Where to start?

Are you a new Aggie? Or are you looking to save some money on your commute? Maybe you’re ready to leave the car at home a few times a week so you can read a new book while you travel. Whatever your reason for visiting, you’re probably trying to wade through the many commute options available to the Aggie family and we're here to help.

If you don't find what you're looking for on this page, send your questions to planyourtrip@ucdavis.edu and we’ll let you know which options are available to you, and if you’re interested in testing a new commute, we’ll plan out a step-by-step itinerary for you.

Transit Options

Commuting to campus by transit is becoming more of a viable option for those in the Aggie Community. Unitrans, Yolobus, Solano Express, the Causeway Connection, and Amtrak (Capitol Corridor) all serve Davis and surrounding communities, bringing students, staff, and faculty directly to campus. If you can ride transit as your primary commute, we encourage you to explore routes near you and leave your car at home!
 

Active Transportation

The Davis area is an oasis for active transportation and once you get to campus, there are more than 22 miles of pathways for you to explore and ride (and park) right where you need to be! If you can ride or walk to and from campus as your primary commute, we strongly encourage you to get those steps in, breathe that fresh air, and leave your car at home. Be sure to explore the resources available to help support you!

• Bicycle Program at UC Davis: Provides bike education, free registration, lock cuts, storage, and more.
• ASUCD Bike Barn: Full-service bike shop providing repairs, bike sales, and rentals located right on the UC Davis campus.
• Spin Shared Micromobility Program: Shared e-bike and e-scooter rentals throughout campus and the City of Davis.
  • Use code SPINDAVIS for $10 of ride credit to get you started!

Carpool 

Carpool is a great way to lower your commute costs, hang out with friends, make new friends, and reduce traffic congestion! Sharing a ride and the cost of parking is easy with AMP Park. Just add the vehicle license plate information into your app and alternate paying to park with your carpool buddy (you do not need to own the vehicle to have it listed on your account).

Commuter Benefits

UC Davis affiliates are eligible for several benefits programs to help support a more sustainable commute:

• UC E-Bike Purchase Program: UC students, staff, and faculty are eligible for discounts ranging from 15 to 60% on e-bikes through four nationally recognized vendors. Learn more about the program and benefits of e-bikes here.
• Commuter Card Benefits Program: UC Davis employees on the Davis and satellite campuses can set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for commute-related parking, as well as public transit on systems like Unitrans, Amtrak, Sacramento Regional Transit, Yolobus, and more using the Commuter Card. Learn more about how the Commuter Card works and how to reduce your commute costs!
• Yolo Commute Incentives: UC Davis campus employees are eligible for Yolo Commute membership, incentives and programs, including discounted transit passes, quarterly Spin passes, guaranteed rides home, bike education and more. Learn more about what Yolo Commute has to offer here.

• What happened to the goClub?
• The goClub has evolved. It has grown in influence, been fully integrated into the Transportation Services’ planning and operations and has even outgrown its name. You see, the origin of the goClub is rooted in a field called Transportation Demand Management (TDM) wherein the goal is to influence how people choose to travel (almost always to reduce the number of vehicles being used). 
  
  In the original incarnation of the goClub, the primary strategy was to incentivize non-vehicular commutes by providing transit subsidies and giving away limited free parking to those who committed to regularly commuting without a vehicle. All those subsidies and free parking passes cost a lot of money, but the investment wasn’t resulting in reduced parking demand. In fact, pre-pandemic, Transportation Services was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to park overflowing vehicles in the aisles of campus parking lots and structures (stack parking).
  
  When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, most of the campus was sent home for months to work/learn remotely, and as a result, there were very few vehicles coming to campus. No vehicles = no parking fees = no funding for commuter incentives, so we had to put a pause on those. At the same time, we realized that there would never be a better time to implement two promising TDM strategies: daily parking permits and long-term access to telework (aka telecommuting, remote work, or Flexible Work Arrangements). We resolved to institute a multi-phased plan to integrate the TDM principles that justified the goClub into a fully redeveloped parking system.
  
  Today, there are policies and programs in place to support and protect remote work for thousands of campus workers and the daily decision parking system allows people to use the price of parking as an intrinsic incentive to commute with any other non-vehicle mode (if you don’t park, you don’t pay!).
  
  Does this mean that transit subsidies are gone for good? No, not really. From a financial standpoint, we can’t afford to pay for the subsidies right now, but we also know that as the campus continues to densify, we will see more vehicles in the parking lots thereby funding the incentives to counteract the anticipated driver-heavy trend. In addition to that, our partnership with Yolo Commute offers incredible incentives and programs to help support our community in their sustainable commute.