Carpool Program Information

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A variety of carpool types are available based on eligibility. Join the hundreds of others who have already discovered the convenience and savings of carpooling to campus. Whether you are a UCSC student, faculty, or staff, carpooling can equal less expensive commuting and lower parking fees!

Finding a Carpool Partner

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To find a carpool partner, sign up for Cruz511 using your UCSC email address. You can choose whether to share your commute only with UCSC’s private network or open up the possibilities and join the regional network. Just enter your commute and select which network you’d like to share with to get started. To learn more about how to share your commute on Cruz511, check out their FAQ’s.

Carpool Program Eligibility

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• Requires 2 to 4 current UCSC affiliates
• Must live off campus (excluding University Town Center).
• Must have a vehicle that is registered to either themself or an immediate family member who is not a UCSC affiliate.
• Primary work/study location must be on the residential campus, Coastal Science Campus, or Westside Research Park.
• If the carpool drops to only one member (for any reason), it will be suspended or disbanded.
• Each member’s license plate will be used to validate program eligibility while parked on campus; there are no longer physical hangtags.
• Only one license plate may be used for a carpool each day. If another license plate associated with the carpool is parked on campus on the same day, it will be subject to citation.

Carpool Types

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“A” Carpools

“A” Carpool are allowed close-in parking and require at least one participant to be faculty, staff, or a grad student. “A” Carpools are valid in all “A” and “R” lots (parking map).

Multi-year “A” Carpool

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Eligibility: All members of the carpool must be employees eligible for payroll deduction

Cost: $54.90 per month (divided among carpool participants)

Quarterly “A” Carpool

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Eligibility: Employees who are not eligible for payroll deduction and grad students. Undergrads may be in the carpool, but the carpool leader must be an employee or grad student.

Cost: $164.70 (divided among carpool participants; must be paid in full via credit card or student billing)

“R” Carpools

“R” Carpools are valid only in the East and West Remote lots (parking map). Undergrads are eligible for a limited number of “R” Carpools on a first-come, first-served basis. R Carpools are only available quarterly.

Quarterly “R” Carpool

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Eligibility: Undergrads, grad students, staff, and faculty

Cost: $165 (divided among participants; must be paid in full via credit card or student billing)

Starting a Carpool

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Carpools are verified virtually, and your license plate will serve as your verification. Follow these steps to set up your virtual carpool:

1. Once you have determined all the members of your carpool, designate a carpool leader.
2. The carpool leader will go to ucsc.aimsparking.com and sign in with their CruzID and Gold Password.
3. On the dashboard, select “Start a Carpool”
4. On the following screen, select the type of carpool.
5. Next, enter the total number of carpool members (including the leader) and add the other members with their UCSC email addresses.
6. Select “Confirm.”
7. Enter the carpool details.
   1. Carpool Name: Select a name that all the carpool members will recognize.
   2. Carpool Origin: Use this to indicate where the carpool will start.
   3. Zipcode: Enter the zipcode of the carpool’s origin.
   4. Description: Add any other details here. This will be included in the email invitation that is sent to carpool members.
8. Select “Confirm.”
9. Enter address. This will not be visible to any of the other carpool members.
10. Select “Confirm.”
11. Select “Add Vehicle” and enter vehicle information. This only needs to be completed for the leader’s vehicle. The other members will enter their own vehicle information separately.
12. After adding the vehicle, select “Confirm.”
13. Review the carpool policy and check the box to agree to the Terms of Service.
14. Select “Agree and Submit.”

Next Steps

Once the initial application is complete, each member of the carpool will receive an email invitation to join the carpool. Each member must accept the invitation and complete their information for the carpool to be approved.

After all members have accepted their invitations, TAPS will review the carpool application. Once approved, each member will receive another email with a payment link for their portion of the carpool. Each member must complete their payment separately.

Once payment is completed, TAPS will complete a final review. Only the carpool leader will receive an email once the carpool is active.

The carpool vehicle(s) will then be valid to park in the areas designated by that type of carpool. There are no physical hangtags to pick up; each member’s license plate will serve as the carpool validation.