UVM covers the cost Green Mountain Transit (GMT) Passes for Employees: All UVM employees can ride the Green Mountain Transit buses free of charge! There are five local GMT buses that serve our campus in addition to six commuter bus lines. Schedules can be viewed on the GMT website.

To access the free bus passes, be sure to Opt-In first, then once you receive a confirmation email from parking@uvm.edu, download the Ride Ready App and make an account with your NetID user name. 

Employees also get free access to the Champlain College Lakeside Shuttle and the UVM CATS Bus shuttles. 

Want to leave the car behind but worried about how you could get home quickly in an emergency or need to work late unexpectedly?

The Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) program can help! Sponsored by UVM and provided by the CATMA, GRH gives you peace of mind by providing free taxi rides home for these unexpected situations. Any employee who does not drive alone to work regularly is eligible but advanced registration as a CATMA commuter is required.

Reward your heart, mind and pocket by biking or walking to and from work.  Simply log the days you bike or walk and you’ll receive your choice of a $15 gift card reward to places like REI, DoorDash, Shaws (Albertsons), and Target. For more information and to register, please visit CATMA’s Bike/Walk Rewards Program Page.

Parking & Transportation Services oversees the bike safety programs and regulations on campus. If you bike to campus, we recommend that you register your bicycle. This allows us to inform you of projects and activities that may significantly affect bike commutes as well as provide access to restricted on-campus bicycle parking locations.  Registering your bicycle also allows University Police Services to contact owners of recovered lost or stolen bicycles.

Looking for a bike fix-it station or shower near your office or classroom?  Want to bike, walk or run to UVM but worried about getting sweaty on the way? Or have a need for a quick tune-up? No problem! UVM employees have access to free showers at several locations on campus, as well as four fix-it locations, including our Bicycle Education Co-op. Find these locations on our campus map.

With UVM’s Carpool Program, get instant access to the coveted Zone Green parking. AND you can reduce your Green parking permit expense up to 75% or more when you drive with UVM colleagues. Please visit the Carpool page to learn more about the program and to register.

The State of Vermont offers a Vanpool Program that sets you up with a SUV or van to help you and your colleagues get to work for as little as $30/month (vehicle, insurance, maintenance and gas included!). Plus, UVM will knock another 20% off the cost to support your clean commute. Vanpool a little or a lot, the flexible scheduling of the new program makes it easy to participate! 

Need help finding UVM colleagues for the commute? Go! Vermont’s Carpool Matching Tool can help. Create a profile to see a map of other UVM commuters who live near you and want to carpool.

Transportation and Parking partners with CarShare Vermont (CSVT), a car sharing service, to offer free and reduced cost membership to UVM employees. There are multiple CSVT locations on the UVM Campus and surrounding areas. To learn more about CSVT and apply for membership, please visit the CarShare Vermont Website.

Drive an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle to campus? Good news! The University now has electric vehicle charging stations located across campus. Please visit our electric vehicle charging page for more information regarding locations of charging stations, rules and regulations, as well as rates.