Carpooling to the UW

Faculty & Staff Carpools

Carpool Parking Permit

For additional help, email Commuter Services or call 206-221-3701.

Carpool Permits cost $20.40 per month ($10.20/person per month in a two-person carpool) and are valid seven days a week in a lot convenient to both work locations. To sign-up for a Carpool Permit all carpool members must go to Commuter Services together to present their U-PASSes and sign receipts. At least one carpool member must be a UW Seattle employee or affiliate U-PASS holder or UW Seattle FlexPass holder; the other member of the carpool may be a student U-PASS holder.

Rules

• Purchase a U-PASS at UW Seattle Commuter Services .
  Note: Harborview has a fiscally separtate U-PASS program with similar, but not identical benefits to the UW Seattle U-PASS program. If you are a Harborview employee, you are not eligible to participate in a UW Seattle carpool. To purchase a U-PASS as a Harborview employee and for information on Harborview's carpool options, please contact Harborview Commuter Services at 206-744-3254 or hmcpark@u.washington.edu
• All carpool participants must all work at the same location (for example, all at the UW Seattle campus, or all at SLU Facilities).
  
• Carpool participants must commute inbound together at least three days a week.
• All carpoolers must live more than one mile from campus and follow a logical commute path. The carpool cannot drive past the campus to pick up its members.
• A student may be a member of the carpool, but only the faculty or staff person may be designated the driver of this type of carpool.
• Outstanding campus parking violations must be settled.

Changes to Your Carpool

Carpool members must report carpool status changes immediately to Commuter Services. If your carpool loses a member, your Carpool Permit must be returned (even while you are forming a new carpool). Using a carpool permit after the carpool members have changed may result in fines and/or disciplinary action.

Carpool Permits are valid during special events, but you may be required to park in a different location the day of the event.

Occasional Carpool Parking

Two or more faculty or staff members, or one faculty/staff member and two students, may form occasional carpools anytime. Purchase a daily U-PASS carpool permit from any gatehouse by presenting each carpool member’s Husky Card™ to the Traffic Guide. Each carpooler's card must have a valid U-PASS sticker and money on each Husky Card™ Account. Each person is charged an equal portion of the $1.02 per carpool fee. No cash payments are accepted.

Parking for occasional carpools is available on upper campus at:

• Central Plaza Garage ( enter at NE 41st and 15th Ave NE)
• N5 (enter at NE 45th and Memorial Way)
• Padelford Garage (enter at 25th Ave NE and NE 44th)

If you work in the UWMC or Health Sciences Building, occasional carpool parking is available in lots E10 and E12 (enter at Gate 8 ) .

Montlake E1 lot carpools enter at the south end of the lot and pay by Husky Card Account debit. Each carpool member must have money in a Husky Card Account (make deposits at least 24-hrs. to ensure a positive balance) and a valid U-PASS. Students, faculty and staff are all eligible to park in E1 individually or as a carpool.

Occasional carpool permits are not issued during some special event s such as Husky games.

Connecting with Riders and Drivers

It is easy to connect with other commuters. Ask co-workers who live near you or find riders and drivers through free matching services:

Rideshare Online
1-800-814-1300
(TTD Relay: 1-800-833-6388)

AlterNetRides Rideshare

Carpool and Vanpool Ferry Preferential Loading Registration

High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) permits for preferential loading on the ferry can be requested online as well as by mail. Expedite the registration process by registering an annual carpool, vanpool, or bicycle permit online at Registration Form(pdf). Credit cards are the accepted form of payment for online applications. For a complete listing of Washington State Ferries Rideshare Program rules and regulations, please see Rideshare Program Brochure (pdf).