UCSC Student ID Card Use on Santa Cruz Metro Buses

Showing a valid UCSC Student I.D. Card provides students unlimited rides on Santa Cruz Metro buses. Metro service for students is funded through the Student Transit Fee.

Student ID cards are issued through the ID Card Services office located on the first floor of the Bay Tree Bookstore building in between the Digital Copy Center and the Express Store. Contact ID Card Services by calling 831-459-2990 or idcards@ucsc.edu.

Summer stickers are issued through the Summer Session office located at 140 Hahn Student Services. Contact the Summer Session office by calling 831-459-2524 or summers@ucsc.edu.

A valid quarter sticker is necessary when showing your UCSC Student ID Card to ride Metro buses; stickers are available each quarter at your college office or board of study.

TAPS provides temporary bus passes to each college at the start of Fall and Winter quarters for new students that have not obtained their Student ID Card; new students receive temporary bus passes in their college orientation packets.

UCSC ID Card validation Stickers are accepted on Metro buses as follows:

• Summer 2011 stickers are valid through September 30, 2011.

• Spring 2011 stickers are valid September 6 – October 11, 2011.

• Fall 2011 stickers are valid September 6 – January, 17, 2012.

• Winter 2012 stickers are valid January 2 – April 10, 2012.

• Spring 2012 stickers are valid April 2 – June 30, 2012.

• All students must obtain a current sticker for their UCSC ID card by the date of the previous quarter sticker expires, or pay the regular cash fare to ride Metro buses.