U-PASS Reports

1996-97 U-PASS Results

Carpools

U-PASS holders have two ways to get free carpool parking on campus. The first way allows students, faculty or staff to carpool on an impromptu basis, whenever it is convenient for them. After stopping at a campus gatehouse and showing their U-PASSes, the carpool driver is issued a parking permit and lot assignment. Faculty and staff who carpool regularly at least three days per week can obtain a free carpool permit, which allows them to drive directly to their assigned lot without stopping at a gatehouse. Students can participate in a permit carpool with a faculty or staff member but cannot be issued the permit.

Since the start of the U-PASS, the number of carpool permits are up 50 percent and the number of impromptu daily carpool permits issued has increased 13 percent. The total number of carpool participants has increase by 880 since October 1990 to 4,467 in October 1997, a 25 percent increase.

Carpools (October) Type Pre U-PASS 1990 1991 1995 1996 1997 %Change 1997-1990 Permit Carpools 698 827 964 1,022 1,045 50% Daily Carpool 760 810 971 1,018 862 13% Total Carpools 1,458 1,637 1,935 2,040 1,907 30% Total Participants   3,587   4,075   4,705   4,877   4,467 25%