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If you wish to reduce your commuting costs, Penn offers a wide array of options. As part of the Sustainable Transportation Initiative, a contributing effort of the Green Campus Partnership, Penn Parking Services provides the following alternatives to driving alone to campus:
• Transit Cost-savings Program: Eligible faculty and staff can sign up to make pre-tax contributions and receive discounted and subsidized SEPTA monthly passes, subsidized PATCO Freedom Card contributions, subsidized New Jersey Transit fare media, as well as a pre-paid debit card to purchase SEPTA tokens and Amtrak tickets;
• Pre-tax Commuter Parking at Transit Stations: Eligible faculty and staff can sign up to make pre-tax contributions and to receive a subsidy to pay for parking at transit park and ride locations operated by SEPTA and PATCO;
• Vanpool Development and Support: Vanpools are groups of 7-15 commuters who share the costs for a leased van. Vanpools at Penn are supported with free parking and startup funding. Vanpools are operated in partnership with vRide. Eligible faculty and staff can sign up to make pre-tax contributions and to receive a subsidy to pay for vanpool costs;
• Carpool Parking Discounts: Qualifying carpools may receive parking discounts up to 75% via a pre-tax payroll deduction depending on the size of their carpool group; and
• Occasional Parking Discounts: Participants in transit, carpool or vanpool programs, as well as registered cyclists, can receive discounts, via a pre-tax payroll deduction, on occasional daily parking at the Penn Park lot.
You may learn more about these commuter options by visiting www.upenn.edu/penncommuter
Penn’s Department of Transportation and Parking strives to provide a variety of convenient, safe and affordable options that best accommodate the diverse commuting needs of our campus community as well as the University’s guests and visitors. As we expand and enhance our commuting options in support of the University’s Climate Action Plan, we will continue to support and improve our parking services for all our patrons, recognizing that for some individuals, driving is the only option.
For More Information:
Please contact Penn Parking Services if you have questions or would like additional information. You may do so visiting www.upenn.edu/parking by emailing us at parking@upenn.edu or visiting the Penn Parking Office, Suite 447A, 3401 Walnut Street. Business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
—Division of Business Services
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