

• Children’s & Women’s Hospital Campus Map
  
• University Hospital Campus Map
  

USA Health security will monitor the parking areas to ensure that patients and their families can park closest to their care areas and monitor parking areas for security.

• First Offense: Warning issued for parking violation.
• Second Offense: Car will be booted and unlocked with payment of a $25 fine.
• Third Offense: Car will be booted and unlocked with payment of a $50 fine – employee’s written warning.
• Fourth Offense: Car will be towed with retrieval fee paid by the car owner – employee’s final warning.
• Further Offenses: Car will be towed, and employee will be separated from employment.

The safety of our employees, students and patients at USA Health is a priority, so we’ve taken numerous measures to ensure you have a safe commute to your destination including additional lighting, security measures, and additional shuttles to navigate between campuses and designated parking areas:

• Children’s & Women’s Campus Route (M-F, 5:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m.; weekends, 5:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.)
  • Includes Children’s & Women’s Hospital and Strada Patient Care Center
  • Lambert Street parking lot to St. Stephens Road, St. Stephens to Cox Street, Cox to the rear employee entrance for drop off and pick up. Rear employee entrance to Cox Street, Cox to Center Street, Center to the top eastside parking lot of the Strada Patient Care Center, top eastside parking lot to Center Street, Center to Lambert Street, and back to the Lambert Street parking lot.
    
• University Hospital Campus Route (M-F, 5:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.)
  • Accommodating medical and nursing students parking at the Lambert Street parking lot
    
  • Lambert Street parking lot to St. Stephens Road, St. Stephens to Pleasant Avenue, Pleasant to Stanton Road, Stanton to Forensic Drive, Forensic to the University Hospital Building D outpatient entrance. Please expect a 10-minute travel time and five minutes for drop-off. One shuttle will be staged at the University Hospital Campus during downtime and ready for transport.

Beginning, Feb. 2, students and employees can contact security at 251-415-8581 or stop by the security office when they need the shuttle service or would like an escort to/from their parking space.

In addition to the Lambert Street parking lot, nightshift employees at Children’s & Women’s Hospital (working 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.) can also choose to park in the designated visitor parking spaces at Human Resources or the lower parking lot (closest to the Geri Moulton Children's Park) at the Strada Patient Care Center.

We understand that provision of parking is a challenging assignment and all personnel involved with monitoring and enforcement are fellow employees. These employees pledge to deliver and are likewise deserving of professional communication, understanding, and adherence to policies. USA Health has a duty to review these policies prioritizing patient needs first and all other needs to follow.

Feedback and questions may be directed to the following email address and will be answered as soon as practicable: parking@health.southalabama.edu