Sharing the Ride: Carpooling and Vanpooling

Faculty, Staff and Student Commuters

Carpooling or vanpooling are great ways to take advantage of your U-PASS. Ride together and avoid paying $360 per quarter to park alone. Get access to high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes and on-ramps for a faster commute. Mix up your commute as needed: bus, bike, walk or drive alone on days when you cannot share the ride.

Carpools share the ride using a personal vehicle.

Vanpools are groups of 5 to 15 who live at least 3 miles away from the UW Seattle campus and share the commute in a van owned, maintained and insured by one of the transit agencies.

• More About Carpooling
• More About Vanpooling

Visitors

Consider sharing a ride to that football or basketball game or concert. It’s easy to connect with riders and drivers through RideshareOnline.

Carpool and Vanpool Ferry Preferential Loading Registration

The Washington State Ferry system issues High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) permits for preferential loading on the ferry to carpools and vanpools. Register by completing the online Registration Formand remitting payment by credit card to the Washington State Ferry system. For a full description of the rules and regulations of the Washington State Ferries Rideshare program, see Rideshare Program Brochure.