Discounted Transit Passes

Transit passes can be purchased at the TAPS Office. For current discounted rates, please Contact TAPS.

Unitrans

Unitrans passes may be purchased at a discounted rate by faculty, staff and graduate students living off campus in Davis. The following types of Unitrans passes are available through TAPS:

  • Full quarter pass
  • Monthly pass

Unitrans honors the following passes: Yolobus, Solano Transit (monthly B-Y-Z passes) and RT. Undergraduates with a Reg Card have unlimited access on both Unitrans and Yolobus. Unitrans ten-ride tickets are sold at a discount but the purchase does not include the Bus Program benefits. Individuals without a campus parking permit may purchase up to four discounted ten-ride tickets per month; with a campus parking permit may purchase one per month at the discounted rate. Persons boarding with a valid UCD Parking Permit (A, C, L, M, V) ride free. An annual pass is available directly from Unitrans at the Unitrans Business Office, 5 South Hall. Please call (530) 752-3640 for more information.

Yolobus

Yolo County Transportation District (YCTD) Yolobus passes may be purchased at a discounted rate by faculty, staff and graduate students using YCTD buses to commute to campus. The following types of passes and stickers are valid on Yolobus and are available through TAPS:

  • YCTD Monthly pass
  • RT Senior/Disabled sticker needed with the photo ID
  • RT Express zone sticker for YCTD Route 43/44 needed with a monthly Yolobus pass

Yolobus monthly passes are not valid on RT buses. Yolobus passes are valid on YTCD and Unitrans buses. Undergraduates with a Reg Card have unlimited access to Yolobus. Senior or disabled passengers need a Regional Transit (RT) or Yolo County Transportation District (YCTD) photo ID card and a monthly RT Senior/Disabled sticker. Those requesting access to the Express Route need both an YCTD pass and the RT zone sticker. RT 10-ride ticket books are sold at a discount but the purchase does not include Bus Program benefits. Tickets are valid on both RT and YCTD buses. Individuals with a campus parking permit may purchase one ticket book per month at the discounted rate.

Sacramento Regional Transit

The following types of Regional Transit (RT) passes and stickers may be purchased through TAPS at a discounted rate by faculty, staff and students using this system to connect to other transit systems.

  • Monthly pass
  • RT Senior/Disabled sticker needed with the photo ID
  • RT Express zone sticker for YCTD Route 43/44 needed with a monthly RT pass

Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) does not provide direct transit service to UC Davis. RT and LightRail can be used to connect to YCTD buses in downtown Sacramento or used to connect to the UCD/UCDMC Shuttle in Sacramento. RT passes are valid on Yolobus, RT, Light Rail and Unitrans. Those requesting access to YCTD's Express Route need both an RT pass and the RT zone sticker. Senior or disabled passengers need a RT photo ID card and a monthly RT Senior/Disabled sticker. RT 10-ride ticket books are sold at a discount but the purchase does not include Transitpool benefits. Tickets are valid on both RT and YCTD. Individuals with a campus parking permit may purchase one ticket book per month at the discounted rate.

Solano Transit

Solano Transit passes listed below may be purchased through TAPS at a discounted rate by faculty, staff, and students commuting from these or neighboring cities.

  • Zone B—Dixon/Davis
  • Zone Y—Vacaville/Davis
  • Zone Z—Fairfield/Davis

Solano Transit ten-ride punch passes are sold at a discount but the purchase does not include Transitpool benefits. Individuals with a campus parking permit may purchase one per month at the discounted rate.