Frequently Asked Questions

The LOOP is a golf cart that provides intra-campus rides for eligible faculty, staff, and students with disabilities on a first-come, first-served basis. This service was created to assist persons with mobility disabilities (including temporary disability as a result of injury) and visual impairments. The LOOP only operates on the core campus. 

More information on LOOP and eligibility can be found on the Disability Access & Compliance website

Having trouble using the app to request a ride? If you’re already approved by Loop services and are having trouble with the Loop app, please call 510-219-6981 to contact dispatch for a ride.

1. Secure Bike Parking

UC Berkeley’s Parking & Transportation Department has installed two secure and covered bicycle parking facilities on campus, for use by UC affiliates. This program is offered free of charge on a first come, first served basis, and updated once every three weeks.

There are 2 secure bike lockers on campus:

• Recreational Sports Facility (RSF) Garage

• Berkeley Law (Previously Boalt Hall) Parking Lot

Secure Bicycle Parking provides added security for your bicycle with:

• Access with a cal1 card.

• Parking enforcement patrols during business hours.

• Observation by parking attendants in facilities within parking lots on weekdays.

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2. Bike Lockers

There are 14 secure bike lockers on campus:

• Four at Hilgard Hall (Opposite the MRI Lab)

• Four at Genetics and Plant Biology Building (East Side by Morgan Hall)

• Four at McCone Hall

• Two at Rec Sports Facility (RSF). At RSF the lockers are on the Bancroft side of the building.

To access the lockers:

• Sign up for a Bike Link membership card. Membership is free but you need to put $20 on the card to activate it.

• Show up at a locker, insert your member card, and the door will open.

• The cost is $0.05 per hour; eight hours will cost $0.40).

• TIP: If you reserve the locker for five hours but only use two, you will be refunded for the time you did not use.

• TIP: These lockers can be found throughout the Bay Area!. Check it out.

Parking & Transportation provides the following subsidies:

• $20.00 monthly subsidy for transit benefit orders of $60.00 or more.  (If you add $60.00 in transit funds to the WageWorks Debit Visa, you will only have deducted $40.00 from payroll.)

• $10.00 monthly subsidy for transit benefit orders of $30.00 through $59.99.  (If you add $50.00 in transit funds to the WageWorks Debit Visa, you will only have deducted $40.00 from payroll.)

You can register for this benefit by signing up with WageWorks. A comprehensive guide on how to register for the transit subsidy can be found here.

Use your pre-tax dollars to pay for Parking and Transportation costs. Each month, you can take money from your paycheck pre-tax (up to $325.00 for parking and up to $325.00 for transit) and put it on a WageWorks Visa Debit card. Your taxable income is reduced, and consequently, your taxable income reflected on your annual W-2 statement is reduced.

This money can be used for:

• BART, AC Transit, and other fares

• Monthly passes for transit services

• Parking at a variety of on and off campus locations

You can register for this benefit by signing up with WageWorks. Comprehensive instructions are linked below

Orders need to be placed by the 10th of each month; WageWorks Debit Visa parking funds are loaded on the last day of the month. This means that if you want to have $30 on your debit card for 10/1, you need to submit the order on 9/10 for fulfillment on 9/30.  

Instructions on Ordering WageWorks Debit Cards:

Instructions on ordering a WageWorks Debit Visa for Parking.

Instructions on ordering a WageWorks Debit Visa for Transit.

If you miss this deadline and return after the 10th, deductions will discontinue the for the following month; and there is no cash refund available for the interim period.

Please do the following steps to get a replacement permit:

• Fill out the Request For Replacement Permit Form

• Pick up your new Parking Permit at the Parking and Transportation office at 1995 University Avenue, Suite #110 with a valid form of identification

• Pay the $35 replacement fee. If you provide a police report the fee is waived.

Complete the following steps to cancel your parking permit:

• Complete the Permit Cancellation Form

• Print, complete and sign a Permit Cancellation Form

• Bring the completed form, along with your permit, to the Parking and Transportation office at 1995 University Avenue, Suite #110.

• If you have payroll deduction, you must return the parking permit ande cancellation form in person at the Parking and Transportation office 

• Complete this process on or before the 10th of the month to prevent a deduction from the following month’s paycheck.

Bear Transit provides all of its riders to Transit Royale, in the Transit App, which unlocks additional features, special Bear Transit branding, new customization options, and complete access to the app across the more than 300 cities supported worldwide.

