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AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP

UW Transportation Services offers free bus passes to all UW employees. These passes allow employees to ride for free on all Metro Transit routes (excluding special event shuttles).

All employees paid through UW Payroll excluding graduate assistants and student hourly positions are eligible for the pass. This includes faculty, academic staff, classified employees, post docs, and LTEs. Emeriti faculty and staff are eligible for the free bus pass.

Employees from authorized affiliates are also eligible for the bus pass, including UW Hospital, Wisconsin Alumni Association, UW Foundation, Wisconsin Historical Society and WARF.

Watch "How Passes Work"

GET YOUR PASS

* UW Photo ID required to pick up your pass.


GREAT WAYS TO PLAN & Take your TRIP

Plan Your Trip
Keep Track of Your Bus!


BOARDING WITH YOUR PASS

  • Show the driver your UW I.D.
  • Slide pass through the magnetic "pass reader" each time you board.
  • Do Not Laminate


PASS REPLACEMENTS

  • To use the UW employee bus pass, you must have both the bus pass and your UW ID or UW Hospital ID with you when you board the bus.
  • The bus pass is for your use only. Only the person assigned the bus pass may use it. Your pass is subject to confiscation if misused.
  • If your pass is lost or stolen, you may purchase a replacement for $20.
  • To pick up your pass and to use your pass, you will need to have a valid UW ID Card*.

* Students, faculty, and staff who need a new or replacement ID card must present some form of personal photo identification such as a driver's license, passport, or state ID.

In addition, the Photo ID office can make a Faculty/Staff ID card ONLY after the employee's department has entered the appointment information and the proper authorization has been established in the database. Generally it takes one evening for this information to get updated in the Photo ID Search program.

For more information on obtaining a UW ID card please call 262-3258.


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Transit Tracker
Metro Transit: (608) 266-4466; E-mail: mymetrobus@cityofmadison.com