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Email: jopalmer@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-4289

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The UCSC Vanpool Program

The UCSC Vanpool Program assembles 12-15 members of the UCSC community – faculty, staff and students – who are all going to UCSC from the same neighborhood and transports them together in a van. Trained volunteer drivers make one inbound and one outbound trip each weekday traveling between a common pick-up location where you may leave your car, and the UCSC campus, with drop off locations near work sites. There are over 23 vanpools currently in service with routes that leave from locations such as Mountain View and Monterey and many points in between.

While vanpool schedules accommodate faculty and staff work schedules, some students find vanpools convenient and economical. Schedules vary and accommodate 8-hour weekday shifts ranging from those starting at 6:30am to those starting at 5:30pm.

UCSC Vanpools are owned and operated by the University, which subsidizes part of the overall expense of coordinating and maintaining the service. Vanpool fares range from $36 to $75 a month (depending on trip distance) and covers all costs associated with the operation of the vanpool: maintenance, insurance, and gas.


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• Vanpool Routes and Schedules

• Enrolling, Making Changes, or Cancelling Vanpool Participation

• Vanpool Driver Benefits, Eligibility, and Training Requirements

• To inquire about joining a vanpool jopalmer@ucsc.edu or call Joanna Palmer at 831/459-4289.
 

HEADLINES
 

Seats Available on San Lorenzo Valley 1

This route picks up at the Felton Bible Church on Graham Hill Rd. It arrives on campus by 8:00 a.m. and leaves campus at 5:00 p.m.
 

Seats Available on San Lorenzo Valley 2

This route picks up In Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, Felton, and Scotts Valley. It arrives on campus by 8:00 a.m. and leaves campus at 5:00 p.m.
 
 

Vanpool Participant Benefits
 

Supplemental Daily-A Scratch-Off Parking Permits: Employees and Graduate Students participating in the vanpool program receive approximately 4 complimentary Scratch-off Parking Permits per month for times when driving a personal vehicle is necessary. Undergraduate student vanpool participants are not eligible for supplemental parking permits.

Supplemental Metro Bus Pass: Vanpool participants that choose not to receive Scratch-off Parking Permits can elect to receive an annual Staff/Faculty Metro bus pass (for the exclusive use by the vanpool participant; not transferable to family members) free of charge. Student vanpool participants are not eligible for a supplemental Metro bus pass.

Emergency Ride Home Program: Employees who vanpool are eligible to enroll in the Emergency Ride Home Program which provides a voucher for a free taxi ride; there is no charge for the ERH program. When the time comes and you need an emergency ride, you call the taxi company directly and order a cab ride by giving thorough directions to your campus pick-up location. When you need a new voucher simply email or call the TAPS Sales Office at 831/459-4543.

Take Your Bicycle On The Vanpool: All vanpool vehicles have bike racks that can carry up to 2 bikes so that participants can ride their bike to meet their vanpool.