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Graduate Student Employee Incentives

The campus offers Sustainable Transportation incentives to qualified graduate students who walk, bike, carpool, vanpool or ride the bus, shuttle or train.

Graduate students who are employed by the campus may register for Graduate Student Employee Alternate Commute incentives. Graduate students who are not employed by the campus receive the same incentives as Students

Qualification requirements for graduate student incentives:
  • Employed by UC Irvine
  • Work on site at UC Irvine Campus
  • Actively enrolled at UC Irvine as a graduate student
  • Do not possess a long term (one month or longer) UC Irvine parking permit
Employee Alternate Commute Incentives
Method of Transportation 1st Incentives Choice 2nd Incentives Choice Additional Incentives/Discounts
Walk/Bike 4 One day permits/mo Greenhouse Cash $10/mo
OCTA 2 One day permits/mo N/A U-Pass: FREE!
Savings: $45/Mo. $540.00/yr.
Shuttles 2 One day permits/mo N/A Free to staff/students (excluding Parkwest shuttles)
Vanpool 4 One day permits/mo N/A
Trains 2 One day permits/mo N/A **Amtrak/Metrolink TransitChek
Savings:20%/Mo & 10-trip tickets.
Carpool 2 One day permits/mo N/A Carpool Permit: $16/mo
Savings: $52/mo, $624/year
Drop Off * 2 One day permits/mo N/A
*Restrictions apply! For more information on Incentives/Discounts for Drop-Off incentives go here.

**Restrictions apply! For more information on Incentives/Discounts for Metrolink/Amtrak riders go here.

Employee participants may choose either the Greenhouse Cash or ST Permit incentive, but not both. Participants may change their incentive preference annually; mid-year incentive changes are not permitted.

Guaranteed Ride Home

All registered Sustainable Transportation participants may receive a Guaranteed Ride Home in case of illness or emergency. Parking and Transportation Services will arrange transportation to the employee's home or other destination free of charge once every six months.

Guaranteed Ride Home service at the expense of a student, employee or campus department is also available.

To request a Guaranteed Ride Home, please call (949) 824-5060 or (949) 824-7486.

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UCI Parking and Transportation Services
200 Public Services Building
Irvine, CA 92697-4525

Phone: (949) 824-7486
Fax: (949) 824-2387
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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