Transit App automatically applies Royale to accounts that ride Bear Transit. If you still have not received access to Royale, please e-mail Transit App support info@transitapp.com and let them know that you're a UC Berkeley student so they can update your account.

For cards with no funds:

• Visit the Parking and Transportation office at 1995 University Avenue, Suite #110 with a valid form of identification.

• Fill out the Student EasyPass replacement form and pay a $25 replacement fee. If you provide a police report the fee is waived.

• Pick up your new Clipper Card at the Parking and Transportation office and re-register it online at the Clipper Card Website.

For cards with funds:

• Call Clipper at 1-877-878-8883 to cancel your card, they will send a new one to the Parking and Transportation office.

• Pick up your new Clipper Card at the Parking and Transportation office with a valid form of identification and the $25 replacement fee. If you provide a police report the fee is waived.

Note: the pass on your previous Clipper Card will be deactivated.

Due to the discontinuation of the RFS Line, passengers are asked to take the following AC Transit alternatives from Richmond or El Cerrito BART Stations:

Service between UC Berkeley and El Cerrito is provided by Line 79 and Line 52 to 72/M/R (Weekends).

• Line 71 from El Cerrito Plaza or Richmond BART to Carlson & Santa Clara. Walk 1 mile West.
• Line 74 from RIchmond BART to Marina Bay Dr. and Jetty. Walk 1 mile East.

Real-time information is available on Transit App, Moovit, CityMapper, or Apple & Google Maps.

Yes, because your card comes on a Clipper Card. However, BART fares are not included as part of your Student EasyPass fee. You must add money either through the BART Station or the Clipper Mobile App.

Please read the alert if you choose to purchase paper tickets.

Each student is required to pay a $105 semesterly ClassPass fee included in their tuition, which is broken down by the following: 

• $48.00 for the AC Transit Student EasyPass

• $22.00 for Bear Transit - Daytime and Nighttime Shuttle Service

• $35.00 for a Campus Fee Mandate for Financial Aid

(Students in certain graduate, online-only programs are exempt from this fee and are ineligible for the benefits of the Class Pass*) 

The fee provides for an AC Transit Class Pass, which students may use for unlimited rides on AC Transit buses and Bear Transit shuttles. Please visit the UCB Parking and Transportation website for detailed information about the AC Transit Class Pass

Launched in 2020, the Clipper Start Program is a pilot fare discount program providing eligible single riders fare discounts on a variety of San Francisco Bay Area Transit Agencies.

Participants can receive:

• 50% discount on Caltrain, MUNI, Golden Gate Transit and Ferry, San Francisco Bay Ferry
• 20% discount on BART
• Other agencies may be discounted. For more information, check clipperstartcard.com

Go to clipperstartcard.com/s/application to create your profile and start your application today.

The Clipper BayPass is a pilot program, launched in 2022, which randomly distributed all-access clipper cards to students at selected universities, including Berkeley. These cards provide selected students with unlimited free access to all Bay Area transit using the Clipper system, including AC Transit, Bart, Muni, and much more.

This is a pilot program designed to test the new pass and to understand how Berkeley students travel, and surveying the impacts of mode split. Therefore, the Clipper BayPass was being distributed to a randomly selected group of students. We will not be able to accommodate those who would like to participate, as much as it was recommended by staff.

The pilot is funded in part of the 2020 recovery bill and directive by the MTC's Recovery Task Force. The ask and the scope of the pilot only restricts the campus to 12,000 cards (effectively 30% of the student population, including incoming first years and grad students – essentially any student who pays the $105 campus fee is eligible for the pass).

P&T lobbied for more cards, or at least within the initial 12,000 that we can allow for a subset with Administrator approval (i.e. those with financial hardship, disabled students, long-distance commuters). Unfortunately, we couldn't pull it off and would only manage the 12,000 that were given to us.

Class Pass holders will still have the AC Transit benefit, regardless of the status of the BayPass benefit. We are not accepting Applications or requests for new cards.

While we have spent the last few years listening to your requests for better transit options for the campus, including discounted BART fares and access to other agencies. This pilot program is the first step to achieve that, and hopefully will be available to all students at little or no additional costs. For more information, visit https://pt.berkeley.edu/BayPass_Pilot

No. P&T has phased out the BART Ticket Program in 2018-19. Please read this alert 

However, if you qualify, the Clipper START Program can make your commute more affordable. Clipper START is a program for qualifying low-income riders, which will grant you 50% off of not only BART, but a discount on all of the transit agencies that use Clipper (ex: Muni). Find more information on the Clipper START website.