Transportation Services Content

Scooters and Bikes: Charge Off Campus, Lock Up Outdoors

Cody Kitaura — November 21, 2023 - 1:30pm

Transportation Services and other campus partners are providing a reminder that bikes, scooters and other wheeled devices cannot be ridden, charged or stored indoors.

Those devices — both electric and non-electric — are everywhere on campus, but this quarter has seen a significant uptick in people riding and charging transportation devices indoors, posing safety concerns.

Parking Rate Increase Set for Sept. 1

Cody Kitaura — August 08, 2023 - 11:34am

Parking rates on campus will increase effective Sept. 1, with most drivers seeing a 50 cent increase per day, Transportation Services announced last week.

The increases will “ensure that Transportation Services meets its obligation to maintain safe and sustainable infrastructure used by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians,” the office says on its website. Transportation Services added that the increases will help address deferred maintenance.

LAURELS: 2 Honored for ‘Publication of Enduring Quality’

Dave Jones — June 06, 2023 - 12:08pm

James N. Sanchirico and James E. Wilen are the recipients of the 2023 Publication of Enduring Quality Award from the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The award presentation took place during the association’s summer conference in Portland, Maine.

Forget to Pay for Your Parking? Now You Have a 1-Day Grace Period

Dave Jones — April 03, 2023 - 12:48pm

You may like ParkMobile as an alternative to annual parking permits — with ParkMobile, we pay (via the app or online) only on the days we drive to campus — but you probably don’t like it so much when you forget to pay and get slapped with a $55 citation.

Parking Rates Increasing Sept. 1

Cody Kitaura — August 30, 2022 - 5:35am

Daily parking rates are increasing on the Davis campus by amounts ranging from 25 cents to a dollar, effective Thursday (Sept. 1), Transportation Services announced earlier this month.

Fewer ‘Orchard’ Streets, More ‘Blue Ridge’

Dave Jones — July 19, 2022 - 3:40pm

Confused about all the “Orchard”-named streets in the northwest corner of the central campus? You’re not alone, Transportation Services said recently in announcing a name change for Orchard Road between Orchard Park Drive on the west and La Rue Road on the east.

As of July 1, this section of road is called Blue Ridge Road — a change made, in part, to ease the name confusion. We’ll talk more about the name in a little bit.

LAURELS: Career With ‘Cherry’ on Top

Dave Jones — July 12, 2022 - 12:34pm

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Parking Permits Out, Daily Fees In, With App

Cody Kitaura — December 08, 2020 - 1:30pm

Transportation Services is adapting the campus parking system to fit better in a world where employees and students come to campus only sporadically, swapping out long-term permits for daily fees.

The daily rates work out to be roughly the same, on a monthly basis, as what Transportation Services previously charged for short-term permits.

goClub Members to Receive 10 Complimentary Parking Passes

Cody Kitaura — August 27, 2020 - 2:28pm

New, returning and existing members of the goClub will receive up to 10 complimentary single-day parking passes for use on the Davis campus, valid through Dec. 31. This benefit of the goClub membership extends to anyone belonging to the carpool, train, bus, bike and walking programs.

Reinstating complimentary parking passes now is one way Transportation Services can immediately help goClub members. The Aggie community has been through so much this year and Transportation Services will continue adapting services wherever possible.

Car ‘Cited’ With Fake Ticket

Cody Kitaura — July 16, 2020 - 4:00pm

��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis police are warning of a parking ticket scam on campus.