Bicycling/walking
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø offers bicycle racks, clothes lockers and shower facilities. Covered bicycle racks are available for use outside the Library building and Firstenburg Student Commons.
Carpool/vanpool
Carpool/vanpool permits
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø offers carpool permits that allow you to park in reserved spaces. When you register your carpool or vanpool of two or more people with Parking Services, your parking permit will be marked with an indicator allowing you to use Carpool Reserved spaces. You will also receive Orange daily permits—three for Semester carpools, six for Annual carpools—to use in case you drive alone.
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø employees who are members of a registered carpool or vanpool are eligible for an Emergency Ride Home voucher in case of an emergency.
Contact Parking Services for more information and for the current locations of the Carpool Reserved spaces. To find a carpool or vanpool in your area, visit the website.
Pre-tax commuter benefit
WSU is partnering with WageWorks® to provide a pre-tax benefit account used to pay for public transit and parking expenses—including train, subway, bus, ferry, eligible vanpool—and qualified parking as part of your daily commute to work. WSU recognizes that our employees live and work all over the state and country. For those employees who live in the U.S. and currently have to pay for their commuting costs, you will have the option to do so on a pre-tax basis through the WageWorks Commuter program.
Read the regarding pre-tax commuter accounts.
Public transportation
C-TRAN’s #19 Salmon Creek bus route offers service to the 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø campus. Visit for the most up-to-date bus schedule.
Lower Columbia CAP offers between Longview and Vancouver Monday through Friday, six times a day. Visit its website for program eligibility and schedules.
provides public transportation in the Portland, Ore. area.
C-TRAN — Education Opportunity Pass and The Current
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø students can ride C-TRAN for free in Clark County with an Education Opportunity Pass. To request a pass, contact the Cougar Center at 360-546-9788 or van.cougarcenter@wsu.edu.
Key features:
- Unlimited local travel on all C-TRAN routes in Clark County, including Route 19 to campus.
- Not valid on Regional or Express routes or TriMet service.
- , C-TRAN’s on-demand rideshare service, is also free with the Education Opportunity Pass.
Faculty and staff are not eligible for a free pass but may purchase a discounted C-TRAN pass for $124 per semester.