What efforts are being made to offset the price of public transportation (BART, AC Transit) for university employees?
One of our other spring pilot programs offers employees strong incentives to use public transit by subsidizing the costs a $30-a-month transit discount to commuters who switch from a parking permit. This discount can be used toward the purchase of any transit ticket sold by Berkeley TRiP, including tickets for more than 10 Bay Area transit agencies. We realize transit can get expensive, and we hope this program makes public transit more attractive to faculty and staff. As more information is available, we will share it with the campus, and we are likely to have focus groups from current transit users, and those who drive, to help inform the process. Can faculty and staff provide feedback and opinions about campus parking and transportation issues? Yes. Beginning this Thursday, the Physical and Environmental Planning Office will be distributing a survey in conjunction with the Academic Senate subcommittee on transportation and parking, the Department of Parking and Transportation, and H
