U-Pass General Information

What is a U-PASS?

A U-PASS is a complete transportation package, offering students, faculty and staff an array of choices:

• Full fare coverage on Metro Transit, Community Transit, and Sound Transit buses
• Full fare coverage on Sounder commuter train service
• Discounted parking when you ride or drive with someone else
• Free rides on the Night Ride Shuttle
• Subsidized vanpool fares
• Discount on Zipcar car-sharing program
• Discounts at businesses

Faculty/Staff

Holders of the faculty/staff U-PASS additionally have access to:

• Emergency Ride Home program
• Discounted Occasional Parking for those days when you need to drive alone

Student U-PASS

Most students are mailed a U-PASS each quarter before the start of classes. If you wish to keep the U-PASS, pay the $50 U-PASS fee when you pay your tuition bill. If you do not want to pay the U-PASS fee, return the U-PASS to the University by the tuition due deadline. The cost of the U-PASS increases to $100 if you withdraw within the first seven calendar days of the quarter and do not return your U-PASS. Learn more about Purchasing a U-PASS.

Faculty/staff U-PASS

Faculty and staff purchase U-PASS stickers in person at Commuter Services. The faculty/staff U-PASS costs $70.00 per quarter payable by cash, check, Husky Card Account, or MasterCard/VISA. Permanent employees may also elect to purchase an annual U-PASS through payroll deduction. Temporary, hourly employees are not eligible to purchase a U-PASS, but may purchase a similar product called the UW FlexPass. Explore your options at Purchasing a U-PASS.

PLEASE NOTE:

The Commuter Services website describes the program available to UW Seattle faculty, staff and students only. Harborview, UW Bothell and UW Tacoma have fiscally-separate programs with similar, but not identical benefits.
For more information, please contact:

• Harborview Commuter Services Office 206.731.3254
• UW Bothell 425.352.3640
• UW Tacoma 253.692.4669

Appropriate use

The University Husky Card™, validation sticker, and the U-PASS sticker are the property of the University of Washington and may not be loaned, sold, or otherwise transferred in any manner to another person. Misuse of the U-PASS will result in confiscation by the University, Metro Transit, Community Transit, or Sound Transit. Lost cards can be turned in to Commuter Services, Box 351105.

Please see the Commuter Programs FAQ for more information about U-PASS.