University of California, Irvine
OP-T2-29: Mass Transit Programs

UCI offers a “University Pass” membership, which provides unlimited daily access to the Orange County Transportation Authority’s bus system (reaching every city throughout Orange County). The cost for a University Pass is $155 for an annual membership (an 81% subsidy compared to monthly passes, paid for by UCI). The University Pass is available to all UCI students and all employees who do not hold a parking permit (and employees may elect to have the cost of their University Pass deducted pre-tax). 745 University Pass memberships were sold in 2012, facilitating 187,603 OCTA boardings throughout the year. (http://www.parking.uci.edu/AT/modes/OCTA.cfm )

UCI also features the Anteater Express campus shuttle program, which runs eight routes. Six of the eight routes are complimentary and transport students, faculty, and staff around campus or to adjacent residential areas. Two additional for-fare routes carry students to popular off-campus housing communities throughout the week and entertainment destinations on the weekends. Anteater Express has more than 2 million boardings per year. (http://www.shuttle.uci.edu/)

UCI also offers a complimentary “Holiday Shuttle” service at the beginning and end of Winter, Thanksgiving, and Spring Breaks to transport students and employees to and from local train stations and John Wayne Airport. The Holiday Shuttle had 1,429 boardings for these holiday periods alone in 2012.

UCI provides an added incentive for commuters traveling by train. UCI student and employee rail commuters may submit their used 7-day, 10-trip, and monthly Metrolink and Amtrak rail passes to receive a 20% rebate on the cost. UCI granted 624 rebates in 2012, thereby subsidizing 18,016 commuter trips. (http://www.parking.uci.edu/AT/modes/train.cfm)