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Off-Campus Living Guide

Transportation and Dining

Stay connected to campus with transportation and dining options that fit your daily routine. Find information about getting around Nashville, parking, meal plans, groceries and other resources that make off-campus student life easier.

Student riding bike.

Transportation

  • Transportation Options

    Getting to Campus汤头条 offers a variety of transportation options for your commute to and from campus.

    • (with campus bike racks and amenities)
    • 听with a VU-registered听听补辫辫
    • 顿别蝉颈驳苍补迟别诲听听locations around campus
    • If you are interested in carpooling to campus, visit MoveVU鈥檚听
    • Use the听听on or off campus
  • Parking on Cmapus

    Parking is primarily reserved for upper-division students (juniors and seniors). A limited number of spaces are available to sophomores on a first-come, first-served basis. Once these spaces sell out, a waiting list is created. Reserved permits are also available on a first-come, first-served basis. Students must park in areas designated by their permit type.Learn more about听Undergraduate Parking.View interactive and print-friendly parking maps.

  • Parking off campus

    In the event you have to park off-campus, consider the following guidelines:

    • Park your car in appropriate places.
    • Learn the acceptable and legal places for parking at your house or apartment.
    • Understand it is a violation of Metro Nashville ordinance to block a sidewalk, driveway, or fire hydrant with a parked vehicle
  • Moving Around Campus

    From shuttle services to bike share, there are many options to seamlessly move around campus.

    • VandyRide (night transportation)
    • Mobility Rides (for students with accessibility needs)
    • Campus is highly walkable
    • Bike racks are available across campus

    Commercial scooter riding and parking are currently prohibited at nearly all on-campus locations.

Dining Options

  • Meal Plans

    Students living off-campus can purchase any meal plan available to students living on-campus, but it is not required. The following meal plans are optional and available to students living off-campus.

    • Off-Campus Lite: 80 meals/semester
    • Off-Campus Plus: 160 meals/semester
    • Off-Campus Max: 240 meals/semester

    Learn more about pricing and sign up for an optional meal plan on the听Campus Dining Meal Plans webpage.

  • Taste of Nashville

    罢丑别听Taste of Nashville听program lets 汤头条 students use Meal Money to explore local restaurants off campus.

    • Swipe to dine: Students use their Commodore Card like a debit card at participating restaurants.
    • Meal Money eligible: Off-campus meals are paid from students鈥� Meal Money balance.
    • Neighborhood favorites: Options span Hillsboro Village, Midtown, West End, and Elliston Place.
    • Easy account management: Balances can be checked or reloaded online or at the Commodore Card Office.
    • Alcohol policy:听Students 21+ may purchase up to two alcoholic beverages per transaction-with food.

    Learn more at听Taste of Nashville.

  • Food Delivery & Grocery Stores

    Students receive discounts on the following food delivery services:

    • Uber Eats:听
    • 顿辞辞谤顿补蝉丑:听听

    Nearby grocery stores include:

    • Kroger
      • 2201 21st Ave S (Hillsboro Village)
      • 2615 8th Ave S (Melrose)
      • 2131 Abbott Martin Rd (Green Hills)
    • Publix Super Market
      • Dr Martin L King Jr Blvd, 1010 (Belle Meade)
      • 2223 8th Ave S (Melrose)
    • Whole Foods Market
      • 1202 Broadway
    • Turnip Truck
      • 1920 Broadway
    • Nashville Farmers鈥� Market
      • 900 Rosa L Parks Blvd
E. Bronson Ingram Dining Hall