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Eligibility and Parking Designation


To be eligible for TAP, one must primarily use an alternative commuter mode to get to campus and qualify for a UCSB parking permit but agree NOT to hold an Faculty/Staff/Student parking permit, unless part of a carpool or vanpool.


UCSB Parking Designation

 
Faculty/Academic Staff

Faculty, Post-docs, Visiting Researchers, Specialists, and Management Service Professionals (MSPs) are considered Academic Staff. To join TAP, Academic employees must be in the payroll system for the current quarter or provide a Without Salary Visiting Researcher letter.

Staff
  • Career employees
  • Limited appointment employees, not UCSB enrolled
  • UCSB Graduate Students employed at UCSB. You qualify for TAP if you are either:
    • 45% employed in the payroll system for the current quarter
    • On the Graduate Division Fellowship List of students earning at least $4,000 per quarter
Students
  • UCSB Graduate Students - not employed at UCSB, employed at UCSB less than 45%, or
  • UCSB undergraduate students
Who follow these criteria:
  • Live 2 miles or more from the UCSB campus. View a list of streets that do not qualify for TAP benefits
  • Are registered in courses for the current quarter
  • Primarily use an alternative commuter mode to get to campus
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