Parking your Bike

Bike Racks

Lock your bike to any of the almost 800 bike racks around campus. If racks at your destination are consistently full, please contact us by phone (206.616.7493) or email to request additional racks. Bikes secured to railings or trees will be impounded. Railings need to be kept clear for the elderly and the disabled. Trees can be damaged when used to secure a bicycle.

Secure Bike Enclosures

Commuter Services manages two secure bike enclosures: one on the lower level of the S1 parking garage (behind the Health Sciences Building), and one in the UW Tower parking garage (at NE 43rd and 12th Avenue NE). For a $40 annual fee, UW bike commuters receive an access code for use of one of the facilities. For more information, please phone 206.221.3707 or email.

A few buildings on campus—such as Bagley, Benjamin Hall, and Computer Science & Engineering—have secure bike enclosures or rooms for use by building occupants. Consult with your Building Coordinator about availability. Most of the dormitories also provide secure bike storage areas; if you are a dorm student, check with Housing and Food Services or with your dorm desk.

On-Campus Bike Lockers

Funded by the U-PASS program, close to 600 on-campus bicycle lockers are available for rent to currently enrolled students and employees who live off campus and regularly commute by bicycle to work or school on the Seattle campus. The UW campus has more bike lockers than any other college in the country. Bicycle lockers provide security and protection from the elements not only for your bike, but for your helmet and other bike-related items.

Dorm students are not eligible to rent a bicycle locker because the program is for UW Seattle campus bike commuters only. Please talk to your dorm desk about secure bike storage facilites at your residence.

Cost to rent a bike locker is $120 per year, plus initial payment of a $85 key deposit fee (refundable when the key is returned).

Pictures of the bicycle lockers are provided on the links below. Most or all of the bike locker sets have waiting lists. Due to overwhelming demand for lockers some waiting lists have been closed until they are down to a more manageable number. Please see information on bike locker availability and fill out the Waiting List Form. You will be contacted when your choices become available.

Current Bike Locker Holders: If you currently rent a bike locker but wish to move to a different locker set because your office location is changing, please email us. We will place you on a waiting list to move to the locker set you desire based on the date you orginally began renting your current locker.

Bike Locker Locations

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