Motorcycle parking on Bancroft, below Piedmont Avenue.
Motorcycle commuters: be careful parking on the street. You'll be subject to a hefty ticket if the space is vacated by a car leaving an expired meter. Your safest bet is to park in a marked motorcycle zone along streets adjacent to campus.
—
Kendall Moalem
Former Marketing Manager Public Safety and Transportation
The AC Transit Bus Pass sticker [Class Pass] has been by far the most useful tool in my time spent at Berkeley. I can ride to San Francisco, Emeryville, Oakland, or anywhere I want with it, and I'm never in danger of getting stranded somewhere without any money for bus fare when I carry it with me.
—
Kelly
English and Conservation and Resource Studies
Statistics on Getting to Campus
Students' primary modes of transportation to campus include:
Walking (61%)
AC Transit (18%)
BART (6%)
Bicycling (5%)
Driving alone (5%)
Students most frequently come to campus on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Wednesdays.
Students who drive to campus on weekdays most often park:
- At street meters
- Other/non-paid street parking
- In UC parking lots/structures
22.5% of students received at least 1 parking citation per semester from parking enforcement from campus or city parking enforcement
7% of students received 4 or more parking citations from the City of Berkeley
Getting to campus
Whether you plan to bus, BART, scoot, bike, drive, or walk, there are endless possibilities for getting to, from, and around the campus. But you don't have to plan your commute alone! Check these links for helpful and cost-cutting information about your commuting options.
You may want to start with these:
UC Berkeley Parking & Transportation
http://pt.berkeley.edu
A general overview of getting to campus
https://calrentals.housing.berkeley.edu/flyers/
Getting_Around.pdf
Parking at UC Berkeley
http://pt.berkeley.edu/park
The Resource website: public transportation http://resource.berkeley.edu/r_html/r03_09.html
Discounts/services for students
UC Berkeley Parking & Transportation
http://pt.berkeley.edu/pay/newdirections/students
Class Pass (Parking & Transportation)
http://pt.berkeley.edu/pay/newdirections/students
Public transportation
AC Transit (local East Bay bus system)
http://www.actransit.org/maps
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, local metro system)
http://www.bart.gov/tickets/index.aspx
Campus shuttles (Parking&Transportation)
http://pt.berkeley.edu/around/
transit/shuttlesl
Carpooling
Campus carpool program
http://pt.berkeley.edu/around/drive/pool
The Resource website: long distance carpools/rideshares
http://resource.berkeley.edu/r_html/r03_10.html
#distance
craigslist
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/rid
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?
api_key=2bc33ad3f42a1c0e58b37baf82e49839
Ridematch
http://rideshare.511.org/ridematch
Driving to campus
Traffic updates
511.org
http://traffic.511.org
KCBS.com
http://www.kcbs.com/topic/traffic.php?trafficText=1
Sigalert.com
http://www.sigalert.com
Accuweather.com
http://www.accuweather.com/www/accutraffic/index.html
Listen to KCBS News Radio 740 AM
Call "511" to receive updates by phone
Blocked streets
Blocked street access to campus information (e.g., due to construction, UC Berkeley Facilities Services)
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/TempAccessInterruption.html
Blocked street access in Berkeley (City of Berkeley Public Works)
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/pw/contracts/conskd.html
Parking
On campus (UC Berkeley Parking & Transportation)
http://pt.berkeley.edu/pay/permit/student
Public parking on campus (UC Berkeley Parking & Transportation)
http://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/public
Public parking lots near campus (UC Berkeley Visitor Services) http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/parking.html
Street/metered parking (City of Berkeley Transportation)
http://209.232.44.21/transportation/Parking/
ParkingMeters.html
Biking to campus
Campus bicycle information
http://pt.berkeley.edu/around/bike
Bike routes
http://bicycling.511.org/routes.htm
Bikes on BART
http://www.bart.gov/guide/bikes/bikeoverview.asp