Carpool and Rideshare

Fill out our short interest form using your WWU email. Transportation Services will use the information you provide to match you with other WWU employees who have also completed the form. There are likely many other employees in your neighborhood, so please fill out the form even if you're unsure.

Another option is to join RideshareOnline.com, a program managed by WSDOT. Once you create an account, you can input your start location, finish location, and commute times to search for matches. This option is open to people outside WWU.

All of Bellingham's neighborhoods have numerous options for commuting to and from campus. These maps show estimated commute time to campus for walking, biking, bussing, and driving, to help you decide which option makes the most sense.

Neighborhood maps: City Center · Fairhaven · Happy Valley · Lettered Streets · Puget · Samish · Sehome · South Hill · Sunnyland · York

Need additional help? Contact Transportation Services at transportation@wwu.edu, or fill out the trip plan request form.

If you can't join your carpool on a particular day, no problem. All WWU employees can still sign up for a pay-by-day parking permit for when you need to drive alone and the free employee bus pass can also help you get home when your plans change.

If something unexpected comes up while at work, WTA and Smart Trips offer free Emergency Ride Home for all WTA pass holders or Whatcom Smart Trips members on days you arrive to work via carpool or Rideshare. Call 360-676-RIDE and a WTA customer service representative will book a taxi free of charge up to three times per calendar year.

Employee carpool assignments are available in lots 11G, 17G, and 12G.

To qualify for a carpool parking permit, you must meet the following criteria and rules:

• Arrive to campus with at least 2 people on every trip, if you are the carpool permit holder and you don't have anyone riding with you, you must park in 12G.
• Designate one carpool member as the permit holder.
• Register every car's license plate that will be commuting to campus as a carpool vehicle; please not that only one vehicle is allowed to park at a given time.
• Ensure each member reads and signs an agreement to comply with the carpool policy.
• The non-primary carpool permit holders may purchase pay-by-day permits (free to obtain, discounted daily charge to park).

Only valid carpools may park in carpool lots. On days when special circumstances prevent carpool members from riding together, the carpool permit holder may park alone and follow the appropriate procedures below:

• Carpool members driving alone must park in parking lot 12G.
• Employee carpool permits are honored in lot 12G with no call-in necessary.

Instances of parking alone will be monitored to ensure that the carpool system is not being abused.

Yes! We've decided to focus on faculty and staff because they tend to have a more regular schedule and live further from campus where a carpool is necessary; however, anyone with a WWU email may fill out the form.

Yes! There is an option on the form to indicate the days/times you would like to commute. 

Yes. Carpool permits allow for multiple vehicles to be registered under the same permit. All vehicles that will be used must be registered.

Yes. Parking permits can be returned for a pro-rated refund. Contact Transportation Services: transportation@wwu.edu or 650-2945 to start the process.